We were looking for lunch one day and the foccacia breads in the window
Cantinetta dei Verazzano drew us in.
We were greeted by an exuberant waiter who spoke English with a slight American accent. It turned out his father was American, but he was born and brought up in Italy. He was a big sports fan and was cheering for the Boston Bruins to win the Stanley Cup, we tried not to hold this against him.
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The inside of the restaurant |
Our waiter said he would bring us a selection of different breads and sandwiches, so we put our trust in him and his choice of wine.
We received a platter of cut up sandwiches and foccacia breads my only complaint was that they were cut in to 3's and there was 4 of us so dividing was a little difficult. I think we all agreed that our favourites were the zucchini blossom foccacia and the pea sandwich.
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Zucchini blossom foccaccia |
The wine he brought was also good, none of us noticed that the wine had the same name as the restaurant, in fact this restaurant belonged to Castillo Verrazzano a very old winery in Tuscany. So when we asked if he could recommend a winery for us to visit, of course he could and he gave us a pamphlet for the winery, and I am very glad he did.
Again for dessert he said to trust him again and he would bring a selection of tarts, I must say he was a very good salesman.
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One plate of tarts |
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The second plate of tarts |
We disagreed on our favourites here, I was definatly loving the chocolate, but they were all fine. As I am writing this I realize I was still tasting at this point as it was on the first day in Florence, and I could taste even the very delicately flavoured zucchini flower foccacia.
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