With the warmer weather in full gear, we are able to familiarize ourselves with the sounds, sights, and flavors of the summer season. This includes mixing traditional Italian flavors with something all of us from New England love: lobster. At Via on Shrewsbury Street their Lobster Gnocchi fits the bill. With it’s overly plump gnocchi dumplings and large lobster claw meat the dish will satisfy both your hunger along with your hunger for summer. The texture of the lobster is stark contrast with the fluffy texture of the gnocchi dumplings. Although the nature of gnocchi is an overall bland flavor the sauce, Parmesan cheese and lobster mask to the sometimes-absorptive characteristics of the pasta.
Category: Worcester
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The Greek
Restaurant: Ritual, Main Street
The Facts: Dodoni feta, romaine, greek olives, topped with olive tomato tapenade and tea poached egg.
Foodie’s Review: When my salad arrived, my first impression was “wow, this salad is enormous.” I was amazed at the sheer size of it. When I tell you it could have easily fed two people I am not exaggerating! But lets get to the taste…it was delicious! The romaine was fresh, the Kalamata olives sweet rich flavor was superb and complimented the olive tomato tapenade perfectly. The Dondoni feta cheese has a very delicate taste and did not overpower the rest of the salad. But the most extraordinary thing was the tea poached egg served on top of the salad. It was served warm so the contrast of warm egg on the cold salad was something I had not experienced and found to be very enjoyable.
This review was done by an independent member of the Worcester Foodies group during their monthly meeting in May 2011.