Monday 4
June
Our new
Classics colleague Duncan had come to town to look for an apartment, so a big
group of us went out to a new local place, Enoteca Emilia, that is open on
Monday nights. It's a nice space,
with a few tables outside, and an upstairs dining area that's quieter - I
imagine it gets pretty noisy when the bar fills up.
We
started with assorted platters of cheeses (with good honey and quince jam) and
locally-produced salumi. The
rosemary grissini were nice and fresh, though the figs stuffed with salami and
wrapped in bacon were drenched in red sauce that was all you could taste.
Our wines
were pretty good (whites were Donnafugata Anthilia '10 and Taburno Falanghina
10, plus a red Marchese Montefusco Nero d’Avola ’09).
For
appetizers, we split a squid and shrimp fennel salad with grilled lemon
vinaigrette, and meaty elk terrine with apple-butter mostarda, arugula &
granny smith apple.
The mains
are all pizza or pasta, and as Barbara didn't want to risk Cincinnati pizza
after Rome, we had pasta: cavatelli with rabbit ragù, cavolo nero, and bread
crumbs; and over-salty lasagne with merguez ragù, spring peas (I guess - you couldn't taste
them in that heavy sauce), pecorino, ricotta salata & (again unnoticeable)
mint gremolata.
Though
nothing to write home about, Enoteca Emilia has decent salumi and a good space
to share with a nice crowd.
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