All were freshly made with just the right crispy french rolls. The spring rolls were tender, not rubbery as is often the case, and there were several sauces available to spice up the food. The entire dinner for all 6 of us was $30.00.
Breakfast the next morning at the local "Egg and I" was just fine. A cute family restaurant with fresh and imaginative food. I had a vegetable frittata and freshly squeezed orange juice. The highlight of this weekend's eating was tonight, however.
Helen had been to a local place called, Giacomo's cibo e vino, an Italian style wine and food bar. She loved it and thought that I would "get it". There are several ways to eat there and it is not typical in any way. It reminded me of the little wine bars all over Italy where you could stop in, buy a glass of wine and then help yourself to antipasti set out on the bar. At Giacomo's you are shown the day's special antipasti, or "chichetti freddi" (little cold dishes) and you can have a sampling of any of them, for about $5-6 per plate. You can also order anitpasti from the menu, or "chichetti caldi" (little hot dishes). Then there are soups, salads, "secondi" (main course portions) of meats and seafood, house made pasta, panini, and "contorni" (vegetable sides). We selected glasses of wine (which come in half and full glasses--a great way to sample several wines), however we chose just one glass each of Pavillion Cabernet Sauvignon. The waiter escorted us to the bar area and showed us the 10 or so special cold antipasti.
Daily selection of cold antipasti
It was hard to choose but we decided on the marinated mushrooms, seafood salad with shrimp and squid, and spicy broccoli. We ordered a basket of bread which included some nice foccacia.
Marinated mushrooms, spicy broccoli, squid and shrimp salad, foccacia |
misto (vegetables) and salciccia di pollo (chicken sausage) |
Just give me gelato! |
The silky vanilla lemon cinnamon panna cotta |
Lemon Tart |
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