Eating well and fair in Italy. The land of pizza, pasta, gelato and more that is globally delightful for the palate and the stomach -Italy. Although eternally packed with tourists, what’s gastronomically fab about being in Italy is the assurance of quality tasting food.
While we were in Rome and the Amalfi coast, we tried cheap and expensive places and one thing was consistent -the quality of food. Hence whether you pay more or less, in Italy, it doesn’t matter.
Sharing below some photos of the places we’ve tried (and remembered to take photos of), our son’s love story with pasta, and a few advice to note.
Fiorentina – A local’s cafe at Borgo neighborhood (around Vatican). Cheap coffee and pastries, for 4 euros you’ve got one capuccino, one espresso, and 2 pastries!
Gelato can be expensive (i.e. 3 euros) if taken around touristy places, but worth it (duh)! 😉
This small hostel restaurant in Vico Equense gives you a bottle of good house wine for 4 euros and a lovely view of the ocean. After aperitivo, our primis come in ravioli and pizza.
Lobster for a starter, for less than 15euros. With the dessert and our mains, the total bill was just less than 60 euros.
An elevated cafe at the tip of porto di sorrento – sometimes you pay extra for the views. Here’s a limoncello dessert for thy espresso and capuccino. But then, if you compare the same order in Dubai, this is cheaper and better in quality.
Argh! This is heaven – mushroom and nuts in homemade thick pasta at the unpretentious, Zio Sam restaurant.
A generous serving of fresh seafood spaghetti at Zio Sam.
Prosecco is ❤ when it’s just 4euros a glass!
Fresh catch seafood for aperitivo at Uncle Sam’s.
Some French sausage to balance the palate *wink
Tiramisu for dessert, anyone? A glorious balance of sweet, creamy and coffee bitterness. Heaven.
Ristorante Pizzeria Tasso is known for their pizza but we ordered pasta O,o
With our lovely preggy couple friends in Rome. Eating out around the Vatican. Bellissimo!
Ah, buon appetito at porto di sorrento.
Managed to keep his shirt clean from all that pasta-gorging! O,o
Seafood pasta (again!) in red ala Ristorante Pizzeria Tasso.
Octopus for a starter. Not bad at all!
Italian rabbit for my better half. I still won’t try a rabbit tho.
Ahhhh… Baba (an Italian dessert soaked in rum!): my second serving for the day (I had 1 set in the morning), already too much for a breastfeeding mom. 😀
Nougat (almond and honey) in some chocolate base goodness. I don’t need to say more, just yum!
To set everything down, have a limoncello shot. Believe me, one shot is enough to shake it off!
From here, let me leave you some Italian wisdom: mangiare per vivere e non vivere per mangiare (eat to live, don’t live to eat). Grazie, ciao!
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