Restaurant: Dinner at the Borgese’s [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13]

Location: Santa Monica

Date: December 3, 2024

Cuisine: Italian influenced gourmet home cooking

Rating: Awesome

Dinner at the Borgese’s is a special house dinner in Santa Monica cooked by the stunning pro-level home chef Borgese couple. Tonight’s dinner was a “game guy” dinner.

Lovely night out on the patio.

The menu.

The Borgese’s in the kitchen.

Meat!

Crudi. Seafood Crudo.

Risotto ai Frutti di Mare. Seafood Risotto.

Quaglia di Sonoma Ripiena. Stuffed Sonoma Quail.

Pasta all’aragosta Spinosa della California. California Spiny Lobster Pasta.

Costolette di Agnello Doppie. Double Lamb Chop.


Wagyu di New York. New York Wagyu.

Polenta con Salsiccia. Polenta with Sausage.

Gelato di Andy Gavin. Ice Cream by Andy Gavin. Chocolate Everything Gelato.

The wines.

First of all, the Borgese hospitality was awesome, the house lovely, and the food absolutely incredible. One of the best “home cooked” meals I’ve had. Maybe ever if you restrict it to chefs cooking in their own home kitchen. Just amazing. Every dish was great. Rustic but extremely delicious style. Superb homemade pastas.

Service was handled by the youngest Borgese (teen daughter) and was better than most restaurant staff. Super friendly and you can tell they do this a lot.

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