Resto 1 of 2025! Le Trappiste, Brussels
The room is over a hundred years old (as, it would seem, is most of the clientèle).
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The room is over a hundred years old (as, it would seem, is most of the clientèle).
A sprinkling of sides and we were all very jolly old bastards tumbling into the afternoon.
The offer is an excellent variety of wine by the glass (and bottle) with sliced raw meat/cheese/olives/bread.
One of those moments where you feel lucky to be alive.
Cheap eats in Rome’s premier park. What’s not to like?
Il Panzerotto, for me at least, wasn't the highlight of our stay in Rome.
Il Panzerotto, for me at least, wasn't the highlight of our stay in Rome.
The best meal of a short trip to Rome.
In town for a reunion with old school friends two thirds of the party insisted on eating before drinking. Sensible, right? especially as I had an early flight to Rome the next day. We spurned Pizza Express in favour of something local and this was a good idea. Service was friendly and the offer pretty…
We took coffee down the road at Flat White, which since I was last there in the 2010s appears to discovered that Billy Idol is C-O-O-L. Sorry kids, I was there and he was C-R-A-P. Thankfully their coffee remains superb.