tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7284586912458290392.post9194416548264279662..comments2023-10-28T07:05:09.420-07:00Comments on Infinite Fress: Osteria La BucaStevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02295990574792149703noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7284586912458290392.post-62893918235755263282007-04-18T21:21:00.000-07:002007-04-18T21:21:00.000-07:00We actually have a reader. I'm still in a bit of s...We actually have a reader. I'm still in a bit of shock over this development. <BR/><BR/>To respond in kind: I haven't had the fennel sausage pizza at Mozza or La Buca. I do like the pizza at Mozza with bagna cauda, guanciale, and the runny egg though laziness has prevented return visits.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02295990574792149703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7284586912458290392.post-64279145898536202752007-04-18T13:47:00.000-07:002007-04-18T13:47:00.000-07:00Wow -- what a completely different experience to m...Wow -- what a completely different experience to mine, and I've been there three or so times in the past six months.<BR/><BR/>It really reads like you were there on a poor night. What a shame you had such a bad experience!<BR/><BR/>BTW -- the place *is* tiny, but there are more tables than you said.<BR/><BR/>IMHO I think the pizza at La Buca is better than the pizza at Mozza -- I'm comparing the two versions of fennel sausage. La Buca has their *perfect* tomato sauce as its base vs mere 'panna' (cream) at Mozza and La Buca's fennel sausage is more memorable.<BR/><BR/>Still, both places do good pizza.<BR/><BR/>The best meal I've had at La Buca was the delightful homemade gnocchi. They were plump and pillowy, indented and perfectly hand-formed blobs of pure heaven. <BR/><BR/>I got them dressed with a sublime and silky ‘pink’ vodka sauce that was attractively speckled with finely cut parsley and not at all salty (which I hate.) <BR/><BR/>At $16.75 it was a pricey but substantial dish, half of which served me well the next day for lunch when reheated in the microwave. When I asked for my ample leftovers to be bagged, I also asked our waiter to return the plate so I could lick it clean. <BR/><BR/>Ya know, I might have actually done that if he’d taken me seriously...<BR/><BR/>Thanks for your write up. It's refreshing to read a balanced and well-written report that isn't all raves.<BR/><BR/>Perhaps you're right, that their menu is becoming too extensive to get it all right all of the time. <BR/><BR/>I will say that one time when I went there for lunch, the salad was way overly salted. When I mentioned that to the waiter, they took it off our bill, even though we had bravely consumed about half of it. I thought that was very classy of them.<BR/><BR/>I wonder if I should have sent it back?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com