Dinner At Trattoria Sette, Kyoto

The hotel where we stayed in Kyoto is not exactly within walking distance to the city. Of course transports are available easily too. You can take bus, train or taxi, but for dinner, we opted to stay in the hotel and have dinner there. We saw what we wanted anyway, Italian cuisine in the house! The hotel has a nice Italian Trattoria in their second storey called Sette. 

I felt like I had been deprived from eating leaves for a long time, when in fact it was just days. We ordered a plate of salad to share. Originally, that's about all that I wanted to eat, because I thought I had eaten way too much in the past days. I, however, could not resist to try their Roast Chicken. It was delicious especially its crispy skins. The portion? Aw, yum, it's big! There were two boneless breast and two legs. I had to share them for sure!

As we all can always guess, DH went for Fettuccine with Seafood. He cleaned up the plate, it was spotless. The food must have been superb! All were good and the service was outstanding. What else could we ask?

 

Pasta Dishes They Have....

When I go to any Italian restaurants, I try to stay away from pasta. But my family members seem to be drawn to them. DH and our two kids picks for their lunch at La Nonna yesterday were also pasta dishes.

 Miss P had Spinach Fettuccine with Prawn in Saffron Cream Sauce.

 The above is Linguini pasta with Crab Meat in Tomato Cream Sauce with fresh Basil, DH's selection.

Miss K decided to have Gnocchi with cream sauce and lemon zest and Dark Chocolate Tart with Vanilla Ice Cream for dessert. Yum, isn't it?

 Gnocchi with Four Cheese Sauce

She Cooks It And She Eats It ...

Like I wrote before, lately we have been having problem with knowing what we want to eat. Without knowing that, it gets harder to cook or to buy our meal. Having said that, I have been trying not to cook too much or at all, as normally the appetite was not quite there for whatever I have been preparing. We all need a little break here and there.

So now, everyone tends to be busy preparing something for themselves at the last minute when their stomach screams to their brain...Ï am hungryyyyy......!! That's our weekends...

For those that know how to get their way in the kitchen like my youngest, that is just fine. She whipped up fettucine with lemon and shrimp, they way she liked it to be i.e. just enough basil, rather lemony and pepperish that she loves and some chopped shrimps. It looked good and according to DH who tasted some, it was good too and she really cleaned up the food well. I surely helped with the dishes! Well done!

Fettucini Carbonara

We had this Fettucine with Carbonara sauce for dinner last night. It was the classic put-together of garlic, onion, bacon, egg, cream and cheese, and more grated parmesan cheese on top!. It was really good....

Sarducci's All Over Again

In the summer 0f 2004, back when the kids were younger and much easier to deal with wink, we had a road trip in the eastern part of the USA. We were on the way to Montreal from Boston and had a stop for lunch at Sarducci's, an Italian restaurant in Montpelier, Vermont. Years later, we still remember the place and when we got the opportunity to visit it again, we sure did.



The place is pretty much looks the same, the menu looked mostly similar too, if our memory serves us right. Just the three of us this time, instead of five, but we ordered quite a bit for old time sake....


Delicious white bread.


Pizza with cheese and wild mushrooms.


K's special request, Caesar Salad with tons of grated parmesan cheese. Healthier choice!

Calamari Fritti:
Tender deep fried squid with a spicy marinara sauce.


K's Pollo al Forno: Penne with smoked chicken, parmesan, mozzarella, gorgonzola, portobello mushrooms, purple onions, mozzarella.


I barely eat pasta. My oder: Sword Fish with asparagus.


Linguine al Pescatore: Sea scallops, mussels and shrimp in a white wine, marinara and garlic sauce.


DH mistakenly ordered Linguine al Pescatore, when in fact he wanted to have Fettuccine Alfredo del Mare. Upon realizing that he didn't get what he had in mind, he ordered the one he wished to have and replaced the fettuccine with linguine.

After all these foods, again, we hardly have space for any desserts.