Magianno’s Little Italy

Before you think that the last time I took my wife out on a date, was when I wrote that entry on vietnamese food, you’re mistaken! I’m just now finding the time to spew my laymen critique on some of the local restaurants in the south bay.

Magianno’s Little Italy is a restaurant in the newly established South Bay hotspot, known as Santana Row. It’s amazingly popular. Every time we try to do a walk-in for that restaurant the average wait has been consistenly 2hours+.

I’ve even attempted to make reservations, but 48-hours before you date doesn’t seem to be enough time. I had to make our reservation 1 week in advance!

So was it worth all that effort? Well the verdict is not completely out yet.

The ambiance of the place is very upbeat with live music and piano singers. Its also very crowded as you would imagine yet not to the point of being uncomfortable.

They seated us by the window which I thought was great. I ordered the fried calamari for appetizers, seafood linguini, and my wife had the lasagna.

Side note: I’d just like to note that my wife has been on a tear when it comes to picking food.. Normally I would end up with the tastier dish, but the past 12 or so times we’ve gone out, she’s always managed to pick the better entree.

tonight was no different. What looked like a delicious seafood combination ended up being a very sub-par meal. For one the mussels were tiny!! Another ding would be the noodles were not fully cooked, very ver hot, but not quite cooked giving them the tough linguini taste that every customer looks forward too.. NOT!

My wife’s lasagna was a house speciality and deservedly so. i ended up eating half of her huge portion and took my meal home,.. hopefully microwaving it would soften up the noodles

The key to the lasagna seemed to be the cheese and sauce. it was well balanced with the parmesan cheese not being too gooey nor the sauce being too much like spaghetti sauce.it was tarty enough to taste the tomatoes but sweet enough to add flavor to the meat.

I would recommend this restaurant, despite my underperforming dish! I am grateful that I am able to not only go out with my lovely wife but also able to enjoy such fine dining. My criticisms are an attempt to sound sophisticated, even though I’ll pretty much eat anything

The following morning I had my meal for breakfast and was it yummy!