I was recently in Palo Alto's Il Fornaio having dinner with a couple of friends. We were looking over the menu trying to decide what to order. I saw Saltimbocca Alla Romana on the menu and I said, "Saltimbocca...I had this before. It's good." One of my friends chimed in, "Yeah, that's good. Saltimbocca...means leap in the mouth."
Well, I can't pass up something so good that it leaps in the mouth so I ordered it. When the dish came I was expecting the Saltimbocca to leap in my mouth by itself, but to my disappointment that didn't happen. Luckily my disappointment ended there - Il Fornaio's Saltimbocca Alla Romana was absolutely amazing.
Saltimbocca Alla Romana is classic Roman dish. It's veal topped with prosciutto and sage. Here's is the recipe. Honestly, any dish with those things as the key ingredients has no reason to be anything less than delicious and Il Fornaio's Saltimbocca is one of the better if not the best I've had. So take advantage of the holiday season - take your family or friends to Il Fornaio for some Roman "leap in the mouth".
Address and Contact Information:
Il Fornaio
520 Cowper Street
(at the Garden Court Hotel)
Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: 650.853.3888
http://www.ilfornaio.com
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Heh. I obviously hired you years too late. Our original offices were just around the corner from Il Fornaio. We used to call it "the company cafeteria," because the business folks ate there so often.
The rest of us used to go to the Fratelli Deli more often.
Ah, memories....
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