[Shanghai] Osteria

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[Shanghai] Osteria

Osteria

Add: 226 Jinxian Lu, near Shaanxi Nan Lu / 进贤路226号, 近陕西南路
Tel: 6256 8998
Hours: 11am~11pm
Website: www.osteriaspirit.com
Price: 250~300RMB/person
Visited on: May 2012

I’ve been to Osteria once before and deemed the dishes mediocre, so I wasn’t expecting much when a friend organized a dinner there a few nights ago. I was, however, very pleasantly surprised.

We started off with glasses of Spicy Canadian “Bloody Caesar” (68 RMB), made with Dewar Whisky or 42 Below Vodka and clamato juice. This Canadian invention is similar to a Bloody Mary but with a distinct spicy flavor from Worcestershire sauce, hot sauce, salt, pepper, and clamato juice (clam + tomato = clamato). It’s like sipping iced soup! Perfect for the summer.

A lovely bread basket, promptly refilled too.

Crudi (78 RMB), a platter of cured imported meats, daily crostini, marinated olives, melon & mint aperitif.

Crispy Calamari (89 RMB) with fried potato, pancetta, lemon, and sweet-chilli tomato mayo.

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