With the potential to be great

I've heard great things of Nonna. Friends have recommended it and the website look pretty sweet. 

It was time.

The environment was cosy and a bit loud. It was great for large parties, we were 6 people dinning. We had made reservation and was greeted and placed in the sofa-part of the restaurant. The only thing was that it was kinda hard to hear people sitting across from you. We sat in a C-shaped half circle. The menu is simple - which I love, not too many options with a nice price range. I ordered the spaghetti with tomatoes and crayfish. I'm not a huge fan of tomato sauce so I assumed that when it said tomatoes and not tomato sauce, which it did on other dishes, it would come with fresh chopped tomatoes. It didn't. Tomato sauce. Not entirely disappointing but not satisfying. Before our food arrived we got some focaccia and tapenade made with green olives, very addictive. I had a beer and some of my company had red wine which I take for granted it was good, because they never said anything to the contrary. The food arrived pretty quickly - great! and I saw the tomato sauce. Please surprise me. The first bite was amaze balls since the spaghetti was al dente, although shame on them if it weren't. Unfortunately I wasn't amazed by the tomato sauce, however it had shrimps in it, yay! The crayfish, 2 of them, were small and fairly seasoned.  I would have loved 2 more, since they were so small. The portions are large, I was more than full - not disgustingly full, just full enough to wait and order tiramisu. When you're more than 1 person ordering something it comes on a larger plate and you serve yourself - awesome, almost family style which is my fav. And we were two who ordered the tiramisu and I believe you get more then. I've never had any good experience with tiramisu so I wanted redemption. I got it. It was soft, smooth, very grown up. Not as wet as I expected and not as hard of a kick with liquor, I didn't taste any coffee which was forgettable, I didn't mid even though I like coffee. 

I should have asked it there were tomato sauce and not assume even though I blame it on the typo. I will come back for other pasta dishes, because I believe they are great. Didn't get a pic on the tiramisu or the food itself since I was too hungry to even bother to go through the hassle with taking my phone from my purse and do the whole composition. Just eat. 

focaccu not

Yes, I couldn't come up with anything better. Today I did something that I absolutely loathe - I baked. I made pizza dough and the rest of the pizza and my trustworthy focaccia. I got this recipe from a friend who spent most his time in Italy so I trust him. I've eaten this bread so many times I got fed up with it. I also altered the recipe a bit since I thought it was tastier - something that I suggest everyone should do - just remix.

1 pack of yeast about 50gram
6 dl water (finger temperature)
olive oil 2-3 tbs
2 tsp salt
16 dl flower (the nicer the better)
sea salt
olive oil
rosemary
garlic

mix the yeast and water together with salt (I always add some sugar to wake up the yeast), olive oil and add the flower. Mix until a solid dough and then I always go nuts with the dough and try to work with it as long as my patient allows me. Let it sit for an hour and then put on a baking sheet and let it rest for another half hour. Mix olive oil, garlic and rosemary so the oil becomes flavorful. add on the dough and press down your fingers in the dough so it creates small pockets filled with oil. In the oven for 15-20 min 175F.

I always serve with hummus, tapenade and today I had some mozzarella on top and baked in the oven for 10 extra minutes. Pretty nice.

I finished it with a friend before I had the chance to take a picture. However this small piece managed to stay alive. I have one batch in the freezer but it doesn't look very appetizing.