I have wanted to eat there for a long time, but somehow we never did. But today, on a beautiful day, with bright blue sky it seemed like an obvious choice and there was a table outside that was available.

Service- excellent. We were offered water on arrival, not a common thing in Italy, even in the middle of summer. Before we came I thought I really fancied some vongole, for science- in a different place than Grumpy’s which in winter simply lost all its appeal. But today there was no vongole, so I settled for a plate of roasted mountain lamb with roast potatoes. House chianti was recommended to go with it, nice not to feel ripped off. Florek went for caccio e pepe, which he liked so much, that he said it might even replace carbonara on the top spot on the list of his favourite pastas. Nonna Clara’s is famous for its fresh pasta, in fact there is a woman in the window making fresh pasta during the service, which stops traffic sometimes!

Papardelle with ragu for Izzie and we were munching. I enjoyed my lamb so much, I nearly forgot about the wine, a first! And finally, finally somebody served me with absolutely perfect roast potatoes, perfect, ever so slightly perfumed with rosemary.

Encouraged by all this we went for a tiramisu to share, by far the lightest one I had so far in Italy. Izzie had pannacotta, which she licked off the plate until there was nothing left. After coffee and 70 euro lighter we went home, fed, happy and excited about next time at Nonna Clara’s. 10 out of 10. Basta cosi. 🙂