[ May 2017 ] On the last evening in Brno in Czech Republic, we went out at around 8 pm to eat something light.
We wanted to try the wine cellar which was introduced during the walking tour the day before.
They said this place serves wine directly from the barrels, so we were looking forward to it, but when we arrived, we found that the place was very small and there were no customers in at that time.
On top of that we found that they do not serve any food at all, so we gave up.
We were at a loss being disappointed.
We had to search on the internet and decided to try an Italian restaurant called Borgo Agnese which was recommended on the site.
It is located outside of the old town and when we got there finally, we found that the restaurant looked rather posh.
I felt small, but we did not have enough energy to look for something else, so we went in and settled there.
The interior was modern but there was a ruin of something beyond the glass barrier next to our table.
We asked and found that this was the ruin of the 13th century church.
Anyway, it was a proper restaurant, so we gave up the original idea of ‘eating something light’ and ate properly beginning with the starters.
Mine was the veal tongue which was very rich and tasty.
As for the main, I had the Ravioli with rabbit meat with Amaretto sauce, which was excellent.
My husband had a starter of the quail meat and he chose the wide pasta called Pappardelle with rabbit meat for the main.
And I had the strawberry Pavlova which was served with the strawberry sorbet and the meringue scattering around.
He had a almond cake for the dessert.
Everything was really good including Grissini and other bread.
We asked if the chef was Italian and our waiter said proudly “No. All of the staff are Moravian and there are no foreigners here. We are aiming to be the best Moravian restaurant”.
In fact, some of the menus were not really Italian but more like the local foods.
It does not matter who is cooking these, because the all the food was so good.
This proud waiter used to live in London for 11 years apparently.
The bill came to about £85 in sterling ( about €92 or $110 ), which was fairly expensive in the local standard.
