Samsunshine Levy
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Very well done traditional classic Veronese dishes at La Taverna di via Stella in Verona. Red wines by the glass 🍷 invite trying Valpolicella, Valpolicella Superiore, Ripasso della Valpolicella, and Amarone, though I only got the middle two today. They had a special of a whole slow braised stinco di maiale 🐷 for €23, which the table next to me ordered and looked delicious, but I've seen sixteen too many wine braised hunks of meat on my own plate lately. Beware the prohibited games! I opted for house cured pork loin, one smoked, one marinated in Amarone. These were fine and a cut above normal, but I do rarely find charcuterie a representation of the style, attention, or quality of a restaurant - I really should have ordered a more interesting starter. I follow with bigoli (pasta shape) with anatra (duck) ragù - Just as dry but flavorful as those in Bologna. Then a semifreddo and another amaro that I didn't catch the name of but tasted like all the rest, I mean was a wonderful and unique expression of local herbs and bitter forest that couldn't have come from anywhere else but this very spot, which you could taste in every drop.