Posted by
foodzings | 19 Sep 2009 |
italian,
pottsville,
salad,
sandwich |
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I headed up to the Pottsville area over the weekend to crash a wedding. After my drive, I was starving. So we walked a few blocks to downtown Orwigsburg for some small town eats. Valenti’s is an italian joint, and apparently, they bake their own bread.
C got a side salad with mozzarella cheese. This actually looked like a pretty amazing salad. I did taste some, and it was really good. The dressing was great. But the amount of cheese was ridiculous. This starts a theme of heavy cheese.
J got the fresh turkey club sandwich. This is tons of food. It was a pretty good sandwich. These chips were amazing! They looked homemade. Homemade or not, they were super crunchy and not too salty and quite great. I ate too many.
I really wanted a sausage sandwich so I got this sausage parm with sweet peppers. Can you see any sausage or peppers or bread? Not really, as it was positively drenched with mozzarella cheese. There were about 3 slices of cheese on the bottom, then some sausage and peppers and sauce, and then a few more slices of cheese on the top. It was just beyond a ridiculous helping of cheese. It was more like a cheese sandwich with some sausage and bread. I ended up scraping most of the cheese off. It’s a shame really, because the sandwich itself was fine. It was just hard to eat and had to be severely edited to attempt enjoyment. Take our advice Valenti’s, ease up on the cheese. It’s just not necessary.
Valenti’s Pizza
218 W Market St
Orwigsburg, PA 17961
(570) 366-1408
Posted by
foodzings | 01 Aug 2009 |
chains,
italian,
suburbs |
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We had to make a highly unplanned trip to the mall so that R could buy some bidness clothes. Well, we didn’t actually end up finding any, but we did get hungry. So they made me go to
Maggiano’s. There aren’t that many options at 9PM! The food court is closed and you know, the other choices are just as chainy.
R did us all a big favor and asked for a pitcher of water for the table. Oh boy. Our server said no, but then he made it a point to fill each of our glasses with every sip we took. And he filled it to the tippy top. This was a point of amusement for the whole entire evening.
Calimari! H/A orders appetizers last minute without planning. This is just what he does. Apparently, he can’t not order appetizers. I’m not an appetizer person. I want the main event. But this calimari was quite good.
The ravioli. This normally comes with an alfredo sauce, but none of us were into that, so we asked for it to be made with marinara. The ravioli themselves were good, but the sauce was strangely sweet. Still ok, but unexpectedly sweet.
The baked ziti and sausage. This sauce was not sweet! I really enjoyed the sausage in this. There were little tiny bits of sausage in there. I wish there had been more… they seem to skimp on the meat here.
I enjoyed the food here, but it’s not like amazing. It’s just ok. And the prices are ok too, but just ok, not cheap. And you get decent amounts of food. The service was a bit overzealous, due to the water incident. But there was a severe lack of communication due to our server’s lack of proficiency with the english language. When H/A wanted the rest of the ziti packed up, nothing happened. Bye bye ziti.
Posted by
foodzings | 08 Jun 2009 |
italian,
philadelphia,
suburbs |
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Last weekend, I hung out in some faraway burbs after going to a little art reception in the middle of nowhere. I was in bryn athyn, which has a crazy story. As in entire town of inbred swedes. Seriously. In any case, we grabbed some vittles after nearby.
Angelo’s is an italian joint in some random suburban stripmall. I wasn’t sure if it was open because there were no cars around. But it was early, so I guess that made sense. The place is very old school on the inside. Not swanky. It’s very laid back here.
So yeah, it’s italian food. Standard stuff. Me? I got eggplant parm. You get a salad too, and some bread. This salad was kind of sad, but you know it’s just something accompanying the main event. My eggplant parm was great. Just old fashioned and hearty.
R got the veal parm. A very sizeable hunk of veal. And we both got giant heaps of pasta with it. The spaghetti wasn’t round, it was square or rectangular, which made us think that it may have been homemade, but that’s just a guess. This place might not be that fancy.
The service was not that hot. Getting the server to run our check took forever. We kept wanting to pay and give them our money, but it’s like they weren’t having any of it. And they never offered us any refills on drinks. Not soda and not water either. Service is definitely not the high point here. That is the food. It’s a nice neighborhood joint for a hearty affordable meal.
Angelo’s Ristorante
11036 Rennard St
Philadelphia, PA 19116
(215) 677-3432
C got a side salad with mozzarella cheese. This actually looked like a pretty amazing salad. I did taste some, and it was really good. The dressing was great. But the amount of cheese was ridiculous. This starts a theme of heavy cheese.
I really wanted a sausage sandwich so I got this sausage parm with sweet peppers. Can you see any sausage or peppers or bread? Not really, as it was positively drenched with mozzarella cheese. There were about 3 slices of cheese on the bottom, then some sausage and peppers and sauce, and then a few more slices of cheese on the top. It was just beyond a ridiculous helping of cheese. It was more like a cheese sandwich with some sausage and bread. I ended up scraping most of the cheese off. It’s a shame really, because the sandwich itself was fine. It was just hard to eat and had to be severely edited to attempt enjoyment. Take our advice Valenti’s, ease up on the cheese. It’s just not necessary.
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