...the Buona Forchetta (the good fork)...

...good thing we walked for a couple of hours this morning, because lunch was una adventura (an adventure) in dining...

We found a little trattoria called the Buona Forchetta just a two minute walk from our apartment that advertised a 12 euro lunch...sounded good, so we went in to give it a try...over two hours later we stumbled home !

Our meal started with bruschetta and deep-fried cauliflower fritters, followed by an antipasto for each of us...the mixed meat and cheese for Joe, and the mixed grilled vegetables for me...that was enough for a full lunch already !  But wait, there's more....the primo (first course) : pasta carbonara for Joe and pasta ala Norma (with grilled eggplant) for me.  This was served with house made caponata (a mix of eggplant, olives, pine nuts, capers, tomatoes, and olive oil...yum and yum...)

By now, we had had MORE than a full meal...but wait, there's still more: the secondo (second course...which was actually the fourth by now...) : chicken cutlet for me and meatballs in sauce for Joe.  This was all accompanied a contorno (vegetable) : french fries for Joe and roasted potatoes for me ...and bread and vino , of course.

We were moaning and groaning by this time, but wait - you guessed it - there's yet more !  Our waitress brought over two pieces of delicious homemade tirimisu...oh, my stomach...good thing she then brought us a digestivo of Amaro (an after lunch drink), right ?!

a small menu...big on flavor

our cute little trattoria...empty when we arrived, full by the time we left !

please...no more !!

It was an amazing meal...the total bill came to 28 euros (about 34 dollars)...the carafe of wine was 4 euros, the desserts and after lunch drinks were on the house...no tax, no tip necessary, although we rounded the bill up to 30 euros...a lot less than we would spend in the US for all that food and wine...what a deal !

It may just be Diet Pepsi and Pepto for dinner tonight....

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