For an occasion I choose one of Darmstadt's first class Italian Restaurants, the Orangerie. It is located in a park beside an historic building from 1719. The park behind is decorated with many citrus trees, that are only out from end of May until beginning of October.
The restaurant has a large open air seating area.
The menu is very seasonal and just shown on black boards, that are wheeled to the table.
When several interesting offers are on a black board, it took us some time to decide how to start the dinner. We opted for two different cheese starters and shared a bit of it.
My friend had bacon wrapped mozzarella di buffala and orange melon wrapped in Parma ham.
I choose caramelised goat cheese with onion confit, mixed salad and warm tomatoes.
We shared the main course and decided on a Dorade baked in a salt cover. It was served with a lemony tomato and caper dressing, risotto with white asparagus and green asparagus as a side veg.
With the food went a bottle of Vernaccia di San Giminiano, Tuskany. This white wine is one of my favourite. I've been to San Giminiano twice and love the mineral taste of this wine. 2 large bottles of San Pellegrino were drunk too.
Then came the final course and the 2 of us were unable to decide between 3 things from Strawberry or a dark chocolate dessert. We discussed and came to no choice. Luckily our very nice host made the decision for us and came up with the solution:
Strawberry kisses Chocolate
It was served with an Elderflower Cordial.
Later, we finished the evening with cold Limoncello.
We had a great evening with very competent service and excellent food. Next time we have something to celebrate, we will come back.
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