Come with me to discover the traditional dishes and the best restaurants in Rome where to eat them!
If you want to try the most iconic traditional pasta dishes “L’amatriciana”, “Carbonara” and “Gricia” and “Cacio e pepe” are the best.
Among the meat-based second courses, lamb lamb, saltimbocca, Roman tripe, oxtail and beans with pork rinds are certainly among the most characteristic.
Side dishes? From Roman-style artichoke to fried Giudia-style artichoke, from broad beans with pecorino to sautéed chicory and chicory, you are spoiled for choice!
Here below a list of the best restaurants in Rome where you can enjoy traditional dishes combined with a touch of innovation!
Taverns: the best in Rome
Traditional pasta dishes are the heart of Roman cuisine!
If you like tomato sauce and bacon “L’amatriciana” is perfect! Try “Gricia” a pasta with bacon, pecorino cheese and pepper. Adding the eggs cream you have “Carbonara”. But if you are vegetarian “Cacio e pepe”, a pasta with pecorino cheese and pepper, will be better for your taste.
Would you try something different? Eat Roman-style gnocchi, baked dumplings made with semolina flour, butter, milk, and Parmesan!
For a strong stomach you have to try Rigatoni with pajata, it is a past with tomato sauce and the small intestine and its contents of an unweaned calf.
Looking for a good restaurant in the city centre? You have to go to Pasta e Vino – Come ‘na vorta. It is specialized in pasta, made as the name said “like once upon a time”. Admire the chef that makes pasta in front of you!
If you are near the Basilica of St. John’s in Lateran, let yourself be tempted by Osteria La Sol Fa, a family-run tavern specialized in traditional Roman dishes.
It is located also a stone’s throw from the beautiful, baroque Church of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme. After visiting the place you can go there to eat a tasting dish of pasta!
It is for sure the best restaurant to eat “Gricia”, the pasta with bacon, pecorino and pepper. Famous for its variations of this traditional dish adding a new ingedient like zucchini flowers, artichok, truffle, strawberry and many more.
Every week it has a new variant that its skilled chef invents by combining new ingredients from the Lazio area!
Jewish Ghetto: taste Judeo-Roman cuisine
Judeo-Roman cuisine represents a unique fusion of culinary traditions from two distinct cultures: Jewish and Roman. This combination is the result of the complex history of their coexistence. Over time, in fact, the Jewish and Roman communities influenced each other and each adopted and made some of the other’s ingredients and culinary techniques their own.
The perfect example of this is the delicious “Carciofi alla Giudia”, a traditional Roman artichoke cooked with Jewish techniques. The artichokes are cleaned and fried whole, creating a crunchy outer crust and a tender inner part.
Would you like to try them in one of the best Jewish cuisine restaurants in Rome?
Go to Il Giardino Romano, here the Roman cuisine has combined with the flavors of the Jewish tradition to create some truly interesting dishes. Even world famous chef Anthony Bourdain ate at this restaurant.
Do you want to visit the Jewish Ghetto to taste the crunchy artichoke? Discover it on a Campo De Fiori, Jewish Ghetto & Trastevere Food Tour!
The best restaurants in Rome where tradition meets modernity
Where to eat fish in Rome? Fish was not present on the tables of the ancient Romans. It was only starting from the 3rd century BC. who, coming into contact with Greeks, discovered its culinary use. And what happened to the waste? Romans transformed the fish waste into garum. It was a famous sauce made from fermented fish and aromatic herbs used in cooking to flavor dishes.
If you want to take a trip to ancient Rome among archaeological finds, Roman art frescoes and columns then you have to try Apuleius, one of the best fish restaurants in Rome!
His name recalls that of the Roman philosopher. It is located on the Aventine, the hill of Rome that housed the ancient aristocracy with luxurious villas and gardens. It was here that Alberto Sordi, the famous Roman actor, used to eat. The restaurant tries to combine tradition with modernity which you can see reflected in its truly surprising dishes!
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