Campagnolo Restaurant

1020 Main Street

Vancouver, BC

 

I was reminiscing about the fantastic agnolotti pasta I had at Araxi last year so I searched for places in Vancouver that had agnolotti on their menu. I came upon Campagnolo's menu and saw that they served their own version of agnolotti (same type of pasta but different filling) so I convinced W to go try it with me.

The decor inside was simple but clean and warm with the wooden wainscotting and tables. We were served iced water while we perused the menu.

After we made our order, our server came and placed this plate on our table! She said it was to sprinkle on our dishes. On the left was parmesan reggiano, the centre was some sort of dried herb (sorry, I do not recall the name), and on the right were some dried chili flakes.

Agnolotti

Salted cod, preserved lemon

Ahh, now this was what I was looking forward to! Such a simple looking pasta but such diverse and complex flavours! Inside was a filling of pureed salted cod meat with mashed potatoes and herbs and the sauce was a light dressing infused with preserved lemon. There were also little bits of preserved lemon peel in the sauce which cut the saltiness of the cod filling very nicely.

Salsiccia

Fennel sausage, arugula, parmigiano reggiano, chilies

W and I also shared a pizza to go with our pasta. I loved the base of the pizza. The crust was thick and chewy (but not bland and difficult to eat) while the middle was also chewy but thin so that you could fold it and eat it without have the topping spill out. The chilies provided a slight kick to the pizza, the arugula gave a little crunch while the sausage balanced out the acidity of the tomato sauce. I would have liked to see more sausage though; otherwise, this was a very tasty pizza.

Terrina di Cioccolato
Coffee, nutella 

We comtemplated for a very long time whether to have dessert or not. There were only 3 choices on the menu and none of them really inticed us. However, we wanted to end the meal on a sweet note so we chose the chocolatey-coffee-hazelnutty cake (the others were a strawberry rhubarb tart and a cheese platter).

The cake was moist and soft. It would have been better if the coffee flavour was more pronounced. It seemed quite sweet with the chocolate and nutella throughout the cake. Overall, I liked the savoury items more than the dessert in the meal. The menu at Campagnolo changes often so be sure to check their menu online for their latest offerings.