Great heartwarming dinner, fully of wine and a thoroughly welcoming, rich and friendly atmosphere.
Was a dinner offered for my friend Toto as he did not smoke for a whole year.
Welcome of the house:
tempura fried sage with teriyaki sauce + watermelon gazpacho
Great
Starters:
Me - mountain egg with goat cheese cream, tastyy
Wine: rosso frari Bordeaux blend, perfect
Toto - raw fish tartare, super good
Wine: garganuda, biological soave crisp and mineral
First course:
Me - paccheri with eggplant and tomatoe, good but a bit ‘naked’
Same wine rosso frari
Toto - sea pesto - seaweed blended in fish broth + oysters
Wine: ribolla gialla
Second course (shared)
Roasted eel: deep gutsy meaty and thick, with its amazing crispy skin on top
Simple and terribly effective,
Totally shocking and delicious
Toto wine - Pinot noir, not the best wine but perrfect match!
Me wine - aged Chardonnay great great wine, but too aromatic and round for the eel
Dessert:
Toto - Spanish Sponge with vanilla ice cream, candied orange, and ginger, incredible
With pear grappa spirit
Me - lime and lemon spherical sorbet
With passito di moscato, veery good
Best pairing if we exchanged desserts and kept the drinks (;
A full nostalgic, homecoming, heart warming dinner and journey to the feast of a joyous friendship! :))