Dinner at Petraia

Last night Brenda and I, along with my fellow intern/roomate, dined at Petraia. And it was amazing. This was Brenda's first time seeing Petraia and I think she really, really loved it...especially the irrigation system in the garden.

After a tour of the gardens we sat on the patio and were served Prosecco by this guy: His name starts with an "S" and kinda sounds like 'samurai', I'm not going to even try and spell it...in my head I call him "Sam-woo-hoo". Okay, so it's more like "Sam-welly". Really. It was delicious. I think Prosecco is my new favorite alcoholic beverage.
We sat and chatted with Susan, chef and owner of Petraia, for almost an hour. It was so wonderful. Does life get better than eating delicious food, with good people...

while staring at this...

Well, it could, if I had all my people with me. But this was pretty darn good!

Because of the way I am I have pictures of everything we were served....you may not really care...but I'm going to show you anyway!

We started with an Amuse, which is just a little bite, a treat for the tastebuds, a suprise. I love them. Last night it was asparagus cream served in an egg shell with blood sausage and crostini.

Then it was the Egg of the Day, which was pancetta confit, saffron potatoes, and a quail egg.Next up was one of my favorites of the evening, the Antipasto Toscano, with an assortment of Petraia's salumi and 3 different crostini's. My favorite was the melon wrapped with prosciutto...I had been craving melon and was so pleased to see it there. It was SO sweet, and ah, so good. Then a pasta course. Rainbow ravioli stuffed with ricotta and mint.You can't tell me you're mouth is not watering by now.

By then the sun was setting...
We had a sorbetto in between the pasta and meat course, which was a tasting of both wild and domestic pork...to taste them both on the same plate really brought out their differences.Next was the cheese course. 3 sheep and goat's milk cheeses served with Petraia's honey.

And lastly, dessert. Floating Islands filled with yougurt gelato in strawberry sauce. Wow.Technically that wasn't the last thing...we did have a digestivo and little petit fours after dessert! It was an amazing night. It was a wonderful being the guest and getting that special Petraia treatment. I won't be forgetting it anytime soon...