{"id":41102,"date":"2026-04-29T23:35:51","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T22:35:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/?p=41102"},"modified":"2026-04-29T23:35:51","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T22:35:51","slug":"pulejo-a-new-latin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/en\/pulejo-a-new-latin\/","title":{"rendered":"Pulejo: A new latin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">Prati doesn&#8217;t appear in the more obvious guides to Rome, and the locals would rather it stayed that way. The lady with the shopping cart argues with the greengrocer over the price and quality of the artichokes, schoolchildren walk in line down the street, and out on the caf\u00e9 terrace the retirees rotate between <em>cappuccino<\/em>, politics and football. This is a residential neighbourhood from the late nineteenth century \u2014 orthogonal, dense, on the far bank of the Tiber \u2014 where life happens with the easy confidence of people who pass each other every day. The Vatican stands right there at the end of the avenue, and nobody seems particularly impressed; they were born and raised with it.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">It&#8217;s in this <em>Roma per romani<\/em> register that Pulejo opens its doors, on Via dei Gracchi 31, between trattorias, shops and apartment blocks, with no aggressive signage and no fanfare \u2014 just the discreet Michelin star at the entrance, giving you a measured idea of what&#8217;s coming.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3 class=\"text-text-100 mt-3 -mb-1 text-[1.125rem] font-bold\"><a href=\"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-39.jpg\" rel=\"mfp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-41088\" src=\"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-39.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-39.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-39-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-39-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-39-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-39-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-39-450x675.jpg 450w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-39-225x338.jpg 225w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-39-900x1350.jpg 900w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-39-20x30.jpg 20w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-39-64x96.jpg 64w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a>Coming home<\/h3>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">I came across Pulejo on social media, which could have been a bad sign. At a time when so many restaurants seem to cook for the screen, here was something else: dishes with a beginning, a middle and an end. <strong>A language recognisable at first glance, the kind of thing that always pulls me in.<\/strong> The only question was whether it would survive the leap from image to palate. <em>Spoiler alert<\/em>: it did.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"><em>Puleio<\/em>&#8216;s cooking is what it is because he left Rome in order to come back. He left early \u2014 at Il Convivio Troiani he was already learning what an old-school Italian brigade looks like when it works properly. He went to Noma when Noma was still putting kitchens around the world on edge, and brought back from Copenhagen an obsession with stripped-down technique. In London, alongside Agnar Sverrisson, he found Anglo-Saxon discipline in organisation; in Milan, with <em>Taglienti<\/em> at Trussardi, he saw Italian high cuisine taken to the limits of polish. When he came home, he was sous-chef to Luciano Monosilio at Pipero. <strong>By 2020 he was running L&#8217;Alchimia in Milan, where he earned the restaurant&#8217;s first Michelin star and was named young chef of the year by the Michelin Guide.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"><a href=\"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-2.jpg\" rel=\"mfp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-41016\" src=\"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-2.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-2-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-2-225x150.jpg 225w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-2-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-2-20x13.jpg 20w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-2-144x96.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a>Coming home, he opened <strong>Pulejo<\/strong> at the end of March 2022, <strong>with the star arriving just seven months after opening.<\/strong> Nobody earns a Michelin star in seven months by luck; they earn it on accumulated debt.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"><em>Davide Puleio<\/em> seems to want a restaurant <em>\u00e0 la fran\u00e7aise<\/em> \u2014 small, elegant, with the classical markers of a Parisian dining room. That&#8217;s exactly what you feel on stepping in. The recently renovated room divides into three zones, articulated with spatial intelligence and minimalism. Darkened parquet, punctuated with slabs of <em>Orosei<\/em> marble brought in from Sardinia. Wood, neutral tones, low warm lighting that&#8217;s present without being intrusive. The atmosphere is everything the Italian press loves to call <em>lusso sussurrato<\/em> \u2014 whispered luxury \u2014 and frankly, it&#8217;s a room I want to stay in.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"><a href=\"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-31.jpg\" rel=\"mfp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-41072\" src=\"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-31.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-31.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-31-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-31-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-31-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-31-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-31-225x150.jpg 225w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-31-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-31-20x13.jpg 20w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-31-144x96.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a>Settled into one of the corners of the room, I could take in the space at leisure: full house, mostly Italians \u2014 couples, families, small groups of friends, the odd tourist. The noise level lets you hear the staff&#8217;s interactions with guests, the explanations, the small gestures of hospitality. Halfway through dinner, <em>chef Davide Puleio<\/em> came out into the room \u2014 moving between tables, presenting dishes, techniques, ingredients.