The search for good Gnocchi.

In France the first test a cook faces is can you make a good omelet.Well in Italy the test is can you make Gnocchi. In Italian it means little lump and thats how some bad Gnocchi can feel in your stomach.When visiting Italy I had some great versions ,usually served as a starter.Here in the US we tend to see huge portions and the pasta itself is super heavy and starchy. I hate to order it cause I am almost always disappointed.So recently I was at a cigar club dinner,they close down the restaurant and 100 guys file in to eat,smoke and drink the night away. You pay a flat fee and get some cigars and a multi course meal.Usually the food is ok ,but nothing to really inspire me.But on this night I was in for a treat.We started off with some mediocre appetizers and a basic salad. Then they sat a plate full of pasta in front of me,it was half ravioli and half Gnocchi in a cream sauce. The ravioli was good, but the Gnocchi was a revelation.It was light ,it was tasty and the sauce matched it perfectly.This was the best Gnocchi I have had outside of Tuscany.I went down to the kitchen at the end of the night thinking I might coax the recipe from the chef.Well he had left early so no magic gnocchi recipe for me. We have eaten at this place before and the food was decent.I am going to go back soon and see if they can pull off the Gnocchi magic again. Here is the link to the Yelp review.
http://www.yelp.com/biz/sapore-italiano-restaurant-burlingame

I will update this after my next visit..