San Marco In Arcole

Ooooh. A friend and I were there on a bike tour and arrived tired after a long day of biking and tasting wine. Both bikes were heavily loaded at this point, yes they were. We took the whatever-the-cook-wants three-course meal, which eventually turned out to consist of an amuse-bouche, antipasti, primo, secondo, dessert, coffee and finally a glass of mirtillo. Don't remember what the amuse-bouche was, but the antipasti were a variety of seafood, some common, some uncommon, including an absolutely stunning little bit of baccalà mantecato. The primo they gave me was a risotto, superb, made with homemade fish stock, my friend got something else. The secondo was a kind of grilled fish whose name I don't know in English and fried potatoes with rosemary, very simple, excellent ingredients treated with respect. Can't remember what they gave us for dessert, because by that time the two of us had made our way through two bubbly bottles. Five stars will return (even if that's a detour on our next bike trip).

Prima volta in questo ristorante perchè volevamo mangiare del pesce fuori dai soliti circuiti della città. Già dall'accoglienza calorosa si era intutito che eravamo entati col piede giusto mel posto giusto, e poi tutte premure nel consigliarci piatti e abbinamenti dei vini ci hanno fatti convinti che non ci sarebbero state stonature. Antipasti molto buoni con ial top delle crudités davvero di una freschezza commovente abbinabili a 3 tipi di Gin di diverse aromi. Molto buoni i primi ed i secondi con una grigliata davvero gustosa e ricca, ed un tataki di tonno delicatissimo e cotto alla perfezione. Bella giornata. Siamo stati davvero molto bene.