Located on Shrewsbury Street in Worcester, La Scala is a small Italian restaurant with a home-line feel. I found the staff to be quite friendly and accommodating with a nice cozy feeling to the place.
I started with a side Caesar Salad. This was very large for a starter or side salad with plenty of croutons and an ample amount of dressing. The lettuce was crisp and fresh but I found the dressing a little too strong for my liking, with a very strong anchovy flavor, making it a little overpowering for the lettuce.
For my main course, I chose the Chicken Piccata, which is described in the menu as; ‘Tender chicken sauteed with fresh tomatoes and capers in a white wine lemon sauce’. Again, a generous, large portion with a colorful, pleasing presentation. The penne pasta it was server over was cooked nicely al dente, providing a firm texture behind the chicken and sauce and the chicken itself was cooked excellently. It was moist and so tender that you could cut it with a fork. I found the sauce to be on the bland side though as it just didn’t have enough flavor to go with the chicken and penne. The sauce also seemed to be pooled at the bottom of the dish, with the pasta on the top being very dry, like the pasta was added to the plate after the sauce and not tossed.
Not every meal from every restaurant can be amazing, and unfortunately, this dish was average with nothing spectacular to draw me back. -DL
