No, IMO. Broccoli rabe is a leafy green, so take away the leaves and you are
not left with much. If you want to try rabe, why not just cook it how it is
meant to be cooked? It is naturally bitter, yes, but that is a good thing. If
you don't like bitter flavors you may want to just stick to broccoli and forget
rabe. The previous poster who suggested the other kind of rabe, was I think
referring to broccolini, which is a different vegetable than rabe. I think you
should just try it and decide for yourself if you like the bitterness or not.