Anita's

After my Art History class, I did some homework, cleaned up my room and enjoyed relaxing for once. I debated whether or not I should treat myself to a Valentine's Day present but decided not to because I knew we were planning on going out to eat. Earlier in the week, my roommates and I decided that we wanted to go to a "Romantic Roomie" dinner at this place called Anita's* After mapping out the correct way to go, we discovered that Anita's was practically in the neighborhood and was only about a 10 minute walk from our apartment.

Seeing that it was Valentine's Day, we decided to "go all out." We wanted appetizers and a first course complimented by a delicious bottle of house wine. We naturally had to end the night with dessert.

We started out our meal with Bruschetta (which by the way is pronounced, "bru-sket-ta"--who knew?) and a Caprese salad. I decided to also try a bowl of "Ribollita,"which is a Tuscan Bread Soup. My roommate had told me it was delicious and tasted almost like a tomato soup with large pieces of bread. 

Sold. 

It sounded delicious. 

However, when our waiter brought out what I would call "mush" (there was nothing "soupy" about it), I was slightly underwhelmed. But, what the heck, I'm in Florence, this is a traditional Florentine dish, I need to at least try it. 

For the record, I didn't hate it.

(don't tell the Italians this, but while I was eating it, all I could think about was the chicken flavoring in Ramen noodles)

So, would I order it again? 

Probably not. But, at least I can say I tried it.**

I somewhat "refused" to take a picture of it because it just did not look appetizing but I found a picture of it online: Sidenote: Mine was the color of  The Incredible Hulk and was not as rustic as this one--it also had peas in it, which I am not a big fan of when it comes to vegetables.

(This is only a picture of what it looks like--not the actual dish I had)

My Pasta on the other hand was much much better.

(Penne with tomato basil sauce, mushrooms and black olives)

And of course...Dessert!

(Chocolate Cake--we also had Tiramisu but I didn't have a chance to take a picture of it)

All in all, it was a great Valentine's Day. I loved spending time with my wonderful roomies and enjoying a delicious meal.

XOXO,

Meggie

*Later that night I was talking with my mom about my interesting soup and she said that it was like when my sister went to Australia and tried Vegemite. Never again.

**We had tried to eat there once before but it was closed. We went too "Euro" on this one and decided to have dinner around 10:15. We got lost and made several wrong turns and made it there around 10:45... Anita's closes at 10:30.