Abruzzi

Frommer's Review

Abruzzi, which takes its name from the region east of Rome, is at one side of Piazza S. S. Apostoli, just a short walk from Piazza Venezia. The good food and reasonable prices make it a big draw for students. The chef offers a satisfying assortment of cold antipasti. With your starter, we suggest a liter of garnet-red wine; we once had one whose bouquet was suggestive of Abruzzi's wildflowers. If you'd like soup as well, you'll find a good stracciatella (egg-and-Parmesan soup). A typical main dish is vitella tonnata con capperi (veal in tuna sauce with capers). But the menu ranges far wider than that; it's a virtual textbook of classical Italian dishes, everything from a creamy baked eggplant with mozzarella to meltingly tender veal cutlets in the Milanese style (fried with potatoes). No one in Italy does roast lamb better than the Romans, and the selection here is good -- tender, grilled to perfection, seasoned with virgin olive oil and fresh herbs, and dished up with roast potatoes.

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