Salve Bologna III

Photo © Anne-Marie Minhall

I have 'previous' when it comes to researching, organising & booking restaurants for holidays.

Browsing travel books and restaurant websites for recommendations & menus makes me very happy. The perusing is generally only for an hour or so. 

Okay, sometimes, a bit more than that but it's spread over several days.

Okay, sometimes, a few weeks.

For Bologna, this establishment kept calling me & so, once there was clearance from the travelling companion, JW, I booked ..

https://ristoranterodrigobologna.it/index.php/en/ 

Tuesday evening in La Gassa & we're in. It's a magnificent setting & you can already feel that much takes place here. Important things like eating great food, drinking good wine, talking about the important stuff in life & then laughing about it. 

Our waiter is fabulous & brings us cocktails - a Negroni for JW & a Vodka Martini (very dry with a twist) for me.

There's intense concentration as the menus are viewed before choices are made.

Photo © Anne-Marie Minhall

Fritto Gamberi Bianchi e Zucchine - Fried Prawns & Courgettes

Coda di Rospo alla Griglia - Grilled Monkfish

Scaloppine al Limone - Escalope with Lemon

All our dishes were delivered by our waiter via trolley which somehow made the dining experience that little bit more special.

Photo © Anne-Marie Minhall

There was no space left for cheese or a sweet treat. 

A nice walk home in the late summer heat to stretch the legs & to reflect upon a wonderful meal in one of Bologna's finest establishments. 

It felt very special & I was very pleased that the time taken to check out where to eat in this great city had paid off.

AMM