Late Lunch in the Jewish Ghetto
May. 26th, 2025 11:21 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
canyonwalkerItaly Travelog #10
Rome - Sunday, 25 May 2025, 5pm
This afternoon after we finished sightseeing in and around the Roman Forum we walked to the Jewish ghetto. Rome's Jewish population is small; it's estimated at 28,000 across all of Italy. But it's there. There's a historic temple there, a museum/memorial to those murdered by Nazis in WWII and, around the corner, a row of restaurants. Both Jewish and Italian culture are all about "Eat, eat!" 😅
A friend recommended a particular restaurant she'd been to years ago. I think it was featured on Guy Fieri's show. (They've got his picture on their website). Unfortunately it was closing as we arrived. No problem; there are literally six other restaurants on the same block, plus many on other streets. We cruised past several of them reading the menus and settled down at one that had a good combination of fresh pasta and meat dishes.
We shared an appetizer of hummus and pita. For mains Hawk had a bowl of spaghetti pomodori while I enjoyed pasta and "goulash". It was a tomato based sauce with braised beef. It was delicious.
Rome - Sunday, 25 May 2025, 5pm
This afternoon after we finished sightseeing in and around the Roman Forum we walked to the Jewish ghetto. Rome's Jewish population is small; it's estimated at 28,000 across all of Italy. But it's there. There's a historic temple there, a museum/memorial to those murdered by Nazis in WWII and, around the corner, a row of restaurants. Both Jewish and Italian culture are all about "Eat, eat!" 😅
A friend recommended a particular restaurant she'd been to years ago. I think it was featured on Guy Fieri's show. (They've got his picture on their website). Unfortunately it was closing as we arrived. No problem; there are literally six other restaurants on the same block, plus many on other streets. We cruised past several of them reading the menus and settled down at one that had a good combination of fresh pasta and meat dishes.
We shared an appetizer of hummus and pita. For mains Hawk had a bowl of spaghetti pomodori while I enjoyed pasta and "goulash". It was a tomato based sauce with braised beef. It was delicious.
