Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Dinner in Trestevere

Our second night was a trip to the Trestevere neighborhood which is on the Vatican side of the Tiber river. It has a more "local" vibe and in fact, there are people that live there that brag that they have never been to the "other side of the Tiber." While it was, in fact, a more quaint part of town, it still had its fair share of touristy shops and guys peddling little trinkets in the streets. We had a couple of places to eat in mind when we wandered over there, but alas, we couldn't find them (this is becoming a major theme for our trip). 

So we wandered about and finally landed at a cute little place with mostly outdoor seating called Osteria Romana. The view from our little table (tables are all little here, by the way) was of the Church of Santa Maria. Stunning. Do notice the laundry hanging in the upper right hand corner. About half way through our meal, the woman living there reached out of her window and brought in the dried clothing. Priceless.



We started with a caraf of the house white wine, which was good but not great. After we ordered we asked for the house red, but our waiter kind of shook his head and hurried off (in a very nice way). When he returned, he brought us a 1/2 bottle of a chianti that he said was much better at a similar price. He was dead on. SUPER fantastic wine and we had a couple of bottles (or maybe it was 3...).  Dan is seen here making the tough decision of what to eat. There were a lot of great choices.


And the food parade began. Dan and I both agreed that the star of the show was the lasagna. It wasn't  much to look at but, oh my....We also had a quatro fromagi pizza that was really good as well.


Some how, some way....we managed to save room for desert. I won't post all of the photos here as I want to do a post or two specifically about food. Let's just say, it was worth saving room for. We finished our dinner while conversing with a table of older Irish gentlemen. What an absolute treat!

The rest of the night is a bit of a blur as we found a little joint on the other side of the plaza that had cocktails for about 5 Euros. We talked a bit of football with the guys serving the drinks and then we began our walk home. A stop along the banks of the Tiber was a great way to wind up the night. Nothing like a good long talk with your loved one in a romantic setting. We then picked up a cab and headed home.




The food was as wonderful as the wine



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