Friday, December 5, 2008

La Cicala e La Formica

The Cricket and the Ant.
This is the little place I ate tonight; recommended by a colleague in Toronto.
It is a nice local place in the old Monti district. No tourists crawling around here.

I had "lardo di montagna" on toast; which is like good ham, except that there is no meat - it is just the fat (the lard). Delicious!

I also had wild boar stew with dumplings and carrots with a mixed salad and a half litre of red wine.

While I was there a local painter came in to install once of his latest paintings.

I finshed off with a shortbread tart with prunes and hazelnuts, drizzled in chocolate sauce.

Nice.
*urp*

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