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Restaurant: Friends

Here's another review for those who want good food in Lucca and Versilia.

The Friends of taste is a little restaurant, just over 30 seats arranged one pretty close to the 'other. And 'situated in the center of Viareggio, Via Cavallotti in at number 45 and from outside, apart from the' teaching, we recognize (barely) for a single light in the room.

The kitchen is strictly fish-only and exclusively serving the catch of the day, the choice can sometimes be limited. Not bad though, because all the dishes are definitely worth mentioning.

But we go to order, how it works.

Meanwhile, you should book well in advance. Additional tables are few and do not rotate during the evening, so having an assured place is a privilege that must be won with patience and determination.

The number is 0584 945 157. Segnatevelo and armed with tenacity. A week ago, shortly after New Year, the first night with vacancies was May 5 (not bad for reservations four months eh?), So the 'There is only one, hoping that someone has since withdrawn.

As luck helps stubborn, you may hear that there is a place to respond. Well, you're ready for Phase 2: pappatoia.

It begins appetizers with seafood of course, in memory 8 courses. Change often, just because depending on the fish but we had:

aubergines stuffed with sea bass

-grouper and shrimp dumpling

-polenta with sauce whitebait

-octopus and beans

-bundle of radicchio and ricotta shrimp

-marinated cod

-cicadas

- Slices of fish that I do not remember it ...

all very good and cooked with skill.

To drown the appetizers, we first used a ball of sparkling wine.

The first four plates were available:

-linguine with prawns Catalan

ravioli with spinach-and-bass

spaghetti with fresh clams with noodles

-redfish

We chose a trio of tastings for the last three, which meant in practice is the first of three courses and asked to have a second bottle of Yellow Ribolla. Excellent all three, even four including Ribolla.

For the second choice was between:

-fried paranza

-fried boneless (squid and shrimp)

-grilled prawns.
In two

we opted for the fried boneless (wonderful), while two others chose the king prawns (good, but they were only three each!).

For the latter, we used a bottle of Grecanico (a note, though good bad choice because it was lighter than the previous year) showed that there is no two without three.

and take the time to finish all four an expression somewhere between the 'stupid and happy and there's the homemade cakes (delicious) and coffee (decent).

Preda now have mystical visions that attracted stylites holy fasting in the column, the owner invites us to the digester. We choose a whiskey and it brings us in front of a shelf containing dozens of bottles (for my modest culture) the most valuable. I ask for a whiskey that is not peaty Laphroigh the table and puts us on a full bottle of a special selection of production on the 'island of Islay. Obviously, we test the generosity with 'great spirit.

Well it's time to go, because even at midnight, as a sign reads, it's time to go to sleep.
The bill, all inclusive, is 35 eur each.

A rare place that deserves the acrobatics necessary to book. Excellent raw materials, excellent cuisine (no inventions, but solid kitchen Viareggio) comfortable and cozy, cellar smart labels without garish but good wines by the correct price and ultimately honest account of the confines of 'naive.

might be able to come back often ...!