Friday, June 5, 2009

Venice Biennale #4 - A Perfect Lunch

Trattoria Alla Madonna - a very traditional Venetian trattoria in a side street one block from the Rialto.

Two cold beers to refresh.

A wonderful fresh crab served in its shell dressed with fresh lemon juice, salt & pepper, olive oil and a generous sprig of fresh flat leaf parsley.

A nice chilled Pinot Grigio - from the Yermann Estate - excellent.

Spaghetti - a fine grade - in squid ink with cuttlefish pieces. A danger warning from the waiter is heeded but efforts are not entirely successful as both Cesare and I have squid ink spots on our shirts. Probably this means throwing the shirt in the bin as squid ink is a disaster...

Wild strawberries - those lovely semi sweet semi sour miniature strawberries - served with a scoop of home made vanilla ice cream.

Espresso.

Grappa.

Conversation topics: food, women, wine, the arts, business, entrepreneurship, finance, politics, childhood memories, women, food.

Benissimo!

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