Da Mauro In Padova

30/01/2025: Very good food and friendly staff

14/01/2025: We booked just an hour before, fortunately finding a place for lunch. It was January 2nd. As soon as we enter we are immediately greeted by a wave of heat, which is greatly appreciated after a freezing morning walking around Padua. The restaurant is welcoming and the staff very friendly. We in particular were accompanied on our culinary journey by Viktor, a very young and very knowledgeable Ukrainian boy who was able to advise us and with whom we had the pleasure of exchanging a few laughs (he's a smart boy, he deserves a promotion). The restaurant is full, both of families, tourists and regular customers, whom we met while queuing at the toilet (the only downside is that it is really dated and too small). There are five of us and from the menu, which you can find using the QR code, we choose 3 starters: a portion of grilled polenta, a selection of cheeses and cold cuts and a selection of crostini with goose breast ham (very good), two portions of Cadorina gnocchi so delicate that they melt in your mouth, 3 portions of bigoli in sauce, a novelty for me, I've wanted to try them for a long time and I really loved them (the cooking of the bigoli was perfect, no flavor predominant because the roundness of the onion balanced very well with the pungent flavor of the anchovies, highly recommended), 1 portion of mascarpone cream with panettone and 3 portions of passion fruit cream with fresh fruit and small meringues on top (REALLY CRAZY because it was fresh, not at all sweet, very aromatic, the acidulous flavor of the fruit was perfectly toned down by the sweetness of the meringues. So good that I cleaned the cup with a teaspoon very carefully), water, a bottle of wine (18 euros) and cover charge (3€ per person) for a total of 139 euros. I recommend it!