It’s been a while since we went to Sorellina for dinner, the last time being for brunch (I still remember the lobster salad). This popular Italian place is great and I was looking forward to getting one of their house made pasta dishes.

I first ordered a cocktail and picked a Forza Negroni, one of the few choices of their Negroni bar, not made with gin, but with bourbon (with Campari and vermouth). I found it interesting that they chose to propose variations of this gin cocktail with other alcohol like whisky or mezcal.

Forza Negroni at Sorellina in Hoboken, NJ

For our appetizer, we went for their Old Bay fried cheese. Who doesn’t like fried food? And these little bites, coming straight from the fryer were delicious: the shell, made with semolina breadcrumbs was crispy, not greasy, and the cheese gooey. It was dipped in a Mayo (giardinera Mayo), but I admit that I would have preferred a marinara sauce with it.

Then came the pasta dishes. Jodi got a vegetarian one: mushroom malfatti. The malfati pasta looked beautiful with its wavy shape, accompanied by roasted mushrooms and topped with stracciatella cheese. This was a fantastic dish, quite earthy and comforting.

Mushroom Malfati at Sorellina in Hoboken, NJ

On my side, I could not not order their linguine alle Vongole. What a great dish! I literally inhaled it! The pasta was perfectly cooked and that white wine sauce was amazing, slightly thicker than what I usually get, with the perfect amount of garlic and anchovies (I never had that before in this sauce). The only thing is that I wish there were more clams. Still, I would go to this restaurant just for that dish.

Dessert was even more amazing and so decadent: it was chocolate doughnuts with a side of peanut butter caramel sauce (we asked to have it on the side as Jodi does not like peanuts). First of all, if you want to spare your shirt, you need to know that it has chocolate inside, so, when you bite, chances are that some of the hot liquid will drip…Anyway, it is so good that you would probably just want to eat the entire donut in one bite, first getting a taste of the crispy shell covered in powdered sugar, before sensing an explosion of dark chocolate in your mouth. It paired well with the peanut butter caramel sauce, but I admit that I found it unnecessary, these donuts shining on their own.

So, overall, this was a great dinner: Sorellina is a great place in Hoboken, offering a mouth watering menu for all palates. I definitely recommend it!

Enjoy (I did)!

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Sorellina - 1036 Washington St, Hoboken, NJ 07030

Jean-Philippe Gerbi