Oct 10th: ROMA Eating Experience - One of the characteristics of restaurants was to have someone standing out on the street with menus, trying to get you to come in eat in their establishment. The day before when we had been walking around, when asked if we wanted to eat at this particular restaurant , we told them that we had just eaten (which we had).
They encouraged us to come in and look at the desserts, which looked yummy, but we were full. We were in the process of leaving , when Elaine felt hands on her shoulders. The matriarch of restaurant (in stripped vest below) wanted to know why we didn't buy any of her pastries! Did they not meet our satisfaction? It was like we had insulted her that we came in and didn't buy anything!
We told her we would come back the next day when we were hungry. That seemed to appease her!
We returned next day, she remembered us! After we ordered our soup, she supervised and directed her employee picking out desserts for us! They were really good, but as we discovered when we got the bill, also a little pricey!
They encouraged us to come in and look at the desserts, which looked yummy, but we were full. We were in the process of leaving , when Elaine felt hands on her shoulders. The matriarch of restaurant (in stripped vest below) wanted to know why we didn't buy any of her pastries! Did they not meet our satisfaction? It was like we had insulted her that we came in and didn't buy anything!
We told her we would come back the next day when we were hungry. That seemed to appease her!
We returned next day, she remembered us! After we ordered our soup, she supervised and directed her employee picking out desserts for us! They were really good, but as we discovered when we got the bill, also a little pricey!