Tanino (Westwood)

We made reservations through Opentable.com to celebrate my birthday. I had been there before but my hubby hadn't.
We got there and were seated promptly. We were handed menus and a wine list. Our server came over to introduce himself and for whatever reason, he took the wine list away. We asked if the chef was able to prepare a tasting menu but the server said they didn't have that available but he could do a sampler of sorts. We just needed to choose 3 pastas and 3 salads and he would "make it happen." We decided against the sampler and instead chose 4 courses that we were going to share.
1st course: Beef carpaccio - yummy - served with the traditional capers but they served them with these green olives that were salty and delicious!
2nd course: Risotto with squid ink and calamari - funky but delicious! - I'd been on a kick where I wanted to try food cooked with squid ink after seeing it on Richard Zimmern's show. The garlic and inky blackness of the risotto was so yummy.
3rd course: Linguine frutti di mare - the pasta was perfectly al dente and the sauce was great...not too acidic...just right! The seafood was also fairly fresh.
4th course: Osso Bucco - OMG...the meat was fall off the bone tender and the polenta was a fantastic complement. Creamy and delicious.
5th course: Tiramisu - the perfect end to our meal...not too sweet and deliciously creamy and light! Our server gave us complementary glasses of moscati di asti which was perfect with the tiramisu.
Only complaint of the evening was that they took the wine list away and our 1st course was served before they served us our wine choice...Caymus 2005 Cabernet Sauvignon. Not only that but our server was rather sloppy when serving the wine since he splashed some of it and spilled it down the side of the glass. So did not expect this from an establishment like this.
Overall though, we will be back to Tanino...