Our regular lunch bunch was again revived after a summer hiatus. This time, all four of us were present to help celebrate the belated bday of one of the group members. She chose to have lunch at the new Italian place
Villa Capri which is in the Shops at San Miguel Ranch on the corner of Proctor Valley Road and East H Street. It's way the hell out there, near the San Miguel Ranch housing development. And to think that only a decade and a half ago, it was all a scary dirt road...Yes, Proctor Valley Road. For those that live in the South Bay, that was the place to go joy riding and telling scary ghost stories. Supposedly freaky things happened out there too. Urban legends I'm sure. But I digress...
What you see when you first step inside. Pretty and very earth toney.
The patio. We were the second group there at 12 noon.
Some of the brunch items...
Our view from the patio - the parking lot plus some mountains. You can't see it, but Albertson's, which is the main anchor of this shopping area, is to the right.
The prix fixe business lunch menu ($13 average). Comes with a soup or salad or in my case, something fried, an entree plus a dessert. I didn't think they would serve this on a weekend. I was bummed because I scoped out their menu online the night before and I wanted to try their version of linguine with clams.
Our bread which we sopped up with extra virgin olive oil and balsamic vinegar and a splash of salt.
The appetizer for my lunch, called, "Sorrento" was the Calamari Dorati - fried squid with a spicy marinara sauce. The sauce really wasn't that spicy going down but going out is another story. It was either this or minestrone soup. I'll take fried anything over soup.
Fried squid.
Delicious tentacles...excuse my ratty nails and dry skin! Ugh.
My Gnocchi al Pomodoro, which I'm sorry to say, sucked. It was too doughy and thick. I saved it for later. But as I type this, it's Monday evening and I still haven't had the desire to eat the leftovers...
Close up of the gnocchi...Doesn't beat Thor's favorite dish, the Gnocchi Quattro Formaggio with Pancetta at Buon Appetito in Little Italy. Now THAT was good gnocchi!
Our other friend's Prosciutto Foccacia sandwich which had fresh mozzarella, tomato, arugula, olive oil and (although the menu didn't mention it), prosciutto. You'd like to think that they had it in there, eh! She enjoyed hers lunch and pretty much polished it off.
One of our companions had the Frittata Melanzana which was an omelet with eggplant, tomatoes, zucchini, mozzarella cheese and basil. I tried some of hers and it was pretty good. It was served witha side of jelly, buttered bread and a side of fruit. I didn't want to order an omelet at an Italian place however.
The guts of my friend's omelet:
Here's the dessert that came with our meal. Two cannolis. I didn't care for the filling so I just broke mine apart and ate the shell. My friend on the other side was the opposite, she just ate the filling. The chocolate dipped strawberry was a nice touch.
Despite having dessert with the fix prixe lunch, we still wanted to go next door for dessert...
What you see when you first step inside. Pretty and very earth toney.
Some of the brunch items...
Our view from the patio - the parking lot plus some mountains. You can't see it, but Albertson's, which is the main anchor of this shopping area, is to the right.
The prix fixe business lunch menu ($13 average). Comes with a soup or salad or in my case, something fried, an entree plus a dessert. I didn't think they would serve this on a weekend. I was bummed because I scoped out their menu online the night before and I wanted to try their version of linguine with clams.
Our bread which we sopped up with extra virgin olive oil and balsamic vinegar and a splash of salt.
The appetizer for my lunch, called, "Sorrento" was the Calamari Dorati - fried squid with a spicy marinara sauce. The sauce really wasn't that spicy going down but going out is another story. It was either this or minestrone soup. I'll take fried anything over soup.
Fried squid.
Delicious tentacles...excuse my ratty nails and dry skin! Ugh.
My Gnocchi al Pomodoro, which I'm sorry to say, sucked. It was too doughy and thick. I saved it for later. But as I type this, it's Monday evening and I still haven't had the desire to eat the leftovers...
Close up of the gnocchi...Doesn't beat Thor's favorite dish, the Gnocchi Quattro Formaggio with Pancetta at Buon Appetito in Little Italy. Now THAT was good gnocchi!
Our other friend's Prosciutto Foccacia sandwich which had fresh mozzarella, tomato, arugula, olive oil and (although the menu didn't mention it), prosciutto. You'd like to think that they had it in there, eh! She enjoyed hers lunch and pretty much polished it off.
One of our companions had the Frittata Melanzana which was an omelet with eggplant, tomatoes, zucchini, mozzarella cheese and basil. I tried some of hers and it was pretty good. It was served witha side of jelly, buttered bread and a side of fruit. I didn't want to order an omelet at an Italian place however.
The guts of my friend's omelet:
Here's the dessert that came with our meal. Two cannolis. I didn't care for the filling so I just broke mine apart and ate the shell. My friend on the other side was the opposite, she just ate the filling. The chocolate dipped strawberry was a nice touch.
Despite having dessert with the fix prixe lunch, we still wanted to go next door for dessert...
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