L'Asino d'oro

Via Gaetano Sacchi, Roma, January 29, 2013—

A REAL FIND TODAY: a fixed-price three-course meal of interesting food well prepared and presented for €13, wine, water, and bread included. We started with an amuse-gueule, a little toast spread with cauliflower terrine; then went on to a delicious vegetable soup. The primo was the risotto of farro you see here, cooked with raisins and radicchio and generously strewn with good Pecorino.

Then came the secondo, a sort of sformato of beef tonnato drizzled with a little Balsamico. And afterward we splurged for dessert — an extra €6: my tiramisu was good but not exceptional, but Hans's chocolate-licorice-chili pepper fondant was truly inspired, not to be missed.

Chianti, Legnaia, 2011

•L'Asino d'oro, Via del Boschetto, 73/74, Rome; +39 06 48913832

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Supper at home: the rest of the tortellini, in broth this time, and a green salad.