Cuisine: Italian. Fucking delicious Italian since we’re talking about it. Italian that reminds you of your Grandmothers cooking on a Sunday when all the crazy Aunts were over and the house smelt of slow stewed tomatoes and garlic, browned veal, and love. If you didn’t grow up in an Italian home well first off I’m sorry, and secondly you should make friends with someone who is. You know that old lady you see shopping at the store? Short, cute, probably in a long dress, looks like she just immigrated here? Talk to her and see where she comes from, because those women not just Italian know what the fuck they’re doing in a kitchen and you need to know them.
I’ve been trying to get here for quite some time now, only to never go because I like to share these experiences with other people and everyone would blow me off. Assholes. Anyway there’s something about going to a new place that you’ve heard nothing but good things about with a fellow professional, or someone who isn’t a fellow professional and see wonderment in their eyes on the first bite. Brings me joy. Back to it, so Il Corvo has been on the radar for some time and I will say with zero hesitation that this has been one of my better experiences. Walking into Il Corvo for your first time you may be skeptical since its not a typical restaurant layout, but instead it is more like Panera? I know you’re probably spiting up what ever you’re drinking at the time of reading this but let me explain. First of all it was the first thing to pop in my head to make it relatable to the masses. Second of all the way Panera is set up is you walk to the register, place your order, then go get your beverage and find a seat, the staff is then responsible with busing the food to you. Il Corvo is exactly that, and it is absolutely perfect for them. Can I talk about the food now please? Because holy shit.
The food…is making me hungry thinking about what I had. My buddy and I ordered all three available pastas at the time plus their prosciutto dish. Let’s start at the anit-pasta. Thinly shaved prosciutto layered on a plate which is topped with a celery vinaigrette. So nicely cut celery on a bias, olive oil, mustard seeds, and I want to say it had some sort of acid in it but I don’t really recall. Could have just been a marinated celery salad. Regardless it was good. Nice and light; a good start to stuffing yourself with some majestic pasta, but both of us felt that thinly shaved fennel would of been a better choice for that and what they were trying to achieve. I feel like I have to reiterate here and say that this is all just my opinion, and the only thing I have to make it some what creditable is the fact that I’ve been cooking professionally for 10 years and went to culinary school. Anyway just think about prosciutto; salty but sweet, melting in your mouth but a little chewy, then if you were to combine that with some well seasoned fennel shaved thinly. Drooling? Me too.
Moving on, and this I am going to butcher because I don’t remember all the names of noodles they were serving with the sauces. First was a Bolognese with Paparadelle which is always on the menu and fucking sexy. Oh yeah, the noodles? Hand made everyday. Yeah I know, I want to live in their kitchen. We also got a Puttanesca like sauce with some elbows with a wavy ribbon that ran down the back sorry but the name of this noodle has eluded me. Puttanesca if you don’t know is a Marinara with olives and capers, this sauce how ever didn’t have the capers and was littered with vegetables; really good, well rounded sauce. Lastly we got squid ink Spaghetti with a anchovy Marinara that had Sicilian in the name. Also the noodles weren’t Spaghetti noodles because they were cut shorter and also squared, but for visual purposes let’s say spaghetti. The sauce was sweet and spicy with a beautiful anchovy base, I really appreciated this one in particular because it all just went perfectly together. It was a complete dish and I want more. Going to revisit the noodles again because I have lately been obsessing over noodles of all cultures and I just want to say that when you think of fresh hand made Italian noodles, this is the place you should go and experience. Because Il Corvo makes fabulous noodles and takes it to the next level by giving you wonderful authentic sauces AND cooking the noodles perfectly. I want more. So yes I recommend Il Corvo if you’re in the Downtown area of Seattle and want a satisfying lunch before returning to shopping, or work. Bring a friend and get everything they have available and share, you won’t be disappointed.
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