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">I went for the <em>Crepuscolo<\/em> menu \u2014 seven courses at \u20ac140. For what it delivers, and measured against what an equivalent menu would cost in Portugal, more than fair.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"text-text-100 mt-3 -mb-1 text-[1.125rem] font-bold\"><a href=\"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-5.jpg\" rel=\"mfp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-41022\" src=\"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-5.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-5-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-5-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-5-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-5-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-5-450x675.jpg 450w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-5-225x338.jpg 225w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-5-900x1350.jpg 900w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-5-20x30.jpg 20w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-5-64x96.jpg 64w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a>Opening gestures<\/h3>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">The opening pour is <em>Piper-Heidsieck Essential Blanc de Blancs<\/em> \u2014 Pulejo, after all, is part of the maison&#8217;s <em>Essential Circle<\/em>. <strong>The opening snacks aren&#8217;t trying to dominate the meal before it begins<\/strong>, no addiction to immediate effect or marquee aesthetics. Artichokes, poultry <em>p\u00e2t\u00e9<\/em>, herbs, polenta, cheese \u2014 clean gestures, technically careful, properly flavoured. In an age when too many amuse-bouches behave like film trailers, this restraint already says something about how the rest of the evening will unfold.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_41026\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-41026\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-7.jpg\" rel=\"mfp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-41026\" src=\"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-7.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-7-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-7-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-7-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-7-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-7-225x150.jpg 225w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-7-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-7-20x13.jpg 20w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-7-144x96.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-41026\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A few of the menu&#8217;s snacks<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">The bread is a different story. <strong>The grissini \u2014 paper-thin, addictive in their crisp brittleness. The sourdough loaf next to them, still steaming, dense crust and well-developed crumb.<\/strong> The brioche served warm, buttered, dangerous. Bread service at Pulejo is taken seriously \u2014 in a way many Italian houses, even the more decorated ones, still treat as a chore.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_41018\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-41018\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-3.jpg\" rel=\"mfp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-41018\" src=\"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-3.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-3-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-3-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-3-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-3-225x150.jpg 225w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-3-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-3-20x13.jpg 20w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-3-144x96.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-41018\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The excellent bread service<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 class=\"text-text-100 mt-3 -mb-1 text-[1.125rem] font-bold\">The razor clam<\/h3>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">Then came the <strong>razor clam<\/strong>, brought to the table with proper ceremony by the chef himself, who finishes the sauce in front of you. Razor clam opened at low temperature, still juicy, served with an unusual <em>gremolata<\/em> in which a bone-marrow cream brings the dish to its close. A more contained, more herbaceous reading of the classic, with just enough vinegar to push the iodine of the mollusc forward without ever burying it. I ate it in two or three forkfuls.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_41034\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-41034\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-11.jpg\" rel=\"mfp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-41034\" src=\"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-11.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-11.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-11-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-11-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-11-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-11-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-11-225x150.jpg 225w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-11-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-11-20x13.jpg 20w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-11-144x96.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-41034\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Razor clam<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">On the first, the iodine. On the second, the herbal notes of the <em>gremolata<\/em> arrive late, and finally the bone marrow rounds the whole dish out. A very strong opening.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_41040\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-41040\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-14.jpg\" rel=\"mfp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-41040\" src=\"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-14.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-14.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-14-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-14-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-14-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-14-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-14-225x150.jpg 225w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-14-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-14-20x13.jpg 20w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-14-144x96.