Parma
Gul

Gul

Via Bixio, 56, Parma I-43125, Italia, Italy

Pasta • Pizza • Caffè • Gelato


"La nota difficoltà a trovare un tavolo in questo ristorante di Coloreto è la prova più evidente del forte apprezzamento da parte dei parmigiani (e non solo). Il locale ricorda da vicino le classiche trattorie, dal tovagliato alle sedie, così come legato alla tradizione è il menu proposto. Dopo un 'entrée di (ottima) mortadella e focaccia, si passa a un più che discreto salume (pancetta e salame in primis), cui viene abbinata una torta fritta che si lascia molto apprezzare, soprattutto per il fatto di non lasciare praticamente traccia di unto. Le cipolline borettane in agrodolce sono di ottima fattura, macerate giustamente in molto aceto. Il guanciale di vitello arrosto (con topinambour) è tenerissimo e saporito, mentre il petto di faraona farcito con pancetta e foie gras non sfigura affatto al confronto, confortato da un indovinato abbinamento con cavolo cappuccio rosso. Tra i celebrati dolci si opta per il famoso zabaione, creato al momento, dalla ottima consistenza e gradevolissimo al palato, anche se avremmo preferito fosse preparato con il solo marsala anziché con marsala e moscato. Il servizio presta il fianco a qualche area di miglioramento: il vino, ad esempio, non viene fatto assaggiare ma è versato immediatamente a tutti i commensali: è vero che è 'solo ' Lambrusco, ma da queste parti, si sa, la fa da padrone). La piccola pasticceria conclude un pranzo gradevole e gradito."

Ristorante San Barnaba

Ristorante San Barnaba

Via Trento 11, Parma, Italy, 43122

Caffè • Zuppa • Italiano • Messicano


"I seldom give mediocre reviews, but the food was in fact mediocre. We started with the gnocchi with mushrooms; the dumplings were better than average, but the porcini mushrooms looked and tasted like they were canned. There was also a fair bit of ground beef in the sauce (actually more than mushrooms), which was not mentioned in the menu. Second dish was fettuccine with octopus, pasta was not flavorful, and had virtually no sauce but the octopus pieces were very well cooked and tender. On to the service, which deserves one star (which is what my companion would have left had she been writing this review). After we ordered, it was difficult to get the waiter 's attention. He would walk around the restaurant looking down, avoiding all eye contact. We also ordered the branzino scallopini, but the waiter forgot to put the order in, so after finishing the pastas and waiting for half an hour we were finally able to flag him down and were told it wasn 't coming. Other diners had come in after us, eaten and left by this point. To cut our losses we decided to order tiramisu to split, which was a mistake. First the waiter couldn 't understand we wanted one desert and two plates, he kept saying due tiramisu . When it finally came (he spent 10 minutes making coffees for other customers first) it was one plate, we had to raise our voices to get his attention again for a second plate. The lady fingers were very small, in a single layer on the plate (though with a good coffee flavor) and smothered in a a thick layer of loose yellowish custard. It was sweet, but like everything else, only average. The meal came to €54 with a $17 bottle of Chardonnay. On a side note the table next to us ordered lamb chops on the bone, it came so over cooked that there was zero pink left. The diner complained to her companion but ate the dish in resignation anyway. I would have sent it back. I chose this restaurant because it had five stars, which is rare, but in truth it doesn 't deserve them if they 're going to put out average food and poor service. It may have been an off night for the restaurant, but it was still a poor experience. I sent this text to my companion for approval and she agreed it was fair and to the point."