Trattoria San Gennaro

Description:

• Trattoria San Genaro offers trendy alfresco dining in the heart of Belém's nightlife district. Don't order an appetizer but help yourself to the fabulous antipasto buffet (R$5.50/US$2.75 per 100g). As for mains, the restaurant takes great pride in making all the pasta, bread, and sauces in-house. There's a choice of three pastas; spaghetti, gnocchi, and fettuccini and sauces such as a creamy Gorgonzola, porcini mushrooms, or romanesca (cream, ham, mushrooms, and peas). The stuffed pastas are also excellent. We enjoyed the unusual duck ravioli in passion-fruit sauce and the prawn lasagna with Gruyère cheese. There are several excellent steak and seafood dishes. For dessert try the homemade ice creams. Flavors include pistachio, basil and papaya, white chocolate, and chocolate with hazelnut.

• © Frommer's 2013

Awards:

Frommer's

•  Highly Recommended 2010