Time to splurge!! Tonight was the night that we chose to
experience fine dining in Miami… I’d done some research and we had 3 choices
for dinner, Indian, Argentinian or Italian.
We decided that Italian hit all of our needs and we were off to our
destination in downtown Miami!
This, as you can see, is Fratelli
Milano. It offers both inside and
curbside dining. We chose inside…as we’re
not really fans of dining outdoors next to a busy street.
I’d researched Fratelli Milano on
TripAdvisor. At that time, it scored 118
excellent or very good reviews vs. 5 poor or terrible evaluations. It was well within my rule of a 10:1 ratio of
good to bad!
This is one view of the inside of the
restaurant as taken from our table.
There was sufficient room between tables, the décor was simple and
tasteful…and our efficient and friendly waiter Francesco was definitely
Italian!
For starters, our waiter brought us this
nice basket of Italian bread and breadsticks, as well as this nice dipping
sauce. We do appreciate quality bread!
Dawn Marie took this photo of Laurie and
me… We both ordered a glass of wine. I’d
started out with a glass of Pinot Grigio ($8.00) and Laurie had a glass of
Malbec. ($9.00) Both wines were very nice…
Question: Does it ever bother you that proper English grammer insists that the correct sentence structure is "Laurie and me"...not "Laurie and I"? Laurie and me sounds awkward to my ear...
We started out with 2 different
appetizers. This is the Fritto Milano…fried
calamari piled over zucchini and artichokes…served with a spicy tomato sauce.
($14.00) Of course, we also had our waiter ‘cover it up’ with fresh grated parmesan
cheese. We loved this appetizer and it
was kicked up a notch with that spicy sauce!
The second appetizer was the Carpaccio di
Manzo. ($16.00) This plate included thinly sliced raw filet mignon, arugula,
Portobello mushrooms, grape tomatoes, slices of parmigiano cheese…drizzled with
lemon truffle oil. It was excellent!
The menu included 6 different choices for
appetizers plus the soup of the day and 3 different varieties of bruschetta. I was also surprised to note that Fratelli
Milano also offered 6 different small pizzas to choose from… The idea of a pizza appetizer was intriguing
but the 2 appetizers we ordered were more than enough!
For her entrée, Laurie ordered her favorite
Italian dish…Ravioli di Aragosta (Lobster ravioli). ($21.00) This dish consists
of jumbo lobster ravioli with grape tomatoes in a pink vodka sauce. Laurie thought that it was very nice…
The challenge was choosing our pasta from
the 11 options plus 3 risotto dishes offered on the menu. Prices for the pasta/risotto dishes ranged
from $15.00 to $21.00. To view Fratelli
Milano’s menu, you can just go to http://media.wix.com/ugd/668ebf_361ab061854f9542d8a5067e2dd23f5d.pdf?dn=Dinner.pdf.
Dawn ordered the Gnocchetti al Gusto.
($15.00) These homemade potato dumplings are offered with your choice of a
cream, pesto or fresh tomato basil sauce.
Dawn enjoyed her entrée…
We all stuck with pasta for dinner. However, the restaurant’s menu also included
chicken, steak, fish/seafood items and veal entrees. Prices for these meat related offerings ranged
from $17.00 to $27.00.
I ordered the Bucatini San Babila.
($15.00) This tubular spaghetti comes with sweet Italian sausage, broccoli,
garlic, pecorino cheese and fresh tomato sauce.
As you can see, I had our waiter add a lot more grated cheese! This was a very satisfying and enjoyable entrée…
I was tempted to stray from my goal of
ordering a satisfying pasta entrée but I persevered, staying with my original
choice. Two dishes were at the top of my
list of dining options. One was the
Pollo Farcito…a stuffed breast of chicken with spinach, ricotta cheese and
toasted pinenuts…then wrapped in prosciutto de Parma. ($18.00) The other option
that I considered was the Vitello Prosciutto e Salvia… This offering consists
of veal medallions cooked in Prosecco wine, prosciutto di Palma, sage and
scamorza cheese served with roasted potatoes and vegetables. ($21.00)
FYI…Scamorza cheese is an Italian cow's
milk cheese, similar to mozzarella but with a much stronger flavor.
We would highly recommend Fratelli Milano
to anyone visiting Miami. This
restaurant is located at 213 Southeast 1st Street. Phone: 305-373-2300. Website: http://www.ristorantefratellimilano.com/#!
Just click on any of the photos to
enlarge them…
Thanks for stopping by and sharing our
dinner with us!
Take Care, Big Daddy Dave
I'm impressed with the prices. They are very reasonable for a fine dining establishment. and the atmosphere looks quite lovely. As far as the grammar structure of "I and me" ( from a daughter of an English teacher), imagine taking Laurie out of the sentence (sorry Laurie) and here's how it would sound - Dawn Marie took this photo of I, which sounds wrong to your ear. So, Laurie and me is correct. Hope you both have a lovely weekend and Happy Mother's Day to Laurie.
ReplyDeleteSam
As you know good Italian is hard to come by around our place so I'm always pleasantly surprised to find a good restaurant.
ReplyDeleteI love the picture of the Laurie and you!! The place look lovely !
ReplyDeleteA big hug to Laurie in Mother´sday!! xo
Miami is great and so is Italian food, so this sounds like a winner to me.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Sam: take everyone else out of the equation and you'd say, "Dawn took the photo of me." So, "me" is right and that's the easy way of figuring it out. English can be a pain sometimes. :-)
Have a great Sunday and Happy Mother's Day to Laurie!
Looks like a nice place. Tammy loves fried calamari and so do I. I am glad that you all had a good time and enjoyed everything. Great photo.
ReplyDeleteBlessings, Catherine