Casa Perbellini is a small elegant restaurant in Verona, about an hour and a half train ride from Venice.  It is worth the trip!  They have been in this location for 2 1/2 years moving in from a country location where they had been over 20 years.  There is a smaller second dining room but the main room has a large open kitchen filling the long side of it.  We arrived just as they opened and since they weren’t quite ready we had a glass of champagne on their front patio and then they brought out a tasty cup of parmesan foam topped with tomato and basil to go with it.  Nice touches like this continue throughout the meal.  (Another example: The plating counter is covered with a heavy cloth that dampens all the plate noise on a hard counter). Continue reading →