Aldo's Italian Restaurant

It’s hard to tell how a meal is going to turn out when a big party is involved. Usually it means that both the service and the food is going to be better than normal. This is what I imagined at Aldo’s Italian Restaurant when I attended a reception for a baptism. Located in Wyckoff, NJ, Aldo’s evokes that old time Italian sensibilities starting with the hospitality. The pleasantries of the hostess definitely set a good tone for the rest of the meal.

Because this was a set meal, a lot of food was sampled as a result. Already on the table was bruschetta and cheese bread. The antipasto course came out in full force consisting of fried calamari, clams oreganato, stuffed eggplant, and stuffed mushrooms.

Of course a second course is served before the entree with a choice of penne filetto di pomodoro or Italian mixed salad.

The entree course made it hard to choose what to eat with all the available selections of veal parmigian, veal marsala, veal piccata, chicken alla aldo, chicken francese, chicken parmigian, shrimp scampi, and salmon oreganato. How is anyone supposed to choose one over the other? In this case, when you are with family, everyone choose a different dish and sample each other’s. I had the salmon oreganato and was pleased with my meal. By this time I didn’t think I could house anymore food in my stomach but after tasting it I knew I would do it a disservice by not consuming it.

I keep forgetting how much Italians love to eat and this feast was just the tip of the iceberg on how it goes. It has been a while since I’ve had an Italian meal like this one and Aldo’s proved that it can do the job.