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-41040\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cuttlefish, civet and black truffle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 class=\"text-text-100 mt-3 -mb-1 text-[1.125rem] font-bold\">The cuttlefish<\/h3>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">The idea is bold: <strong>pull cuttlefish into the language of game, with a civet sauce<\/strong> \u2014 a treatment historically reserved for hare or wild boar \u2014 and pair it with black truffle. In place of blood, the <em>civet<\/em> takes the cuttlefish&#8217;s own ink, a marine refinement of a dense, structured classic. The cuttlefish kept its inner skin intact \u2014 rare in fine dining, here a more aesthetic than technical choice. The truffle did its work as the anchor between land and sea. Even so, the whole still has zones that don&#8217;t quite knit together: between the opulence of the <em>civet<\/em> and the delicacy you&#8217;d expect from the cuttlefish, the final tuning is missing. Paired with <em>Versant Nord 2024 by Eduardo Torres Acosta<\/em>, an Etna wine with the volcanic tension to meet the salinity and brine of the cephalopod.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_41042\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-41042\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-15.jpg\" rel=\"mfp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-41042\" src=\"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-15.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-15.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-15-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-15-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-15-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-15-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-15-225x150.jpg 225w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-15-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-15-20x13.jpg 20w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-15-144x96.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-41042\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pepper tartare<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 class=\"text-text-100 mt-3 -mb-1 text-[1.125rem] font-bold\">Meat or vegetable?<\/h3>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">The <strong><em>peperone come manzo<\/em><\/strong> is one of the house signatures, and you can see why. Red pepper treated, pressed, marinated, served in the form of a beef tartare, with good toasted bread alongside. The idea has a long lineage in fine dining: <em>Passard<\/em>&#8216;s beetroot, <em>Berasategui<\/em>&#8216;s tomato. With red pepper I&#8217;d never come across it, and it works \u2014 better than I expected, I have to admit. There was a moment, mid-bite, when I caught myself wishing there had been actual meat on the plate. It lasted only a second \u2014 long enough to understand that this is precisely the dish&#8217;s victory: what gets created out of absence. <strong>The balance of sweet, acid and umami is tuned so finely that the whole architecture of the plate becomes part of the chef&#8217;s grammatical vocabulary.<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_41054\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-41054\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-21.jpg\" rel=\"mfp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-41054\" src=\"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-21.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-21.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-21-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-21-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-21-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-21-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-21-225x150.jpg 225w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-21-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-21-20x13.jpg 20w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-21-144x96.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-41054\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pumpkin tortello with crab and tangerine<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 class=\"text-text-100 mt-3 -mb-1 text-[1.125rem] font-bold\">The tortello<\/h3>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">It was here, with the <strong>pumpkin tortello, crab and tangerine,<\/strong> that <em>Puleio<\/em>&#8216;s Italian hand really raised its game. Pasta thin without being translucent \u2014 a serious tortello thickness, capable of holding the filling without breaking and without surplus dough. Filled with sweet, firm crab; tangerine bringing the right acidity and aromatic lift; chervil closing it with freshness. A bold combination, a clean result. <strong>Conceptually, this is Italy with the borders left open. Pasta, yes \u2014 but with the world coming in through the acidity, the herb, the crustacean.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">Alongside it, <em>Renato Keber Pinot Grigio Riserva Collio 2019<\/em> \u2014 the sommelier <em>Gianluca Tronci<\/em>&#8216;s choice. A serious <em>Pinot Grigio<\/em> with age, unctuous and mineral, that built a bridge between the sweetness of the crab and the citrus. One of the finest pairings of the night.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_41064\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-41064\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-26.jpg\" rel=\"mfp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-41064\" src=\"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-26.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-26.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-26-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-26-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-26-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-26-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-26-225x150.jpg 225w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-26-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-26-20x13.jpg 20w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-26-144x96.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-41064\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Spaghettino with mussels and beans<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 class=\"text-text-100 mt-3 -mb-1 text-[1.125rem] font-bold\">The spaghettino<\/h3>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">If there&#8217;s one dish that sums up <em>Pulejo<\/em> as essentialist Italian \u2014 pared down and deeply flavourful \u2014 this is it. <strong>Fine spaghettino, mussels opened to order and beans<\/strong> cooked down to create a velvet sauce that wraps the pasta, in a masterful negotiation between the mussel liquor and the bean starch. There&#8217;s a worked stock hidden inside the dish. Greedy and brilliant.