Christian Nimsky

Kathy and I just came back from a restaurant we’ve been meaning to try: Il Chianti in Lomita, CA.  Located not far from where we live, Il Chianti is a place that we’ve driven by repeatedly.  We thought it was Italian but it’s actually Italian / Japanese fusion and its wonderful.  They sport an excellent wine list and a menu that makes you think quite a bit before ordering because there are so many choices. 

They have a location in West Tokyo as well.  The menu is organized in classic Italian format, but all the descriptions are in kanji - with english translations as a secondary line of text.  Beautiful decorations inside.

Tonight we had:

• 2006 Arcano Chianti Colli Senesi organic dry red wine (fabulous)
  
• Ceasar salad (good)
• Tuna tartare (best part of our meal; this was a huge cake of Tartare, covered in onions and some kind of fish eggs that was served with sliced Italian soft bread pre-moistened with olive oil) 
• Onion soup (basically a French Onion soup; this was done very well)
• Midnight Spaghetti (served almost udon style with tons of sauce and noodles/mushrooms floating in it) 

And we didn’t even scratch the surface.  We’ll need to return to try other things.