If you ever go down to Rome town....

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...I can recommend you a place to eat. Of course, Rome is full of good restaurants - if you are lucky; and equally full of bad, rip-off places meant to exploit careless or ignorant foreign visitors. However, I can speak for the quality of this one. The name is Emilia Romana, and as the name suggests, it is untypical of Italian restaurants in that it draws on not one but two regional traditions - that of Emilia-Romagna in northern Italy, and that of Rome itself. That is because the owner - a forceful yet charming lady in her thirties who presides over the service herself - is from Romagna, while the chef is Roman, allowing for successful cross-pollination. The place is tiny and quite new, only established, I think, since last year. The food is very good indeed, traditional rather than inventive, and well made; the prices are moderate, designed for the local office workers, and the service is excellent. In spite of never having been abroad, the owner speaks decent and confident English - I was able to compliment her on it, although some of you may struggle with her accent. And as everyone knows, you judge a public place on the quality of its toilets; I had occasion to use them, and they sparkled. It is near St.Paul's Gate and the Ostiense train and underground stations, a frequent tourist destination, so you will not struggle to find it; and it has its own website - www.emiliaromana.com, featuring a map showing the exact location.

If you visit Rome, go try it. I feel sure you will not be let down.

Comments

[sevenorora.livejournal.com]

I wont get a bill of €695,00 there? ;-)

[fpb.livejournal.com]

Not unless you take the rest of Lier along. 8-)

[sanscouronne.livejournal.com]

Oh, I wish that I had known about this when I was in Rome. Then again, it seemed that everywhere I dined in that glorious city was better than the last place (we were lucky to have a fine concierge). Italy truly has the most wonderful culinary tradition (by contrast, I found that of Spain to be wanting...).

[fpb.livejournal.com]

As I said, Rome is full of good restaurants. And if you are lucky in your Italians, they will show you round all the good ones for the sheer pleasure of showing off - and for the love of good food as such.