Amore Italian Restaurant

We were looking for a place for girls night out/ catch up session, and ended up at Amore.

The space is impressive, considering years ago it was Maine-ly Sandwich shop on Shepherd.  Of course, Shepherd is all dugged up like a war zone so don't blink, you may miss it, since they don't have a sign yet. 

Read a lot of rave review on the octopus, this is grilled and even the non-octopus eaters converted to believers.

Lamb meatball with truffle honey.  That's a new one for me, never had truffle honey before.  It does take away the heaviness a lamb can bring.  Of course, it's a popular dish among us girls.

This is Prosciutto with mozzarella in the middle with arugula and slices of pear.  These are pretty generous slices of prosciutto, unlike the onion paper thin version you get at the store.

This is Scallop Carpaccio - the slices are done super thin paired with pear slices, and add some smoked salmon from the middle to build up your bite.  It's good, no complaints there, plus not something you can get everywhere.

Here comes heartier dishes, I can do this dish all day long.  It is Pappardelle with boar in the mix.  The noodles are fresh and not the run of the mill noodles, and the flavor comes thru nicely.

Eggplant sides - I love how they put ricotta  in there.  It's almost like a mini lasagna. 

Prosciutto pizza with hand toss dough, basil, arugula, and prosciutto on top.  This one looks seemingly easy, but it's actually really spot on.  Probably because it was cooked in their stone oven... which you cannot miss walking in.

This was a pleasant surprise mistake.  Our server thought we asked for Truffled Scallop instead of scallop carpaccio.  And when the dish arrived, he was like, just keep it.  Ok... well, we'll give that a taste.  

This is actually pretty rich, definitely recommend you share this.  It has scallop on top of white sauce with quail egg and truffle.  I cut a little bite and it was pretty rich on its own.  It is delicious but share for sure. 

When we made the reservation for dinner, it was on the early side, but to our surprise, it was half filled.  Not until my friend told me that this is Blue Hair hour did I noticed that the diners are on the platinum side.  We were probably the youngest people there besides a few staff.  At first, I didn't realized this was opened by the former chef at Da Marco, and he has his loyal customers following him here to this new location.  

The space is small, seats about 60 and when the backroom is to host a 'big party', you cannot hear your friends at the same table.  So be mindful and maybe as the them to seat you by the bar/oven instead of the back.  Given our party size, I understand why they put us in the back, but as the other party comes it, you can really feel crowded.   Don't get me wrong, food still stand on its own.  If you are to come to dine, make sure to do a smaller party and ask to be seat by the front.

Amore Italian Restaurant

3310 S. Shepherd Rd

Houston, TX 77098

713-485-0033

https://www.amorehouston.com