02/08/2025: After a long time, I can finally visit and appreciate this place.
My expectations were not disappointed.
Inside, the atmosphere is soft. The room is simple but well-kept. There's great attention to detail. Relaxing music plays in the background, not at all annoying, at a very low volume. The volume at other tables is also low. I glance over, trying to scrutinize their dishes. I'm pleasantly satisfied by the expressions and smiles that alternate with the forkfuls. Couples exchange forks and whisper, "Taste this! - try this!"
On the walls, I can see "pictures, not paintings," as a person at a nearby table called them—empty frames with postcards in the center. Almost as if to give free rein to fantasy and imagination.
But let's move on to the food. That's why we're here.
Let's get things started with the appetizers:
a delicious
- Fried anchovies, calamari, and baby octopus.
Truly delicious and made with very little oil, so the frying itself remains light.
- Trapani-style purpiceddi (baby octopus) (drowned in a delicious sauce). Mopping up the sauce is a must, or the octopus will be offended.
Continuing with:
- Busiate (a typical pasta from the Trapani province, handmade by housewives with the "busio") with Trapani pesto and shrimp.
It's impossible not to mop up the sauce.
- Very fresh tuna tartare with lime, on a blended basil cream with cucumber and crumbled cannoli shell.
The blended basil cream was so good, I couldn't resist asking for some bread to spread it on top.
An unmissable finale
- Cannoli with ricotta made exclusively from sheep's milk (as the original recipe dictates and tradition dictates), with the addition of Strega liqueur and pistachios. The homemade wafer is sweet and crumbly.
All accompanied by
Catarratto white wine from Cantina di Agrigento.
A special thanks to the entire staff for describing each dish to us, but above all for allowing us to enjoy spectacular dishes, paying so much attention to the allergies and food intolerances we discussed beforehand.
This is a sign of seriousness and professionalism. A true restaurateur knows that allergies are not something to trifle with and knows how to satisfy their customers without disappointing them. Thank you again.
What can I say? We weren't just full, we were thrilled to have discovered and tried this new place, and we'll definitely be back.
30/07/2025: Excellent Sicilian restaurant in the center of Rome.
The dishes and flavors immediately transport you to beautiful Sicily, and the kindness of the staff makes you feel at home.
Good value.
We'll definitely be back.
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