Peppone's Italian Restaurant

This post is a week late now. I've had a bit of a busy week last week, but now I'm back.

Two weekends ago friends of ours took us to this Italian Restaurant called Peppone's. Peppone is the chef and owner. His wife Anna was there too and they were such fantastic hosts. Our friends have been there quite a few times before and so knew the owners already. We ordered some antipasti (starters). The chef's specials. 

After a while several waiters started bringing out plates and plates and more plates of food. So much that we had to shuffle things around on the table to make more space. The table was FULL of food. And it was only the starters!

The starters: a very full table of food!

We finished it all except for some of the mussels and Peppone then had one of his chefs make us a pasta with the mussels and some shrimp. Then there was also a surf & turf platter and after that steaks! 

With Peppone & his wife, Anna

There was no way we could still order dessert after eating so much but Peppone insisted and out came Zeppole di Riso - deep fried rice pudding served with honey and Grand Marnier. Andre said it reminded him of "koeksusters". It was divine and despite having eaten so much already we quickly finished the dessert. So of course out came ANOTHER serving!

Andre deep in discussion with Peppone about the dessert

After dessert a bottle of limoncello was brought to the table. And left on the table. It was really good limoncello too. Andre took on the job of pouring the limoncello when the waitress needed the bottle to serve to other customers. Notice how she's pointing to the glass to make sure Andre doesn't fill it too much!

It was such an awesome evening. Peppone and Anna spent much of the evening sitting with us at our table, eating with us and drinking red wine. This restaurant is about more than just great food. It's about the people and the atmosphere and just about sharing a good time with good friends.