Dinner in Radda

 

We ate at an incredible restaurant in Radda last evening! The name of it was La Loggia Del Chianti. Kylie looked it up on trip advisor and it had one of the highest ratings. 

It was so beautiful inside. When we entered there was a podium with a magazine article about the chef. The table settings are always different and so unique. Our silver wear was set up on a little piece of square marble. Nick said the next time I have the Family over for dinner he would like to see our silverware up on a little piece of marble. Ok sure, I can do that. 

So this young waitress comes to our table and we had decided on a bottle of wine that we wanted to get. She said  in broken English oh no, I need to take your order first and then the sommelier will come over and help you choose a wine to go with your meal. 

Again we had 3 corses. 2 orders of crisp octopus between us we had duck ravioli, some sort of garlic spaghetti and . We also split orders of trout and sliced steak .Always fresh bread on the table. We always have to get a tiramisu because everyone makes it different and we got some sort of chocolate dessert. It was probably one of the best meals we have had. 

So the owner is actually the sommelier. He comes to our table and sees Alexis holding the wine menu, he tells her to go with him to pick the wine. This all done in broken English. They return with a bottle of wine and he proceeds with the process. He collects all our wine glasses. Pours a little wine into a decanter, lets it breath, then from the decanter he pours a little in one glass , swishes it around and then pours that wine into another glass and swishes it around until all our glasses have been swished (I’m sure there is a name for that).

He then takes the decanter and fills our glasses. What a show and all of us really enjoyed it. Now remember we always  have our reservations at 7:30 because the restaurants don’t open until then. 

Tip: if you haven’t had lunch by 2pm, you won’t be eating until 7:30.

Anyway our courses started coming out and every now and then the chef would come out to see if we were enjoying everything. Yes we were! The service was outstanding and the food amazing! We ended our meal around 10pm. Our dinners last about 3 hours because of all the corses.

Again we had an evening filled with laughter and sometimes making fun of each other. 

Tonight is our last night. We are in Rome and meeting up with Maura and Alfredo. I get a little emotional thinking about them, the fun times we have had, making a lot of memories with them and just getting to know them better. Sure wish we lived closer.