Day 9, Part 1/2– Return to Roscoli

We had felt a strong pulling in our hearts to return to Roscioli this morning for breakfast. We hadn’t sampled enough of the pizza, pastries and porchetta, so that’s what we did! We skipped hotel breakfast, and headed back to the forno for tomato pie, potato pizza al taglio with rosemary, cherry ricotta crostata, sfogaltelle (crunchy horns with orange and cinnamon cream filling— the anti croissant), and of course, porchetta. https://www.salumeriaroscioli.com/en/home-english/ No joke, every single thing was a hit. I only wish we could have gotten more!!! It was SO hot but it was actually raining, which was welcome. After breakfast, we headed back to the Campo de Fiori to tie up loose ends. We bought souvenirs and things for home, like the stainless steel cruet Italians always use for pouring olive oil. We went to the deli to buy truffle spread, too. We walked around the Jewish quarter again. Even though it was Saturday and the Judaica shops/museums were closed, it was still cool to see the area functioning on Shabbat. We wound our way over to Trestevere and had some
Cappuccino (before it was too late!) and more of the delicious fresh Italian orange juice, then back to the hotel to drop everything off.

In the highest heat of the day, we set back out to try and find the Museum of Pasta. Unfortunately, it looks like it was a victim of the pandemic and it’s closed (hopefully just for now). By this time, we’d were working our appetites back up and walked another 40 min to the smaller, more “deli” offshoot of Bonchi. We heard the porchetta was amazing, but by the time we got there, they were out. They did have pizza, but for some reason, we decided to walk 15 more min to the actual Bonchi Pizzarium. The line was… long. But we’d made it this far, and it was 92f, so we were waiting, god dammit! I guess we should have taken a number right when we got there, but it’s unclear if that would really help you skip the line. Next time I’ll try that though. Anywhoo, after about a 35 min wait, we finally got to the front. The two-family group in front of us proceeded to take, I kid you not, allllll the good stuff. We were dying. In the end, we got a zucchini and sausage pizza, a white pizza with mozzarella and what seemed like pickled zucchini (both zucchini pizzas had sesame, a must going forward), and a tomato ricotta pie, with a bit of basil. It was just so hot, we decided to take the pizza and hop in a cab to enjoy back in our hotel room. THANK GOD IT WAS WORTH THE WAIT. It was seriously like nothing else you’ve ever had. I wish I could give a better description of the toppings, but there’s no signs and everything just moves so fast, but my lord. Idk if the Bonchi in Chicago is this good, but if it is, run, don’t walk. https://www.bonci.it/en/bonci/Read more