Marco
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Very appealing menu (we'd have tried everything) and very nice lunch at this unassuming fine dining restaurant.
Here flavours are assertive and clear, with dishes ranging from tradition (like a bollito misto with three excellent sauces/garnishes) to more modern, personal and free-flowing ones (like fried courgettes with a monkfish stuffing, served with a delicious wasabi mayo, hazelnuts and salad leaves). My favourite was a luscious pasta carbonara with crunchy "guanciale" (pork cheek) and a tartare of Sicilian prawns. A mixed plate with duck, goose (foie gras), deer and quail was also enormously satisfying. So was a very generous and rich dessert of saffron "crema cotta" (set pudding) with a Gorgonzola ice-cream, Morello cherries and a sort of puffed rice chocolate crunchie.
Maybe some finesse and balance was lacking here and there, but who cares: overall this was a great meal which I thoroughly enjoyed . Service is friendly by all, from the maitre d' Livia to the very young waitress who attended us. Prices are not cheap, but the quality is also high all the way through to the choice of coffee---not to mention the generous quantities!--- so they remain definitely reasonable. A must stop place for the food lover in the broad area.