Giorgio’s Italian Food and Pizzeria – Milpitas, CA
For once I’m at a loss at how to start a post, how to start introducing Giorgio’s. This Italian food restaurant isn’t bad, some of the items are quite tasty, but I feel as if nothing stands out substantially. I’ll go ahead and move right into what was ordered.
- Ravioli Compare (Appetizer)
- Lemon Chicken Soup
- Chicken Parmigiana
- Linguini Cacciucco
The Ravioli was pretty good, served with both a marinara and ranch dipping sauce. The lemon chicken soup surprised me a little. Normally I don’t like “lemon” and “chicken” together, but the soup was indeed good. The Chicken Parmigiana was great, the chicken breasts were tender and moist. I thoroughly enjoyed the spinach that was on the side, it added a bit of healthy to the plate. Since I only got one usable picture of the Chicken Parmigiana, I have included a video at the end.
The Linguini Cacciucco had one thing that I personally don’t like, and that is the little alien calamari people. I’m definitely not a fan of calamari when it comes with tentacles attached…. I find that I am grossed out by the little feet, and this in turn has deterred me from ordering fried calamari on a number of occasions. I included 2 pictures at the end that show these little alien people to illustrate my distaste.
Healthy Porridge – Milpitas, CA
The English name of this restaurant definitely doesn’t sound too appetizing, the two words, “healthy” and “porridge”, when combined makes me think of something you would feed to a person who is not feeling well. The name is also quite misleading, as it makes one think that all this restaurant offers is porridge… which couldn’t be farther from the truth.
The restaurant offers a range of dishes, from fried rice to noodle soups, from pork ears to fried oysters. Here is what was ordered that night:
- Beef Noodle Soup
- Beef Sacha Fried Rice (Sacha is the Satay Sauce)
- Fried Rice in Omelet (Basically fried rice that is encased in a thin Egg wrap)
- Crispy Fried Fish with Spiced Salt (aka. Salt and Pepper Fish Fillet)
The food was decent, and the restaurant seemed to be very clean (in the front of the house anyway). The kitchen was flexible enough to make small changes to menu items. The Fried Rice in Omelet usually has ketchup added to the fried rice, but at our request they omitted it. My sister was extremely happy that her omelet fried rice contained edamame.
I really liked the crispy fried fish, the piece were cut smaller than I’ve seen at the other restaurants, but this gave the fish a much crunchier texture.
