Best Beef Carpaccio we have ever tasted, ever, ever, ever! You don’t see carpaccio this thick anywhere else in the world. It doesn’t melt straight away and you’d get the chance to feel its texture and freshness. What’s the so very best? The visual delight given by the green rockets, yellow parmesan and the red [...]
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Thur 15-Mar-07: Rome
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Dinner Wed 14-Mar
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Mirabelle – Roof Top, Hotel Splendid Royal. Suit and tie. Dress and heels. It deserves that M-star. Yes it does.
Wed 14-Mar-07: Rome
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The day when we saw the Pope. Didn’t expect to see him that day and we were shocked to see a sea of people with yellow caps when we arrived the St Peter’s square at Vatican. It turned out to be the weekly general audience where he speaks, waves and greets people. Anyway, lunch at [...]
Dinner Tue 13-Mar
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Pizzeria Montecarlo at Vicolo Savelli – Cheap and cheerful. A little chaotic but service was FAST! Starters weren’t that great but the thin-crust pizzas were just nice. Overall: 6/10 we would say…
Lunch Tue 13-Mar
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Lunch at St Clement cafe near the Colosseum. Was way below par and we had no motivation to take any picture of the spaghetti ragu and the mozzarella tomato salad that we had. 3/10. Lesson leant – guidebooks aren’t always right.
Ice Cream Tue 13-Mar
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Spent an hour relaxing at the famous Vitti, which has been serving delightful gelati since 1898. With the sun and the blue sky, there’s no way that we could sit inside. Vitti is in the middle of Piazza St Lorenzo in Lucina and was full of well-dressed Italians (and no-so-well-dressed tourists like us) . We [...]
Dinner Mon 12-Mar
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For dinner, we went to a place in Trastevere called Antica Pesa, a Roman restaurant that was an inn serving refreshment to peasant delivering grains to the Vatican custom office in the 17th century. It’s now a modern restaurant with pictures of movie stars on the wall (which kind of put us off really….) [...]
Lunch Mon 12-Mar
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Had a huge breakfast that morning, so only a light lunch at the famous Giolitti on via Uffici del Vicario.Overall : 6.5/10 – Old, elegant setting, fair food
Sun 11-Mar-07: Rome
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First dinner at the famous Pizzeria da Ricci, a.k.a. Est Est Est! Many guidebooks & websites name it one of the best Pizzeria in Rome – we had to agree Starters: – Toasted bread with garlic, tomatoes, ham, olives, artichokes – Fried Mozzarella – Est Est Est homemade white [...]
Sun 11-Mar-07: Rome
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First meal in Rome. Started with this small restaurant, Ponentino, at some side street around Trastevere area after the not-so-exciting stroll at Porta Portese Market. Starter: – Parma ham without melon (sold out) – Dried salted beef with rockets Primo: – Gnocchi Bolognese [...]
