26.10.10

Virginia´s Cafe


My favourite place in Aberdeen is an Italian café very near us. It´s a tiny place, on a corner in Rosemount Avenue, our main street, and is always warm and bustling. Go in on a cold and windy standard issue Aberdeen day, and you´ll be instantly transported somewhere far far away.
Virginia´s is like something out of a sitcom, and everybody inside straight out of central casting. It´s run by an Italian family who look just like you would expect, glossy and dark and beautiful and fast-talking and funny. Customers run in and out, take away tempting looking sandwiches, all wrapped up, or sit and chat, almost always in bubbly Italian.
It´s like a Madrid bar, except that there´s no cigarette smoke and the tv isn´t blaring (you really can´t have everything ).
The menu begins with a nod to the Scottish breakfast, but soon goes for the serious stuff; paninis, antipasti, pasta.
My favourite, so far, is the "delizioso", a small ciabatta, warm from the press, filled with dolcelatte blue cheese, walnuts, ruccola and speck.
Ideally this should be followed by a cup of coffee and a portion of tiramisù, home made and very very good. Sadly I can never have more than a spoonful, because by the time I´ve swallowed the first, Pía has hoovered up the rest.

Virginia´s 231 Rosemount Place 01224 644432

6 comentarios:

kickpleat dijo...

Sounds like a perfect place! I swear within the next year or two, we'll make it to Spain! And this little cafe.

lobstersquad dijo...

hi Kickpleat: if this was in Madrid then it really would be perfection personified! But do come to Scotland and check it out if you cross the pond.

Pille dijo...

Sounds like you've settled in, dear Ximena :)

xps dijo...

Virginia's es lo mejor de todo lo que he visto en mis visitas a Aberdeen. Todo es riquísimo, pero sobre todo es una familia tan tan encantadora y te hacen sentir muy bien. me encanta.

Sedan Service in D.C dijo...

It's hard for me to be impartial about pricing, seeing as everything is considered expensive in the USA, but I will say that their portion size is good (large lunch paninis).

Cafe Bruges dijo...

Also visit wonderful romantic dining destination Pergola Kaffee, located near Historical City Center in Bruges...

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