Top 5 Dishes of Rome

Welcome

to Rome and its wonders! Through Rome, you can walk miles and miles and you

will always find something new to visit or simply admire. But as the car needs

fuel to run, our body needs delicious and nutritive food to enjoy the Eternal

City. And what’s best than do it with this top 5 dishes? Come and discover the

gastronomic wonders of Rome!

Spaghetti alla Carbonara

“I

don’t need to go to Italy to eat

Spaghetti,

for god sake!” Indeed, this Roman dish is well known all over the world

and many of us can cook somehow this delicious dish at our house. Obviously,

the Roman version, or simply the traditional one, has nothing to do with what many

of us are used to. Taking in example the cheese, what traditionally is

pecorino or

parmigiano cheese. To give the extra flavor, it contains

guanciale or

pancetta (cured pork), eggs and to spicy it up, black pepper.

After, it starts the main difference. While the “fast-paced” or

“lazy”

spaghetti alla carbonara

contains an extra sauce, typically cream sauce or b

é

chamel sauce, the roman way

lets the eggs and cheese hit the hot pasta and create a creamy sauce out of it,

that fills each strand of

spaghetti, resulting

in the most famous and delicious dish of Roman gastronomy. Where? Almost in any

restaurant in Rome, but a good recommendation goes for

Trattoria da Danilo, in Via Pretarca, 13.

Bucatini all

’

Amatriciana

“The

best of Italian cuisine”, you may hear sometimes. In the Eternal City, you

can find this dish on almost every menu in roman restaurants. It’s beyond

great, it’s phenomenal! Like

carbonara,

it’s made with

guanciale (cured pork

jowl). And of course:

pasta!

But not any kind of pasta, it has to be

the

bucatini one, even though in

Amatriciana (the town that gives the name to this dish) they use

spaghetti. Anyways, if you are in Rome

and you decide to eat this dish, I recommend you to use a napkin or any sort of

protection to your clothes, as this pasta requires a sort of skill to eat it in

a clean way. The final touch goes for the cheese,

pancetta, which makes this dish delicious yet tricky to eat. Where?

Da Bucatino, in Via della Robia Luca,

84/86.

Cacio e Pepe

(Pasta with Cheese and Pepper)

One

of the simplest dishes you can eat and do by yourself. But make no mistakes,

this wonder of gastronomy is delicious, and surprise, surprise, you can find it

in almost every restaurant or

trattoria

in Rome. How is made? Simple: pasta,

pecorino

romano cheese and pepper. It’s the

perfect dish for a quick and good lunch if you were walking all morning and

want to fill up your body with those hydrocarbons for another pedestrian

journey. Where? Everywhere, but the Romans highly recommend

Ristorante Roma Sparita, in Piazza di

Santa Cecila, 24.

Ice-cream

Either

you had a delicious lunch or a romantic dinner, if your stomach is asking for

an icy sweet, don’t resist, you are in right place. All over the Eternal City,

and literally – all over! – you can find delicious ice-cream of any kind of flavor

– from the traditional ones of vanilla, strawberry, chocolate, to the most

fancy ones, like tiramisu or

straciatella!

Ask an ice cream – 2 flavors at least – and sit next to the Pantheon or Fontana

di Trevi. An experience not to be missed for sure!

Tiramisu

Once

more, for sure you tasted different kinds of tiramisu, either in a restaurant

or simply at home. But believe me, if you are in Italy, you should try a more

traditional one. The origin of this dessert is not certain, but some say it was

made in Venice for the first time. The rest, we all know. It’s made of

ladyfingers, dipped in coffee with a mix of eggs and mascarpone cheese. On the

top, my favorite: cocoa. When a slice of this dessert arrives to your mouth,

it’s heaven on earth! Where? Everywhere in Italy, being Rome no exception!