Foodies! What's the best in Rome?
Aug 21st, 2003, 05:11 AM
#2
Join Date: Jan 2003
Posts: 13,194
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Best wine? from Italy? At what budget? to whose tastes?
Look for these: you will find literally hundreds of exdtraordinary labels - - Barolo, Montepulciano (perhaps especially Nobile) or Teroldego Rotaliano.
Best wishes,
Rex
Look for these: you will find literally hundreds of exdtraordinary labels - - Barolo, Montepulciano (perhaps especially Nobile) or Teroldego Rotaliano.
Best wishes,
Rex
Aug 21st, 2003, 05:54 AM
#5
Join Date: Mar 2003
Posts: 10,253
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Olive oil is so tricky. Every region, every town, has their own and each is slightly different, some stronger, some lighter, some greener. Much depends on how you plan to use it. Will you be dipping bread in it? Dressing a salad? Using it over cooked vegetables? It's also a very personal thing--you particular sense of taste.
At a pizzeria in Verona the pizzaolo came out of the kitchen to give my companion and me two different olive oils, one for each of us based on the ingredients on our individual pizzas.
I'd recommend tasting the olive oil every chance you get--just pour a little on plain bread. Often there will be a bottle on the table. When you find what you like, ask the proprietor if the bottle is unlabeled.
At a pizzeria in Verona the pizzaolo came out of the kitchen to give my companion and me two different olive oils, one for each of us based on the ingredients on our individual pizzas.
I'd recommend tasting the olive oil every chance you get--just pour a little on plain bread. Often there will be a bottle on the table. When you find what you like, ask the proprietor if the bottle is unlabeled.
Aug 21st, 2003, 06:24 AM
#7
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 226
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
austine,
You should try in one of those deli-shop such as Castroni (Via Cola di Rienzo) or Volpetti (Via Marmorata,5 mins from Piramide Metro-station www.volpetti.com) .
You should try in one of those deli-shop such as Castroni (Via Cola di Rienzo) or Volpetti (Via Marmorata,5 mins from Piramide Metro-station www.volpetti.com) .
Aug 21st, 2003, 12:03 PM
#9
Join Date: Jan 2003
Posts: 69
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Balsamic vinegar is not a Roman thing. It comes from a town called Modena which is between Milan and Bologna.
Sure you can buy BV in Rome, but it's not an indiginous food product of Lazio (province in which Rome is located).
Sure you can buy BV in Rome, but it's not an indiginous food product of Lazio (province in which Rome is located).
