Mora Italian Restaurant isn’t your typical Italian Restaurant in Phoenix. It’s more like not your Grandfather’s Italian Restaurant…..It’s like Las Vegas Quality with Approachable Pricing. The Co-Owner is – James Bead Award Wining, Celebrity Chef, Cookbook Author, Restauranteur, Food Network’s Chopped Judge………and recent Phoenix Transplant…Scott Conant.
Picture taken at recent AZCENTRAL Food & Wine Festival
Spotted Chef Conant on the line on my way in.
From my seat the entrance looks like this.
I turn around and see an attractive patio that surprisingly overlooks a busy street.
The dining room features wood, leather or leather like seating, lots of Ferrari Red and Italian Pop Culture adorning the wall.
The Spaghetti Eating Heathen Women are quite memorable.
We start out with Polenta with Mushrooms and Truffle Sugo.
It’s rich and creamy with a variety of well developed mushrooms of different textures. It’s seasoned just so…It’s special occasion delicious!
New we share the Ricotta and Mascarpone Gnudi.
They are like ravioli fillings…Sort of like if a ravioli had a baby with angel food cake, topped with concentrated tomato in a buttery thin sauce.
My husband had a very unique kind of Short Rib. He said it didn’t seem braised and seemed more like a grilled steak. He said it was surrounded with interesting ingredients. He thinks he remembers ingredients like artichoke, arugula, Calabrian Peppers and pumpkin seeds.I think I see endive and radicchio on the plate too. He said it was really all great together.
I had the Whole Boneless Orata ( Gilt Head Bream Fish).
It was so tender, moist and sweet. It just melted in my mouth. Even the skin was crisp and seasoned nicely. The plate came with melted leeks, faro and a grilled lemon. This was just a really great dish….I remember I had this same fish at Bartolotta’s in Las Vegas.
I was too full for dessert 🙁
I’ll save room for dessert next time 🙂
Mora Italian is Worth a Fork….but…it’s important to read below
Worth a Fork! I NOTE at the time of this review Mora Italian is a newly opened restaurant and is subject to mishaps in service and delays in the timing of serving food……but what I tried was outstanding so I’m giving them the Fork.
www.MoraItalian.com
The Forking Truth is that EVERYTHING is subject to change and your experience may…or may not…differ.
The Forking Truth
