Lake Como

Sadly, we are almost out of Italy.  My mom came to stay with us for a bit and joined us for the drive up north to Sweden.  On our way, we did a stopover at Lake Como.  We stayed in Varenna for a few days and had a fantastic view of the lake and the forests.  So peaceful and beautiful.

We headed out for a peaceful dinner on the water the first night we were there.  We opted for the Olivedo Restaurant.  Let me start this out by saying that customer service isn't their strong suite.  When asked if we could have a drink before looking at the menu and maybe order some appetizers, we were told that we could have a drink but that we would have to order everything at once.  So, we opted for a drink and the owner took the menus away from us.  That kind of put us on our guard.  So, after our drinks, we got the menus back and were able to peruse them at our leisure.  After we ordered, the customer service seemed to improve.  I don't know why, but it did.

But please don't let that stop you from going.  Just know that you might want to hit a bar first before dinner here just in case you want to linger over drinks before dinning.

My mom and I both ordered little pancakes with sauteed radicchio and a local cheese.  I was thinking, literally, small pancakes.  Like bellinis.  Nope.  Once again, things get lost in translation.  It was a crepe covered in melted cheese and bechamel.

I loved it.  The cheese and the radicchio and the bechemel.  So good.  It was pipping hot when it got there and served out of the dish that it was cooked in.

For the main, I opted for the roasted chicken.  It was moist and very good.

Lynn had some fish that was topped with onions and very good from what I was told.  My mom opted for the salmon trout.  Everything was well prepared and very good.  It was well seasoned and served hot.  The setting didn't hurt either.

We shared two bottles of local wine that went really well with everything.

Thanks for being a hand model mom!