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">I drank it with <em>La Torre Civitellia 2022 by Sergio Mottura<\/em>, a <em>Grechetto from the Tuscia<\/em>, herbaceous and mineral, that pinned down the iodine of the mussel and let the dish shine. <strong>One of those dishes only the Italians know how to make. The difference here: it&#8217;s sharpened, cut, with no fat, no superfluous element. Cooking without rhetoric.<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_41068\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-41068\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-28.jpg\" rel=\"mfp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-41068\" src=\"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-28.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-28.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-28-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-28-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-28-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-28-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-28-450x675.jpg 450w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-28-225x338.jpg 225w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-28-900x1350.jpg 900w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-28-20x30.jpg 20w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-28-64x96.jpg 64w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-41068\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Butter-aged lamb<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 class=\"text-text-100 mt-3 -mb-1 text-[1.125rem] font-bold\">The lamb<\/h3>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"><em>Pecora e rose<\/em> promises poetry and theatre in the name itself, and the dish delivers without ever putting on a show. First the lamb is presented: butter-aged, a modern technique of controlled maturation in which the dairy fat protects moisture and perfumes the meat through the cure. The result is meat with concentrated flavour, real depth, and a texture that yields without ever falling apart. The rose buds reach you through the nose before the plate does, having sat alongside the meat through the maturation. The aroma drifts in quietly, like perfume worn by mistake by someone at the next table. The meat itself, served in different cuts and at exemplary doneness; the sauce, a reduced and concentrated lamb jus, underlines and binds the elements, while the onion and rose petals lift the whole composition with elegance and freshness. A small bao on the side carries the less noble cuts, full of flavour. A great dish.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_41098\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-41098\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-30.jpg\" rel=\"mfp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-41098\" src=\"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-30.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-30.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-30-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-30-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-30-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-30-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-30-225x150.jpg 225w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-30-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-30-20x13.jpg 20w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-30-144x96.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-41098\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lamb<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">In the glass, <em>Stefano Amerighi Syrah 2022<\/em>, from Cortona. A Tuscan <em>Syrah<\/em> with white pepper and dark fruit, the tannin still adolescent but already structured enough to engage with the aged lamb. A fine, elegant <em>Syrah<\/em> that built a carnal connection and surprised me with every sip.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_41076\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-41076\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-33.jpg\" rel=\"mfp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-41076\" src=\"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-33.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-33.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-33-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-33-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-33-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-33-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-33-225x150.jpg 225w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-33-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-33-20x13.jpg 20w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-33-144x96.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-41076\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Strawberry and grape sorbet with almond cream<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 class=\"text-text-100 mt-3 -mb-1 text-[1.125rem] font-bold\">The closing chapter<\/h3>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">First, a <strong>strawberry-and-grape sorbet with almond cream<\/strong>, light and fresh, doing exactly what was being asked of it. Then came the biggest surprise of the night. <strong>Celeriac tarte tatin<\/strong> \u2014 and the portion of root that arrives on the plate is unapologetically generous, sitting on a serious round of puff pastry. Caramelised in the classic tatin manner, sweet, with the earthy note kept very fine, and the more aggressive vegetal edge tamed by the cooking, to the point where the celeriac could easily pass for a fruit. Sheep&#8217;s-milk <em>ricotta<\/em> alongside, a milky, creamy counterpoint with that animal note that meets the earthy vegetable head-on. <strong>A finale with every chance of derailing, and yet it works on several levels, surprising as it goes.<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_41080\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-41080\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-35.jpg\" rel=\"mfp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-41080\" src=\"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-35.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-35.