Where to eat near the Vatican (2013 update)
White smoke at the Vatican! “Habemus Papam”. Last evening in a rainy Rome the new Pope Francis has been named, Jorge Mario Bergoglio from Argentina the first non-European leading the Catholic church. Welcome to Papa Francesco and all the best for his new “journey”! Hundreds of thousands of people were celebrating in St. Peter square and in the next days Rome will be hosting many additional visitors for this special occasion. Since we blog about food we thought it was the right moment to...
Read MoreAugust 2012 Restaurants and Pizza openings in Rome
Here is August! Rome is no more a ghost city for almost the whole month as it was some years ago and it can be a nice period of the year for visiting it too. Some really hot days have to be tolerated of course (but July is not much better from this point of view) and a bit of planning is required to face summer closures, in particular in the central week due to the Ferragosto (15th of August) Italian public holiday. Since 2010 when we launched our blog in Italian we decided to give our contribution to August...
Read MoreThe “Untouchables”
We have prepared a list of places in Rome which we enjoy visiting time and again. According to us these places are to be regarded as “must-visit” because of their constant quality over time in terms of hospitality and offering, to the point that we like to refer to them as “The Untouchables”. Three addresses (yes, there is one exception you can find as you browse…) for each of the 25 categories we have created for your reference. When you click on the link provided for each venue you will be able to...
Read MoreMetamorfosi Restaurant – Revolution of Senses
Our first dine at Metamorfosi has been a memorable experience! We can bet it will be one of the best 2012 Rome meals we will have. Chef Roy Caceres has moved about one year ago in this new restaurant located in Parioli district, one of the most elegant Rome residential areas. He set up an extraordinary team, including in particular the Swedish sous-chef John Regefalk ”CaputMundiCibus“ (a familiar name for our blog readers, check his guest post!) and the sommelier Paolo Abballe. Paolo...
Read MoreBest of Tavole Romane in 2011
We are happy to start the new year sharing with our readers TR 2011 highlights. They are referred to both Italian and English blogs and to our food tour offer launched few weeks ago. A beautiful year for us, ended up with the participation to Best Bites in Rome, 2011 by Katie Parla (many thanks for asking to contribute!) and the huge surprise in seeing our post about Roman Trattorie among the 2011 five most viewed on the popular Italian web magazine Dissapore. You can read the English version “Cheap...
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