Rome Eats – first post – Darden Travels

We ate well and continue to find awesome food establishments. Here are three from the first part of our week in Rome.

Four words describe the essence of this restaurant: Tradition, Family, Quality & Artisanship. They are committed to the culinary culture of the Emilia region.

We started with these two and OMG – they were talked about throughout our week.

Desserts shared:

When in Rome – eat pizza! Emma is a restaurant-pizzeria.

Emma was born from a basic concept: to use only raw materials of the highest quality as ingredients of traditional Italian cuisine. Without compromise.

While we’ve had a number of starters with buffalo mozzarella, this ranks the highest – possibly due to the grated Muggine bottarga, or the olives or the tastiest tomatoes. Any and all of those ingredients make.the.dish!

They elevate the thin-crusted Roman-style pizza to a gourmet level with prestigious flours, long fermentation and high-quality ingredients.

No room for dessert, but a bit of dolce to end our meal.

Eric discovered this was ranked fourth for pizzerias in Rome. He made a good choice.

This was a recommendation from our AirBNB host – literally 1/2 block away from our place. That was a good thing. While we were waiting for our desserts to arrive, I got r.e.a.l.l.y sleepy and started to crash. In fact, we left Eric to pay the bill. As you might expect……Eric made friends. They had him taste other types of wine from the region. He enjoyed himself.

These were recommendations from our waitress and they did not disappoint. I was a little sketical of the anchovies, but as long as I choose the smallest and crispiest pieces – I was good. The eggplant cake? Eric needs to make this at home. I don’t like eggplant, period. I loved this.