Friday, October 30, 2015

Serafina (White Plains)


199 Main Street
(at Court Street)
White Plains, NY


I’ve been to the Serafina location near Columbus Circle in Manhattan, so when offered a choice of dining options in White Plains, I decided to try out their Serafina location.


As soon as we entered, we were greeted with a friendly welcome. The service was helpful and informative throughout our entire meal. We must have been waited upon by at least half a dozen different members of their wait-staff. Best of all they were not hovering over us or being intrusive.

We started off with an order of the fried calamari, along with a warm Italian goat cheese salad with baby spinach, honey, and roasted pine nuts. The baby spinach with honey was delish, but wish the warm goat cheese were placed on top of the greens as opposed to on a toasted piece of bread.

 
 
Continuing my craving for Neapolitan pizza, we ordered the All’uovo: tomato, mozzarella, prosciutto, sliced tomato with one egg. We were instructed to “break” the egg and spread the yolk throughout the entire pizza. Cold yolk on cool or cold pizza is definitely not recommended! So best to eat when it comes piping hot from the oven.

 
Our favorite dish though was a rather unique appetizer dish: avocado and shrimps “san pietro”—avocado and baby shrimp served with arugula, grape tomatoes, and cannellini beans in a champagne mustard sauce. The baby shrimp tasted like lobster and the mustard sauce added a very nice hint of spice to the dish.

 
We paired our meal with a rosé (Bertaud Belieu Cote de Provence, St. Tropez)—in spite of it being past rosé season—and a prosecco (Prosecco Flor Serafina Label).

 

Pros:
Friendly service.
Nice, bright atmosphere.


Cons:
It’s located in White Plains.


Final Thoughts
I would rate the White Plains location higher than the NYC location due to the more attentive service and interesting menu options.


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