The thing is: how to avoid touristy places where a pizza will cost you a fortune? How to escape tourist traps? The good new is that I have some good tips from my uncle Gianni who lives in Rome. When I asked him about the gorgeous still very simple and characteristic places where he usually takes me out for dinner, he came up with a list of names and numbers. I simply pass them out for you!
While downtown Rome, to be precise in beautiful Campo de Fiori where young people meet every night for a drink, just behind Piazza Navona, there is Paola al Pallaro. Paola is either the cook and the owner: everyday she cooks her typical roman dishes with a variety of fresh food. You don’t have to bother reading an incomprehensible menu in Italian: there’s no. The menu is fixed: you simply eat what her fantasy has prepared for you on that day. Also the price is fixed but don’t worry it’s budget. To say it all, the average price for an entire roman menu, expressed cooked on the day with fresh ingredients will cost you around 20-40