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We started off with a bottle of white and some very tasty triangles of chickpea bread with rosemary. I was thankful to have had those when the actual bread baskets arrived shortly after, filled with bread so hard and dry that Moses would have politely passed on it. Balsamic might have helped, but being very authentic, we had to settle with EVOO.
The gnocchi (wild leek & ricotta, San Marzano tomato puree, toasted pinenuts, $18) was a surprise - not the pile of little thick, soft, doughy nuggets that I was hoping to see and share, but three extremely light poufs of ricotta. Oh well, room for dessert.
After a century, the rest of our food came out. Our party ordered several iterations of the pesce alla griglia (daily selection of whole fish grilled with herbs, market price - our visit offered sea bream, branzino, and some others I can't remember). Accompanied with a miniature side of negligible roasted potatoes and scant bitter greens, the fish itself was delicious and cooked simply, going perfectly with our wine. "De-boned" turned out to be still pretty boneful, so we chewed carefully.
Gelato ($10) was DELIZIOSO. We chose vanilla bean, dark chocolate and passionfruit and scraped up every last bit.
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