I'd read about the Fiaschetteria Toscana in several places and despite its being smack in the Middle of Tourist Central, I went. I saw a waiter standing out front and my heart sank - "oh no, not a tourist trap beckoning the suckers to enter." No, actually the folks entering seemed informed eaters. And the menu was dated today's date so this was hardly a trap.
I wasn't in the mood for a big lunch so I ordered up a green salad, thinking it would be one more dreary example - unh unh; it had spicy early arugula and other lettuces and was dressed by my waiter with oil, vinegar, salt and pepper perfectly. Ahhhright!
Then I had trenette pasta with small sea prawns ("Hot" the menu said; "spicy OK" he asked? [he deduced I was visiting from France and was alert to their aversion to hot chilis]). They were tender and delicious and not at all hot or spicy in the Thai/Mexican/Korean sense.
They had wines from a "automatic dispenser", never seen that notation before but I had some bottled stuff, which with no bottled water, OK bread and a corrected coffee, came to 44 E.
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Dinner was at my favorite Mestre pizzeria - Columbus in Mestre - and it was unchanged from 20 years ago.
I had the tomato/arugula brochette in honor of my Grandson C. who loved these the most of the 12 of us who summered at La Foce in Tuscany this summer.
Then I had the pizza diavolo, as spicy as ever with some box wine. It is not pictured but you know what a pizza looks like.
My bill, without bottled water or coffee, was 27.50 E and I caught the wonderful Bus #2 home.
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