Usually I don't ask the waitstaff on their recommendations, but this time we did and funnily enough, everything our waitress recommended was not on our preliminary list of ordering. In the end, we opted for the funghi pizza ($18), the prosciutto pizza ($16), the squid ink pasta ($16), and the rabbit ragu pasta ($17) - this was the one waitress recommended dish we ordered. I'm not sure if it was because we were starving or what, but the wheat bread basket was amazing..nice and soft but think and pillowy in the middle. The funghi pizza came out first and I was originally excited about it because I love mushrooms. But the mushrooms weren't really that much of a focus here. Instead there was tons of this leafy green called nettles. Even after eating them I still have no idea what a nettle is, but it seemed more plant like than a vegetable. As someone who is not really a huge fan of thin brick oven pizza, this pizza didn't really make me love this type of pizza anymore. Don't get me wrong, it was totally fine and better than your typical greasy New York style pizza, but I wasn't dying of excitement about it. Next came the 2 pastas and this is really where Flour + Water shines. Both pastas were totally amazing and very fresh tasting. We were all in agreement that the rabbit ragu was definitely the best. The sauce alone made us want to get more bread and sop it all up. It was a creamy almost tomato like sauce and the pasta were these cute "witch hat shaped pasta". The rabbit meat was perfectly seasoned with just a bit of heat but not one that's overwhelming or distracting. The squid ink pasta was also super fresh and the watermelon relish was a really refreshing touch to the dish. Next came the prosciutto pizza and I actually liked it better than the funghi. It was a nice mix of thinly shaved ham, potato slices, cabbage and red onion. I know it sounds like a lot but the salty flavors all really went well with each other.
For dessert we decided to go with the waitresses recommendation since it worked so well with the pasta and got with the candy mushroom cap bonet with almond ($8). To be honest, it just tasted like a flan with almonds and there was no hint of mushroom, although I'm not sure if we were really supposed to. Again, it was good but nothing earth shattering.
All in all, I did like my meal and thank god for the wine. The service was great there (apparently go with the waitress recommendations!) so at least they try to make the wait as painless as possible. The review might be slight different had we not have to wait almost 2 hours for a table. I wouldn't recommend it if the wait is that long, but I would recommend it if the wait is less than an hour. Total bill $58/pp without tip.
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