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| Divina Cucina |
07/09/2008 |
| Edible Florence: Gastone |
| by "Diva" |
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When I met my hubby Andrea, he lived in a wonderful neighborhood near Santa Croce: a block from Vivoli's ice cream parlor and a block down from Borgo degli Albizi, which is one of my favorite shopping streets.
Any place to eat here would be great locationwise. Where I used to buy my bread, at one of Florence's original Il Fornaio bakeries, where my neighbor Fedora Galli, the matriarch, was at the cash register daily now stands GASTONE a lovely new wine bar restaurant. I love having the choice of having a one course meal, or a nice glass of wine with a sandwich or cheese. They have combined it all here in a lovely modern space.
Our friend from Puglia, Giampiero, is working there during the day, also prepares the incredible marinated veggies that came on my bagel plate; roasted herbed cherry tomatoes, grilled green chili's, grilled marinated eggplant and marinated zucchii ribbons. Besides the smoked salmon, there was also smoked herring which has always been a favorite at Tuscan wine bars. Plenty of cream cheese for my toasted bagel too.
I will go back just to have those again! We had a huge chicken salad served with a very light curry sauce to dip the fried chicken pieces in. The salad was filled with interesting lettuces and wild greens, corn, cherry tomatoes and mozzarella and my dessert!
Everything was lovely but of course I MUST finish on a sweet note. A very light and lovely twist on Panna Cotta, Latte in piedi, made with wonderful local milk instead of the richer heavy cream, the version I had today was with carmelized banana's and rum, served with a port reduction. PERFECTTO!
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