L'Oca Giuliva In Ferrara

11/12/2024: Nice environment and excellent local food

04/12/2024: AWSOME OSTERIA 1997 JUST UNIQUE A fabulous restaurant, a place that, in this dehumanized age, I would never have believed could exist, on the phone Francesco recognized me 'I'll come around half past 9' 'don't worry' ... the others say 'no you have to tell me the exact time' at 31 they give the table away, because now it works in shifts, at now we have to leave the table because there are others, where the customer is worth nothing, the sum of the customers is worth; when I entered there was a smiling Edo who hugged me 'it's been a long time since you came', Francesco broke away from the people he was with and gave me his hand, and then, smiling, there was her... Agata, what a joy to see her again, what a joy to embrace her; Edo had reserved a beautiful table for me, in the opposite room, a large table where we were at ease, where we felt like we were friends, guests; Agata came to us immediately, smiling, kind, cheerful, and we ordered; Edo arrived for the wine and immediately contextualized and empathized with the situation, 'bubbles??', a complex local prosecco that I can't say except that a few moments later I was in seventh heaven; Agata served us as an entreé a pumpkin cream in a cup with exquisite croutons and then ricotta tortelli with special butter and fried courgettes, cooked to perfection, creamy, very tasty, and then a super sirloin tender as butter; a mascarpone with passito to finish off in style; Agata always came to ask if everything was okay, and she was so sweet, smiling, kind that, my word, I have never seen a waiter like that in my life, but she is a future doctor, a classy person, I observed her in face with very sweet features, at a certain point I couldn't help myself and told her 'you're enchanting'; high-class osteria, no restaurant has superior cuisine in Ferrara and I would almost say elsewhere; Those who write that it is traditional cuisine are wrong, this is very modern, creative cuisine, which has some dishes rooted in tradition but always rethought in a creative way; Edo also came back to ask how it was going and always has a good line of Ferrarese humour, it was almost midnight when I went to pay the bill, Francesco showed me his father's medical notebooks and I asked him for some Agata, and I was ashamed at the thought of having been a lazy student, out of class and not of medicine, of law, 'a law degree is like a glass of water, you can't deny it to anyone'; the bill was from friends, there is a lot of talk about price/quality but no other restaurant guarantees it like here, where the customer is not a lemon to squeeze; when we got up and said goodbye to Francesco and Edo, but Agata was no longer there, I asked 'and Agata... where is she?' she had already gone home to study for sure, maybe it was better, I'll see her again... Edo and Agata are not the waiters, they are two beautiful people who take care of the guests, no not with cuddles, you get those in a massage centre, and the tavern is a fantastic and unique place, where everything is beautiful, where they are friendly, where it is impossible to go out without feeling well and also the other customers entertained themselves with Francesco, Edo and Agata and it was like being at a party, among people that is known, and, the whole essence of the Osteria, at least for me, is in that evening, when we entered and Agata, who had been at the tavern for a few days, smiled at us immediately, as if she knew us, with a smile unspeakably wonderful, saying a 'hello' _ to me who is from '58 _ which, put as you said it, I have never heard it, nor will I hear it more.❤️💘💌💖💗💓💞💕💟❣️❤️‍🔥❤️🩷🧡💛💚💙🩵💜