Telefono: +33472194429
Indirizzo: 6 r. Neuve, 69002 Lyon, 69001, France
Città: Lyon
Piatti: 8
Recensioni: 5
Sito Web: http://augusto-restaurant-lyon.fr
"With grandparents and parents from Italy, I grew up with typical "red sauce" Italian. Eggplant, lasagna, ravioli, like Olive Garden only authentic, tasty and not loaded with salt and fat. Please don't eat here if that is what you expect and all that you like. First, the staff. Our French is non existent, and this is a locals place. The chef came out to do his best to explain the menu, and between his English vocabulary and our minimal French and Italian, everything was explained. They made us feel very welcome and made a real effort to communicate (Not a universal experience this trip. And yes, I should know French, but have forgotten it. Apoatently I needed room in my head for song lyrics of the 1980s) Anyway, we ordered two apps: eggplant parmigiana and asparagus with Parma ham. The eggplant was deconstructed. There were rolls of baked eggplant slices, mounds of pureed eggplant, and clouds of mozzarella foam, with fried basil and a piece of crispy parmesan cheese all sitting in a thin layer of tomato sauce. Certainly not what I am used to but life is about new experiences. It was amazing. Even my eggplant - loathing husband liked it. A lot. The flavor of the eggplant really came through. It was just delicious. His asparagus was fresh and tasty and without the presence of the eggplant would probably have sent me to asparagus nirvana (I love veggies), but the eggplant had my full attention. He liked it a lot though. For mains the hubs had ravioli and I had lasagna. We had lasagna a lot growing up and my feeling about it is - meh. This lasagna changed all that. First the pasta was the most delicately thin layers of fresh pasta I have ever seen. The layers included a beautiful sauce with large pieces of well cooked pork and beef. The cheese was a delicate burrata not a stringy mozzarella. And the whole dish was finished with rocket (arugala) and toasted pine nuts. Exquisite. The hubs ravioli were bite sized delicate clouds of pork and other stuff that tasted heavenly. No gummy or chewy pasta, but the same thin sheets, with an excellent tomato sauce that complimented the ravioli without overwhelming it. Finally we shared a panna cotta for dessert. I hate panna cotta, it makes me think of milk Jello. I opted for it because everything else had been astounding, so what the heck? This was no milk Jello. It was silky and delicious with an excellent raspberry sauce. So we could complain that this Italian restaurant was nothing like the ones in Italy, or like my Nona's, as some people have. Instead we elected to embrace the differences and enjoy a fine, reasonably priced meal that we will never forget. And kudos to the staff for making such an effort to make us feel welcome."
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