Paese Ristorante

Paese is a new Italian restaurant in Toronto's Entertainment district. We went for a nice Friday night date and ate and ate and ate. The house-made pancetta is ridiculous, so naturally we ordered everything on the menu that included it.

Excuse the poor iphone pictures, I only recently dicovered the flash.

Our starters were pancetta wrapped scallops on a celery root sugo with green olive and fig salsa, and grilled shrimp with cannelini beans and gremolata.

Then we each got a pizza, all of which come with homemade condiments, spicy to not-so-spicy, left to right.

I had the Bianca, topped with potatoes, that divine pancetta, roasted onions and smoked mozzarella.

Bf had Proscuitto Bianca, topped with proscuitto cotto, arugula, fior di latte and tomato sauce (top). Paese is definitely one of our new faves, a must try for proper homemade Italian food, with a sophisticated edge.