Yummy Workshop

Adesso Bistro is a restau­rant located in the west end of down­town Van­cou­ver. Being me, I am con­stantly look­ing out for good deals for restau­rants online. I was inter­ested in try­ing out Adesso because they have very high online rat­ings. They spe­cial­ize in mod­ern Ital­ian and Mediter­ranean cui­sine. I love Ital­ian so I was look­ing for­ward to this meal. The loca­tion of this restau­rant is quite hid­den near a res­i­den­tial area. As my mom and I were look­ing for the place, we thought we were going in the wrong direc­tion because we don’t know the area well at all. The restau­rant has a very nice patio but we decided to eat in because it was chilly out that day.

Foc­ca­cia bread with olive oil and bal­samic vinegar

After our server took our order, bread was served. It was fresh, soft and fluffy inside.

Spaghet­tini di mare — $20

My mom had the spaghet­tini di mare, it is a seafood pasta with shrimp, mus­sel, clams, and squid. She enjoyed it very much, as the pasta was cooked just right and the sauce was very flavour­ful. I also loved the sauce, this dish looks sim­ple, but it was well prepared.

Aragosta — $26

I asked our server if the lob­ster risotto was any good and he loves it so I felt con­fi­dent to order this dish. I was some­what reserved about order­ing risotto because it can be quite tricky to make. This was a lob­ster risotto with mas­car­pone and whiskey. I thought the it was very deli­cious. The rice had a good tex­ture — al dente and creamy. The lob­ster meat was ten­der and not over-cooked. The mas­car­pone added a good rich­ness and flavour. The only thing that I have to com­plain about it was that it was a lit­tle too “boozey” for me, a bit too heavy on the whiskey.

Pineap­ple Ravioli

I was very excited for dessert, actu­ally. It was a deep-fried pineap­ple ravi­oli served with choco­late sauce, choco­late ice-cream and cocoa nibs. We both thought it was very well pre­pared, and the flavours were very bal­anced. The ravi­oli had a crispy exte­rior and a soft, aro­matic fill­ing. The warm and cold com­bi­na­tion made it extra good.

Adesso is def­i­nitely a restau­rant worth going to, their food was excep­tional and pre­pared with care. The ser­vice was good, and the inte­rior is cozy and ambi­ent. With­out the coupon though, the prices are high, but I think it is fine for the qual­ity. This would be one of those places on my fine din­ing list.

Con­clu­sion:

Ambi­ence: 4/5
Food: 4/5
Ser­vice: 3.5/5
Value: 3.5/5