Roman restaurants / GHETTO
Ba "Ghetto
A promise not (yet) made
via del Portico d'Ottavia 57, 2006 -68892868. Site . Closed Friday night and Saturday lunch
S. The friend comes back from Ghetto Ba enthusiastic: "Very good, you have to put in top ten make a cod from fear. "Then it's back to this restaurant Jewish-Roman, already apprezzato con riserva, e si verifica. Delusione, anche di S.: "Pensavo meglio, forse non è da top ten". In effetti è così, Ba Ghetto (nato nel 2009) resta una delle realtà più interessanti del quartiere, con alcuni piatti decisamente meritevoli e una bella atmosfera (anche perché di fronte c'è il Portico d'Ottavia). Ma sono troppe le pecche, sia in cucina sia nel servizio. Per dirne una, abbiamo delibato uno straordinario Cabernet Gamla Rosso, 30 euro politicamente scorrette, visto che è prodotto dagli israeliani nelle alture di Golan (occupate). Ma tant'è, le vie del boicottaggio politico sono pericolose e non ci hanno mai convinto. Ma tornando alla questione vino, alla richiesta di a second bottle, it comes to the table a yes but Gamla Merlot. Very poor quality, strength through the roof. Moreover, the bottle is left on the table miserably, without making it taste. Not a case, because the bottle before we were served in glasses from another waiter, this time without any prior sample. To close the circle of the service, there was a waiter in apparent confusion, struggling to speak and is unable to give any information on the table already Burik (puff pastry with eggs or fried potatoes). The only waitress Bruna is sentient, sharp and sympathetic approach but surely below.
KITCHEN And the kitchen? Swinging, as already experienced. Excellent muffins Yemeni always good goulash and cod, disappointing the artichokes, dry and tasteless. The rest are not in season for artichokes (like chicory, which properly are not there). Passable bass and mixed grill. The sickly sweet is the kunafa (phyllo dough, pistachios, almonds and honey), but it is a matter of taste, the cakes are so Middle Eastern. In short, high and low that strengthen the impression of confusion which contaminates food and service. It must be said that at lunch the service is much better, entrusted to the hands of friendly young people. The impression is that of a promise not realized: if the owners take back a bit 'over the reins of the situation, you can still straighten.
IN MENU Fantasia sauces (humus - chick peas, protein - sesame babaganub - eggplant). Falafel (fried chickpea balls). Sigariot (rolled pasta stuffed with meat), Yemeni flat bread served with spicy tomato sauce, Burik (puff pastry with eggs or fried potatoes), shawarma (sandwich with lamb), shish kabab (ground beef kebabs and spicy) Meorav Yerushalmi (meat, chicken heart and liver with onions), couscous, dried cod, mergaz (Spicy Sausage) baklawa (pastry, raisins, almonds and honey), Kunafa (phyllo dough, pistachios, almonds and honey), Basbusa (semolone cake and coconut)
ACCOUNT Burik 4, artichokes 4.5, 14 cod, chicory with roe 6, 1.5 bread, water 2.5, 5 Kunafa: 37.5
BONUS: the tables on the sidewalk and the pleasant environment
MALUS : the video in the window with the photo galleries of celebrities, including Alain Elkann and Alemanno ...
UPDATE
(a bell'approfondimento on that 'food treacherous "which is the hummus, as suggested by the chicory's friend in the comments, can be found here )
UPDATE
(a bell'approfondimento on that 'food treacherous "which is the hummus, as suggested by the chicory's friend in the comments, can be found here )
