Tuesday, July 02, 2019

Bologna's Cesarina, the last supper is okay but not super (7-1-19)

We settled into to another outdoor table at Cesarina seated facing the busy street and the magnificent church complex of Santo Stefano(siete chiese). Sam ordered their Grand Cru Moretti beer and Will & I had a bottle of Pignoletto Superiore "Sasso Bacco" DOC 2016 from Cinti, of course in Emilia Romagna. We started with some okay fried pumpkin flower fritters.

I had been waiting to order Tortellini in Brodo and here they were delish, even on a hot evening. Will had a gorgeous salad of avocado, shrimp, cherry tomatoes and buffala mozzarella. Sam of course had the traditional Tagliatelle alla Bolognese, which was also Will's main course. My main was a yummy Cotoletta alla Bolognese which was a decent veal scallopine layered with Prosciutto and Parmigiano. I ordered what I thought was a glass of wine for 13Euros and it turned out to be a 1/2 bottle of Trebbiano from Zerbina 2018 DOC "Ceregio Bianco" which was ideal with my veal.

For dessert we shared the yummy Crema Fritta or flan fried doughnuts.

The service was a bit lacking, the pasta superb as was the salad and we wanted a bit more on our last night here than a waiter who looked like Lurch (from the Adams Family) and grunted like him as well!