The activities in my first post about Christmas in Rome were just ways to kill time between meals. I really go to Italy for the food.
Christmas Dinner at Osteria Sant’Ana (not affiliated with the guitarist, as far as we could tell) was a welcome feast of everything delicious about Italy. Appetizers of smoked buffalo mozzarella, fried artichokes, and prosciutto.
Spaghetti cacio e pepe, lasagne, salads, and big plates of meat for those who still had room for them.
Wild strawberries, Sicilian cannolis and cassata for dessert, followed by fresh clementines, and of course a little limoncello. For a restaurant filled mostly with tourists, they certainly fed us well.
Another blogworthy meal was lunch at Trattoria Da Luigi. We had a hard time choosing between all the delicious offerings, settling on tagliatelle ai carciofi, risotto con radicchio tartufato, grouper with zucchini flowers and pine nuts, grilled radicchio, and carciofi alla romana. Alas we had to resist the gorgeous antipasto on display as we entered the restaurant, since our stupid stomachs aren’t bottomless.
Before we knew it, it was time to hop on a train to Naples. Arrivederci, Roma.
that is some stunning food. an unfortunate time to inspire italian travel hunger. too late though, keep rolling with it. maybe more amalfi coast?
Amalfi Coast coming up soon!
My mouth’s officially watering from these great photos!
And it appears I need to catch up with your blog over the weekend. I’m so far behind with reading blogs lately. Have a great weekend!