Saturday night. Tony and Madeleine took us to the local family restaurant in Montettone. Upstairs in the main street, big open, plain but with lots of atmosphere provided by the locals dressed up for a Saturday night out. One old guy was showing some magic tricks to the children at the next table and there were lots of kids running around having fun. The waitress greeted us and rattled through the menu in fast Italian – no written menu at all. We ordered antipasti – no mention of what was in it – and got a fantastic variety of meats, bread, cheese (with honey). I thought that was it, but then they brought a dish of beans and pork skin, pigs liver chopped with eggs, and mixed crostini. We skipped pasta, thank goodness, and chose our meat dishes. Jan and Julie had rabbit, I had ribs, Madelaine had goose. The goose was a bit stringy, my ribs were great and the rabbit was pronounced fine. We had roasted mixed vegetables and carafe wine which was lovely and about three euros a litre. Total bill for six including wine was about 100 euros – about $140. Great experience.
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