Saturday, September 06, 2014

Primavista, Price Hill

Wednesday 3 September
Our friend and former Tytus scholar Hugh Bowden came in to give a talk, and Duncan took us and Peter out to Primavista to celebrate and reward the speaker.
We opened the festivities with a Vernaccia, Tenuta le Calcinaie 2012.  It made a good backing for the opening courses, one of which was
ravioli stuffed with spinach, ricotta and walnuts, with walnut pesto and gorgonzola; the other, steamed mussels in white wine garlic butter, rosemary, and olive oil, with garlic croutons.
Our mains were slices of seared lamb loin with a parmesan polenta cupcake, asparagus (mainly stems), gorgonzola, and arugula in a red wine-balsamic reduction; and "tonight's veal," which was scaloppine with crab and mushrooms in cream sauce with another polenta cupcake (everybody got one) and green beans.  With this course we had a Pinot Noir, Cline Cellars 2010.

The food was solid rather than stellar, but Primavista still has the attentive service and the magical twilight view that make it worth a visit.

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