Baltimore Restaurant Week - Cinghiale

I've never actually done the whole restaurant week thing.  I've always wanted to, but never got around to it. That finally changed this year when the girls and I tried Cinghiale.  Cinghiale is a fairly new restaurant in the new Harbor East section of town (tons of new restaurants to try - yum!)  They serve high end Italian food and charcuterie.  However, there were just a few things to try on the Restaurant week menu.  However, those few items were delicious!

I chose:

ANTIPASTI

Local Heirloom Tomato Salad, Gorgonzola, Basil, Arugula, Sportoletti Extra Virgin Olive Oil

I was worried about this one because I'm not a fan of Gorgonzola.  But it was more like strong buffalo mozzarella rather than the blue cheese variety  So delicious!

PIATTI PRINCIPALI

Hand Cut Tagliatelle with Veal Bolognese, Parmigiano

This course was good, but not my favorite.  The pasta was perfectly cooked but the sauce was a little too strong, with not many spices to liven it up.

DOLCI

Vanilla Panna Cotta, Local Market Fruit

Absolutely perfect!  The local market fruit was grilled and so delicious!  I usually go for chocolate (the other choice was chocolate but it was supposed to have pine nuts, and I hate nuts) but I'm so glad I chose the panna cotta this time.  It may now be one of my favorite restaurant desserts of all time!

The only issue I have is now I know why I could never be a food writer.  I was too busy scarfing down my meal to remember to take pictures!  But what a great evening with some fabulous ladies!