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People love Italian food.From Pasadena, California, with its sister city Xicheng (Shee-chung) District, Beijing, People's Republic of China, Italian restaurants are universal. What about Italian food that we love?

Americans are addicted to the combination of tomato and cheese. This spicy tomato sauce brightens and enlightens the heavy cheese. Or perhaps what we love the traditional flavors is that we have come to recognize that the Italian herbs such as rosemary, oregano, marjoram and thyme. Although the pizza does not really count as authentic "Italian", it is preferred almost everyone.

However, the Italian Food Experience is a plaque outside of these. A typical dinner menu may include:

Small Cove oysters on the half shell

California Citrus colossal shrimp - "Property Grown" salad of fennel and coriander

Beef Carpaccio - mushrooms, lemon vinaigrette, parmesan

Ahi Tuna Tartare - white truffle, soy, pine nuts and Avocado

Dungeness Crab Cakes - made with the House-Sweet-Hot Mustard, radish aioli and heirloom tomatoes dried

Crepe Cocoa - stuffed with sauteded lobster with creamy lobster

Pizza vine-ripened tomatoes - fresh basil, roasted garlic, mozzarella

Brick Oven Bread House Flat

Proscuitto ham, arugula and sundried tomato pizza

Pappardelle Porcini - beef tenderloin, sundried tomatoes, Sage "Garden"

King Crab Dumplings - Asparagus, Baby Greens and Lemon "Musto" Oil

This menu is an upscale restaurant. As you can see, pasta and cheese are there, but with refinements, and the finest Italian cuisine features seafood restaurants, like many make their own bread daily from scratch. Another thing we like to eat, Italiano is a portion of the style called "family". This is much more welcoming to families with children, because the food is placed in the center of the table in containers that encourage people to use and remember to eat at home. Portions are generally large, to serve groups of 2 or 4 or more. Here is another example of an Italian restaurant menu :

Baked pasta specialties:

Chicken Cannelloni - Stuffed with chicken sausage, provolone, ricotta and fresh sage, smothered with Romano and marinara, and baked to perfection.

Lasagna - Nine layers of lasagna stuffed with our homemade meat sauce, and a tasty combination of ricotta, mozzarella, provolone and romano cheeses, baked in marinara is made fresh daily.

Grilled Specialties - Served with roasted potatoes and fresh vegetables

Porchetta Rustica - Herb roasted boneless pork loin topped with a rustic red wine sauce that blends balsamic vinegar, blueberries, capers and hazelnuts.

Tuscan Chicken and Vegetables - Rosemary marinated chicken bones.

Fresh Salmon with Pesto - Sun dried tomatoes, cream sauce with pesto and pine nuts, served with vegetables

Entrees -

Chicken Saltimbocca with prosciutto and artichokes

Chicken Marsala with fresh mushrooms

Chicken Parmigiana with prosciutto

Veal Limone with escarole and beans, Tuscan white in a lemon butter sauce

This menu sounds less pretentious, but food.