Hello, been a while & Agata e Romeo

So have been gone a while, mainly being slack & working but this hasn't stopped me from scoffing my way through some amazing restaurants in the UK as well as abroad (some awful places too). I've got quite a few restaurants to write about & this place was quite memorable in Rome last summer maybe not for the best reasons though.

The restaurant was called "Agata e Romeo" http://www.agataeromeo.it/. I've never been to a Michelin starred restaurant in Italy so thought whilst seeing family in Rome it would be nice to check out a smart restaurant. There is a 35 Euro lunch menu so me & my pa strolled up one sunny lunch time to try it. We tried to open the door to which I realised you actually had to ring the buzzer, which I thought was a bit rubbish straight away. We were shown to a quite nice bright room, lame surreal paintings though & were shown to our table. The waiter gave us our menus which seemed to be missing the lunch menu so I called him back over & got the lunch menu off him. So for 35 Euro you got a glass of red or white wine, pasta or spaghetti as a starter, a choice of 2 fish mains & a coffee at the end. We both ordered a white wine which was fine, got given lots of home made bread & little pizzette's which were lovely & for my starter I ordered the "Chitarrine al ragu di pesce" & my pa ordered the "Rigatoni alla Bolognese". Mine was guitar string spaghetti with skate & broccoli which was delicious. The ragu was really flavoursome & the fish was very nicely cooked. My pa's pasta was equally tasty & went down a treat! 

"Driest fish finger in the world"

So it was a big shame when the mains came! My pa ordered "Orata al Limone" which is sole with lemon & I ordered perch. Both came with spinach & both fishes were completely overcooked & both very under seasoned. The sole was vaguely passable but my perch was wrapped in breadcrumbs & was basically a big, dry fish finger, only not as nice. I had to ask the waiter for a lemon & I think even he thought it was dry so he brought a whole lemon to the table slice up. The spinach was ok though. We had our coffees at the end, paid & left & decided that next time we'll go for a slice of pizza on the Spanish steps. Cheaper & a lot tastier!