Restaurant: Dietro Le Quinte
Location: Colle di Val d’Elsa, Italy
Date: June 13, 2011
Cuisine: Tuscan
Rating: Good food, but a little more $$ than some
We wandered into the town of Colle di Val d’Elsa having no idea that there are actually two towns: the newer one below and the quaint medeval one above. Eventually we found the elevator up to the top of the hill and the old town, and in need of repast (lunch) settled on this place.
They have an outside street patio.
Seen better here.
But they also have this lovely back terrace (down yet another glass elevator).
With its lovely hillside view.
The menu is another one of these gigantic Italian multi pagers.
Bread.
A slight variant on the Tuscan typical tomato bruschetta in that it has cheese too.
Pie with vegetable, mascarpone and taleggio sauce.
Risotto with squids and drops of gorgonzola.
An interesting local shell shaped pasta in pomodoro sauce.
Tagliatelle pomodoro.
A carbonara type Tagliatelle with pancetta, greens, cream, and cheese.
An endive salad.
This place had a fantastic patio and very tasty food. It was a little more expensive — and the portions smaller — than many other places we have been frequenting, as they apparently need to offset the cost of their luxurious buildout 🙂 The cuisine was just ever-so-slightly modernized from the totally traditional Tuscan.