I ate at Ricciotti an age ago. Yup, that's right. All the way back when this blog began. Never been back since and it's different from what I remember. The grocer section is gone and there's a bar at the front now. The seats indoors were nice and shady. The place was quiet on a weekend afternoon.
The menu described the Polpo to be octopus braised in red wine with confit tomatoes and pine nuts. This tasted like tomato and cream, not red wine. Didn't detect any pine nuts. Octopus was not bad tasting. Kinda overpriced for the tiny portions and ingredients but since it's in that part of town, I shouldn't expect otherwise.
Tagliatelle alla norcina was nice. This rendition was creamless compared to the creamy one from Etna. Sausage was chunky and the quality of the house made tagliatelle was great. One could just tell from those firm textures. Nice one.
Got ourselves pizza with Paleta Iberica de Bellota. The draw to this one was actually Gorgonzola and pear. The jamon tasted stale. Ironic since the process of making the ham required air drying and aging for at least 18 months. Just one step from turning bad. Which I thought was sad because I kinda liked the whole pizza with the Gorgonzola and pear.
The walnuts were definitely expired. We told them. The wait staff looked like she didn't know how to react to the feedback. 😔 This restaurant has obvious quality issues. Maybe that's why they're quiet on a weekend afternoon.
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