[Huntington Beach] [Italian] Luna Rossa Ristorante

Luna Rossa
7821 Edinger Ave #110
Huntington Beach, CA 92647
(714) 890-9118
http://www.lunarossaristorante.com

We went on a double date with friends last weekend. My friend suggested we meet at Bella Terra for dinner, and she felt like having Italian. The choices were Macaroni Grill, Buca di Beppo, and Luna Rossa. I picked Luna Rossa because it is a smaller family owned restaurant. I always like those better than big chained restaurants.

Our waiter asked if it was our first time there, and gave us a brief introduction of the restaurant. The chef moved here from Rome about 5 years ago. Half of their pasta was made fresh daily, and if it's not freshly made, it was imported from Italy. Sounds good already!

I had too much fun talking and enjoying the night with friends, and didn't take much pictures. But I really want to write about this place because it is simply amazing!


Luna Rossa Le Pizza
Tomato sauce, mozzarella, mushrooms, olives and mixed vegetables

We opened a bottle of chanti and ordered a wood oven pizza as our starter. If you like vegetables, it is THE pizza to get! Lots of fresh and yummy vegetables on top of the delicious thin crust pizza. It was a huge pizza, and I believe it was $14. What a steal! The 4 of us only finished 1/2 pizza because we want to leave room for more food.

[Newport Beach] [Italian] Mama D's Italian Kitchen

Mama D's Italian Kitchen
3012 Newport Blvd
Newport Beach, CA 92663
(949) 675-6262
http://www.mamadsnewport.com

After Pet Expo, we headed over to Mama D's in Newport to for an Italian dinner with a $25 for $50 voucher from Voice Daily Deals in hand.



So many people waiting when we got there around 7pm on Saturday night. This gotta be the most popular restaurant around the area.

[Aliso Viejo] [Italian] Romano’s Macaroni Grill

Romano’s Macaroni Grill
26641 Aliso Creek Road
Aliso Viejo,CA 92656
(949) 425-0180
http://www.macaronigrill.com

Eating out can be expensive, but we enjoy food too much to cut it completely out from our budget. So the best solution for us is to use coupons when we dine out. Dr. P was feeling like some Italian that night. We looked through my restaurant coupons collection, and found a Buy One Get One Free Entree coupon from Romano's Macaroni Grill. Perfect! That's where we'd go then. (P.S. If you want to get coupon offers from Macaroni Grill, remember to sign up to be on their mailing list.)


House Chanti ($5.49)

Dr. P always orders a glass of their House Chanti. This time, they served the Chanti in a regular water glass instead of wine glass. We asked the waitress about it. She just said the restaurant made that decision, and she doesn't know why. Hmmm.... It just feels funny drinking wine out of a water glass.

[Pasadena] [Italian] Buca Di Beppo

Buca Di Beppo
80 W. Green St.
Pasadena, CA 91105 
(626)792-7272
http://www.bucadibeppo.com



Buca di Beppo是一家「家庭式」的義大利餐廳，他們的餐點可以選2~3人的小份或是6~8人的大份，聽說義大利人吃飯跟我們中國人吃飯一樣都是一道菜大家分著吃，而不是像美國人一樣習慣自己點自己的一份，這樣大家一起共享美食才有家庭的感覺，之前來這家吃過覺得還不錯，這天跟我妹一起來吃午餐。

[Santa Monica] [Italian] Il Dolce Cafe (CLOSED)

Il Dolce Cafe
1023 Montana Ave
Santa Monica, CA 90403
(310) 458-4880
(CLOSED)

公園先生說早餐是他一天中最喜歡的一餐，所以這天他說要帶我去吃一家他很喜歡的餐廳吃早餐，開車來到了聖塔摩尼卡這個位在海邊的城市，我們到了這家Il Dolce的餐廳，門口前的人行道上有張桌子坐了兩位客人在用餐，進門之後發現餐廳裡面除了吧台跟廚房外，什麼都沒有，那客人都坐哪裡呢？順著窄窄長長的走道往裡面走，通道後花園才發現桌椅在這，他們的座位很少，大概只能容納20人左右，餐廳小小的，但是戶外的花花草草優雅佈置，讓氣氛顯得浪漫悠閒，在這吃頓早餐真的很享受呢！


咖啡 Coffee (US$1.50)

我們先點了兩杯咖啡，這裡的咖啡很香，喝在嘴裡沒有酸苦味，我很喜歡，可以無限量續杯。