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-35-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-35-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-35-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-35-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-35-225x150.jpg 225w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-35-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-35-20x13.jpg 20w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-35-144x96.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-41080\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Celeriac tarte tatin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">In the glass, <em>Hauner Malvasia delle Lipari<\/em>, a Sicilian passito with notes of honey, dried apricot, and the iodised volcanic salinity that pulls the wine&#8217;s sweetness back into civilised territory. A great pair for the dessert.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">The petits fours, more conservative in form and construction, closed the meal with discretion and care \u2014 no fireworks, no unnecessary stretching.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_41084\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-41084\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-37.jpg\" rel=\"mfp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-41084\" src=\"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-37.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-37.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-37-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-37-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-37-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-37-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-37-225x150.jpg 225w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-37-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-37-20x13.jpg 20w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-37-144x96.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-41084\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The petits fours<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 class=\"text-text-100 mt-3 -mb-1 text-[1.125rem] font-bold\">The room<\/h3>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"><strong><em>Gianluca Tronci<\/em>&#8216;s wine pairing wasn&#8217;t trying to flaunt the cellar \u2014 it was trying to read the kitchen, more than show off labels.<\/strong> Champagne, <em>Etna, Friuli, Tuscia, Cortona, Lipari<\/em> \u2014 distinct Italian geographies, each glass placed there to extend and complete the dish, not to cut across it. <em>Tronci<\/em> is still young; he came through other starred kitchens before landing in <em>Prati<\/em>. <strong>He knows when to step in and when to step back, and above all he knows how to listen to the guest \u2014 a rare attribute, especially at this age.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"><a href=\"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-34.jpg\" rel=\"mfp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-41078\" src=\"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-34.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-34.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-34-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-34-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-34-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-34-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-34-450x675.jpg 450w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-34-225x338.jpg 225w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-34-900x1350.jpg 900w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-34-20x30.jpg 20w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-34-64x96.jpg 64w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a>The same principle runs through the rest of the service, which was excellent on every level. Not just with me \u2014 eating alone, you noticed the individual reading of the table \u2014 but at the surrounding tables too. Well calibrated, knowing when to talk and when to step aside. <strong>Several dishes finished tableside, with proper mise en sc\u00e8ne and no intrusion, technically faultless.<\/strong> <em>Eugenio Galli<\/em> runs the room with the calm of someone who&#8217;s used to sitting on the other side: he reads a guest&#8217;s pace before serving them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">A rare sense of hospitality, presented not as theatre but as something well above the level of the star this house carries. Everything in the room was luxurious without the luxury ever announcing itself \u2014 the artisanal ceramics, the cutlery, the linen napkins, the comfort of the chair, the gesture.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"text-text-100 mt-3 -mb-1 text-[1.125rem] font-bold\"><a href=\"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25.jpg\" rel=\"mfp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-41094\" src=\"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-450x675.jpg 450w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-225x338.jpg 225w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-900x1350.jpg 900w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-20x30.jpg 20w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pulejo-25-64x96.jpg 64w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a>A final note<\/h3>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">To file <em>Pulejo<\/em> as just another emerging star in Rome&#8217;s new dining scene is, frankly, reductive. Davide Puleio has in his signature what so many lack: a grammar of his own. Italian in structure, free in the construction of its sentences. A set of journeys and techniques marshalled to write the future of the region&#8217;s cooking.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">A piece of writing built on a cuisine of memory pointed towards the future. Essentialist, marked by flavour, always Italian. A dish at Pulejo is easy to identify, and that identification doesn&#8217;t come from the photograph: it comes from the gesture and the palate.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">At a moment when fine dining swings between the virtuosity of Instagram and the fatigue of ostentatious fermentation, Pulejo has the courage to make legible cooking with a clear identity.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">To my eyes, the second star isn&#8217;t a fantasy. It looks like a concrete possibility \u2014 contingent on small refinements, on the repetition of gestures, and perhaps on the occasional stretch towards a more ambitious raw ingredient. The starred guides, as we all know, do enjoy a marquee ingredient on the plate. 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