A Little Bit About a Lot of Things

We had been to Prezza before (see post) and decided to go back for another try since we were going to be in the North End anyway. I apologize for the grainy photos, but it was pretty dark. I ordered the same appetizer as last time-the crispy shrimp ($16). Four enormous shrimps that looked more like shredded wheat. The shrimps were perfectly cooked and the crunch on the outside was excellent. I really love this dish!

My dining companion went with the “Ravioli di Ouvo” Ravioli stuffed with ricotta and egg yolk tossed with butter and sage ($10 for one). Two was plenty-these large raviolis were stuffed with delicious ricotta cheese and the sauce was rich and flavorful but not heavy at all. A really excellent dish.

I ordered the Potato Gnocchi “a la Bolognese” :: Rustic meat ragout, tomato, porcini cream and pecorino cheese ($18 for appetizer portion and $26 for entree portion). Let me tell you that the appetizer portion is enough! I brought half of the meal home (but how can that be a bad thing)! The gnocchi were tiny little dumplings that were so light and delicious. The meat sauce was more like a gravy than a tomato sauce. It came smothered with thinly shredded parmesan cheese-overall a really excellent dish-the flavors were really pleasing.

The service was so so. Our server had a blah attitude, he was neither friendly or rude, he just had no personality and was a strictly lets get down to business kind of guy. We were in and out in less than an hour! That being said, I think that the food more than makes up for the average service-I highly recommend going to Prezza!

Prezza

24 Fleet St
Boston, Massachusetts 02113
(617) 227-1577

http://www.prezza.com/

Tags: italian, north end, restaurant