Last weekend, my family and I headed to Boston for a quick break before the frenzy of the school year dominates our lives. During our visit, we made our way to Boston's North End, a mecca of high quality traditional Italian food, to a restaurant named Ristorante Saraceno. The facility itself, located in what appears to be a hodge-podge of two (or three?) adjacent, but non-connected, buildings, is unimpressive, but the food is very good.
As usual, I took the opportunity to order my signature martini. I had great expectations. While the food impressed, the martini did not. It arrived somewhat cold and maybe shaken, and the vodka had been watered down to what I can only describe as "essence of vodka", it was there, but almost imperceptibly.
Well, live and learn. I give the martini at Ristorante Saraceno a 2 of 10. Unfortunately, my worst rating to date.
