I'd heard a lot of good things about the Japanese-run Italian restaurant called Il Chianti. So maybe my expectations were running high when my girlfriends and I decided to check it out last Friday. Yes, I admit, by default of it being part of a Japanese chain I was very curious. Inside the restaurant was the stuff first-dates are made of — cozy seating, dim lights, natural decor, cordial waiters. The menu was just as inviting with a wide variety of antipasto, pasta, secondo and dessert to satisfy. You're won't find much of an array of Japanese/Italian-fused concoctions. No natto-filled cannoli or ume-shiso pasta. Il Chianti is more of...
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I never quite got the concept of Japanese-Italian until I had the delicious shoyu-sake seafood spaghetti at Akane Chaya. And the Japanese-Italian food at Il Chianti in Lomita was a bit of another mystery to me.
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I had a wonderful dinner at this Japanese Italian chain Il Chianti before, I came back to try their lunch. They kept the Japanese way: $8-10 set lunch that includes everything from drinks, soup, salad, and dessert!
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Their 'Los Angeles' division is actually at Lomita (ok I'd say it: middle-of-nowhere X-D). When we drove out there we were told that there'd be a 45 minutes wait. We could have turn back to Torrance for any of the good Japanese places, but what the heck...Lomita is too far a drive to come back to try again. The vibe inside does made me feel like in Tokyo. The food is great though the taste is overal sweeter (Japanese taste?). There're many many things to try on menu. Next time if we went again make sure it's a bigger party, so we can order many big bowl of pasta to share.
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