Jul 25 2008
Negroni
Photo Courtesy of Leslie Fearon
“Vorremmo due negroni per favore” was one Italian phrase I had no trouble with on our trip to Rome last November. There, we were met by our dear friends Leslie and Richard, who (lucky for us) seemed to have their collective fingers on the pulse when it came to Roman style refreshment. Our rather giddy friends met us at our hotel for dinner, fresh from a café on the Piazza Navona where they had just sampled this cocktail alla Romana recommended by Richard’s sister.
As soon as we cleaned our dinner plates we headed for the nearest bar to give it a try ourselves. We ended up at a pub with the rather humorous name, Druid’s Rock, that was covered from floor to ceiling with soccer pennants, scarves, and posters; I was pleased to be seated under the giant Y Ddraig Goch* flag of Wales. Despite my amusement this didn’t exactly seem like the proper setting to try this Roman cocktail, but with a name like Druid’s Rock there was no way I was leaving. So we settled in and ordered our drinks.
