A bit of Everything! Dinner at Scaddabush Italian Kitchen and Bar

It was not so hard to decide on a cuisine for my pizza monster celebrating her birthday. I had tried Scaddabush with some friends before but the fam has not been so we decided to go to the Richmond Hill location.

It was pretty busy for 6pm on a Sunday night. We did manage to get a table without reservations, though. I love the industrial feel of the place with candelabras actually lit with candles and bikes hanging off the ceiling. A couple of huge chandeliers also graced the place. Chairs and plates were mismatched and added more to the eclectic feel of this fun, casual dining spot.

While we were ordering, the girls made their way to the back, near the kitchen to watch the chef hand-pull mozzarella. They were quite intrigued with the process and so, despite our orders of pizza and pasta, we added an order of Naked Mozzarella. Just because we HAD to try it.

Anyway, the order did not take too long. We shared all the dishes so everyone got a taste—a little bit of everything! Scaddabush!

We got an order of The Butcher pizza. It was basically a meat-lovers pizza with bacon, sausage, pepperoni, mozzarella, roasted garlic, red onions, and San Marzano tomato sauce. It was not the traditional round pizza but more of a flatbread. It was served with some cool scissors so you can cut it to the size you want. The pizza was just delicious—packed heavily with toppings, the crust was soft with a perfect crisp.

The Butcher Pizza @Scaddabush

I also liked the Shrimp Spaghetti with wine cream, lemon and garlic butter, basil, fried capers and Parmesan. The fresh pasta was cooked perfectly and the white sauce was creamy and flavourful.

Shrimp Spaghetti @Scaddabush

The Lobster Spaghetti had some decent chunks of lobster tossed in spicy tomato cream sauce, roasted tomatoes, roasted peppers, arugula, and Parmesan. Delicious!

Lobster Spaghetti @Scaddabush

The third pasta we got was the Fettuccine Capri with Shrimp, scallops, PEI mussels, squid, roasted red peppers and scallions on tomato sauce. This one had a bit more spice and had the seafood I love. While it was my least favourite among the pasta we ordered, it was still quite good.

Fettuccine Capri @Scaddabush

Our Naked Mozzarella finally came. The ball of cheese was drizzled with extra-virgin olive oil and served with focaccia crostini, San Marzano tomato jam and sea salt. Divine.

Naked Mozzarella @Scaddabush

Maybe we were not too hungry that evening, but I think we ordered way more than we could consume. The Capri was practically untouched and a third of the pizza also had to be bagged. And yet, the girls had some room for dessert and tried the Chocolate Toffee Jar Cake. It looked yummy that I couldn’t resist even one bite. And it was worth it! It was a delightful chocolate ganache with sponge toffee, vanilla whipped cream, candied walnuts, sea salt.

We truly enjoyed our dining experience and the food was just delicious! We will definitely be back!