Claude tells me that Mamma Angela’s is a warm, family run spot with homey food at great value served to you by friendly staff, so good that some diners say they loved it so much they came back a second day.
We stopped in for lunch today and sat on the patio.
So let’s look at Claude’s description.
Its it warm?
I’m going to assume they mean atmosphere, and we are sitting on the patio it’s not warm. It’s quite cool actually. Pleasant enough though. Quiet, even though we are sitting by a main piazza.
How about friendly staff?
Well I’m going with not particularly on this one. They weren’t rude. But I certainly didn’t feel like I was eating at my friend’s Nonna’s. I would say the standard level of politness you should find in any restaurant you walk into.
Was the food so good I wanted to go back a second time?
After our meal? No.
My pasta was good. An Umbicelli with speck and pistachios.
I did very much enjoy it. A carbonara like sauce with a perfect pasta shape, almost spaetzle like. I find myself liking long noodles less and less, switching to shapes like Rigatoni and Penne. This might be my first time having speck, a cured ham that varies across Europe. This version seemed quite lean, and gave nice flavour and texture. I never think of pistachios in pasta but I did like both the texture and the flavour they imparted.
Merilynn soup was good as well.
But large.
There’s a lot going on in this soup. Black cabbage, beans, lentils chick peas and pumpkin.
It was good, but nothing I ever need to have again. Good size portion though.
No dessert today. I’m still dreaming about the Tiramisu at Trattoria Del Moro Aronne.
If I’m going back a second time anywhere, it’s going to be there.
But it’s a nice spot, with good food. You won’t go wrong here.
I’ll have to tell Claude that Del Moro Aronne is a bit better though.