A reason to Slow Travel in Italy

In Italy, food is everywhere…and it’s to die for!

Cold Cuts, Red & White grapes, Dates, Lupini (lupins) and Parmgiano cheese.

It takes some slowing down to travel while savoring the real Italian food. In authentic, local Italian restaurants, dishes are prepared on order from fresh ingredients, so, on average a lunch or dinner in an Italian restaurant will take more time than in a standard restaurant abroad.

Our advice is to skip the so-called “international” restaurants in the main street of busy tourist spots, offering a standard menu in five different languages. Instead, go for the Trattoria or Osteria in the back streets where you may end up eating on a paper tablecloth, served by waiters who may not speak a word of English (don’t worry, Italians are experts in unofficial sign language), but where you’ll taste the deliciously authentic food. There may or may not be a menu (typically the shorter the menu and the less standard dishes it contains, the better). If they don’t have a menu at all, even better. It means that the dishes are chosen on a daily basis according to the availability of market fresh produce.

As we said, it might take a little more time to dine at the rhythm of the other Italian guests, but you will feel spoiled like a granddaughter at her nonna’s home.

That’s the way we like it, we are Italians.

Arrivederci Mic & Simo