As it happens, today’s my birthday. I’m usually not much one for celebrations, but Lisa went ahead and surprised me with dinner at Amore Victoria anyway. We had a good time, but unfortunately the food was disappointing and the service kind of passive aggressive. I had rolled chicken with mushrooms, asparagus and potatoes. It was edible, but didn’t have much else going for it. The chicken was overcooked and very dry, and the asparagus seemed one degree away from canned. Lisa had some bland concoction of eggplant and noodles in a white wine sauce, which was pretty uninspiring as well. It was also obscenely oversized, with her plate holding enough for three or four people. For a moment I thought we were at Buca, but no, that was supposedly a single serving on her plate. Leftovers are nice, but her dinner was ridiculous.

Before leaving we decided that Olive Garden would’ve been better, even though neither of us actually likes Olive Garden. We also decided we need to eat out at Figlio more often.

Not recommended.