Wednesday, February 26, 2014

Iside (Colosseum area)

Iside is one of my favorite fish restaurants in Rome. It has the freshest fish, and their crudi (raw seafood) is to die for. On this visit we started with some antipasti to share of Tuna tartare on a mashed potato bed, raw squid strips marinated in olive oil and pink peppercorns, sea bass carpaccio, burrata and anchovies, and oysters. We followed up this feast with the catalana. OMG the catalana! It is basically a dish with boiled potatoes on the bottom topped with lobster, shrimp, and scampi (crayfish), cherry tomatoes, red onions from Tropea, and olives, all drizzled in lots of olive oil, and seasoned with salt and pepper. This is heaven on a dish. I think the pictures speak by themselves. This is not a cheap restaurant but it is well worth it for the quality of the seafood. The portions are generous as well. The bill came to about €85 a person, and it included 2 desserts, a bottle of wine, and 3 bottles of water.








Renato e Luisa




A celebratory dinner was had at Renato e Luisa about a month ago. I meant to write about it sooner but yada yada yada. It was memorable, and the food was really good. We had an antipasto offered by the chef to start and then I had the farro pasta with wild boar ragu and zucchini and then the coda alla vaccinara (oxtail stew) while the hubs had a carbonara with black truffle and a steak. Everything was cooked to perfection and very good. We ended up not getting dessert just because we were so satisfied with the meal.
Renato e Luisa is by Largo Argentina in the center of Rome.