17/11/2024: The place is easily accessible and there is plenty of metered parking nearby. We even managed to park in front of the place. The place is very small and there are few seats inside. The bar-style entrance, with bottle caps attached, bottles of cut wine instead of chandeliers, Spino Fiorito glasses in their neck bags, hanging on the walls, etc.
Not my kind of vibe. But the lights were not annoying and the few seats still guaranteed a certain tranquility and the possibility of conversing with people, which believe me, is no small feat. They greeted us from the kitchen and showed up at the table 15 minutes later. We ask for the menu. We didn't know there was a QR code to pick up, scan, and do the usual Chinese restaurant thing of checking the menu on a 5-inch screen. So after 15 minutes they give us a tile to scan, and another 10 minutes later, we order.
Starter like fake cacciucco in the strudel: interesting idea, attempt to deconstruct the cacciucco which we found a little pretentious but above all, beyond the excellent flavour, the strudel dough had clearly been overcooked. Not burned, it was one step before burning. When the pasta dehydrates completely. Cutting it with the knife was not pleasant. Too bad, because the flavor of the fish sauce was delicious.
Good starters, although I wouldn't call them plentiful. I didn't try a first course, but I had the pleasure of trying one of the mixed fried dishes which I would define, without fear of making mistakes, as one of the best I've ever eaten. Not oily, fried perfectly, light. However, the frying resembled a light, pale batter, tempura style. So I would have eaten a second tray no problem.
I reckon it was honest. With a small discount, with coffee, dessert, white wine, and 4 people at the table, we spent €40.
The figure is more realistic than those who say that the average is €25/30 per person, a more realistic figure if you exclude dessert and wine.
Overall the experience was pleasant. The kitchen staff comes out every now and then to go around the tables and take orders, all in the family, kind of way. And this sometimes involves a few tens of minutes of waiting. I would go out more often, to check if anyone needs a waiter. For example, when it came time for the coffee, we had to wait almost another quarter of an hour to order it. Our attempt to get the attention of the staff from the kitchen was in vain, so we put our minds at rest and waited for them to come and ask us.
One thing that everyone present at the table would have changed immediately is this: when a menu contains dishes ranging from €15 to €25, that menu must be made of paper. Readable. Clear. Great.
There are also those with transparent sheets whose pages can be quickly replaced to accommodate menu changes. It's quicker to insert three A4 sheets into three menus than to modify everything via software, and in general I barely accept the menu on the smartphone in Chinese restaurants, where it really helps to get things done first. But it doesn't make any sense in a place with 20 seats in total.
09/11/2024: Place near the sea...
Nice place, excellent service, and excellent food... to be recommended
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