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Africa
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Price:
€16. Wine: €6 |
| Eritrea
and Ethiopia are former Italian colonies, hence the
recent influx of immigrants from these countries. Africa,
close to Termini station, specialises in Ethiopian and
Eritrean cuisine, such as a delicious spicy stew known
as zighini and highly seasoned cooked vegetables. Presented
on a single large plate, upon a bed of ingera (a spongy
pancake-like bread). Traditionally, everyone around
the table eats from the same plate, using the ingera
to scoop up the meat and vegetables with their hands.
Closed Monday. |
Via
Gaeta 26
Telephone number: (06) 494 1077. |
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Ditirambo
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Price:
€25. Wine: €11 |
| Located
just off the popular and ever-bustling Campo de’
Fiori, this intimate restaurant is a gem of imaginative
cuisine (many dishes are vegetarian but not boring)
and good humour in a decidedly touristy area. The interior
is warm and inviting, the bread and pasta are homemade,
as are the sweets (the fruit and nut sorbets prepared
in their skins or shells are divine). No lunch Monday.
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Piazza
della Cancelleria 74-75
Telephone number/fax number: (06) 687 1626.
Website: www.ristoranteditirambo.it |
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La
Taverna del Ghetto
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Price:
€26. Wine: €10.50 |
| Rome’s
Ghetto, created in 1554 when the Pope had a wall built
to segregate the Jews from the rest of the Roman population.
The community developed their own variation on Roman
cooking, which can be sampled at this small and informal
kosher restaurant. Charcoal-grilled meat and fish predominate,
but also delicious are pasta dishes, including tagliatelle
cernia e fiori di zucca (pasta with grouper and courgette
flowers) and the classic carciofi alla giudia (artichoke)
side-dish. There is an interesting selection of kosher
wines. No dinner Friday. No lunch Saturday. |
Via
Portico d’Ottavia 8
Telephone number: (06) 6880 9771. Fax number: (06) 6821
2309 |
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Pierluigi
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Price:
€25. Wine: €8. |
| Located
between Campo de’ Fiori and the river, this cheerful
ivy-clad restaurant extends onto a romantic piazza through
summer. It is well known for reasonably priced fish
dishes, such as risotto ai frutti di mare (seafood risotto)
and calamari e gamberi fritti (fried squid and shrimp),
but they also do excellent Roman fare, such as pasta
con fagioli (pasta with beans) and fiori di zucca (fried
courgette flowers). Very popular, so reservations are
recommended. Closed Monday. |
Piazza
de’ Ricci 144
Telephone number: (06) 686 1302. Fax number: (06) 6880
7879.
E-mail: info@ristorante-pierluigi.it
Website: www.pierluigi.it |
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Testaccio
Kitchen Bar
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Price:
€28. Wine: €8.
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| Situated
in the modern Siddharth Hotel, Vaishali serves
an excellent buffet lunch, offering vegetarian and non-vegetarian
northern Indian dishes. The paneer butter marsala
is mouth-wateringly good. Diners should not be put off
by the uninspiring surroundings, as this represents
good value and should not disappoint. |
Via
Galvani 20
Telephone number: (06) 574 8216.
E-mail: testacciokitchen@tiscali.it |
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