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June 27, 2019September 9, 2020

Day 13: Eating our way through Italy

Italian food is many people’s favorite cuisine: truffles, tomato sauce, pasta, cured meats.

In the words of Chef Pepe, everybody and their grandmother has an opinion on the juuust right way to make a certain Italian dish.What I’ve been disappointed with in Italy is the breakfast culture. Sure, every guide book stresses the bar cafe culture. I’ve experienced a similar cappuccino culture in Spain. Most Italians skip breakfast, or just have a pastry with their cafe.However, what they lack in the breakfast department they make up for in the lunch department. Our sandwiches at Osteria Antico Vinaio were a straight dive into truffle heaven. 5€ sandwiches for artisanal meats, salamis, vegetarian spreads like truffle, burrata, eggplant.

There’s actually a small town outside of Florence is known for 90% of the world’s truffle production…says google.

Thank you Florence for your paninis. I just wish paninis weren’t the only affordable lunh/dinner option.

We ate gelato every night at Perche No, because Perche why NOT?

Much more than in Venice or Rome, we experienced the “Servizio / Coperto” charge on every bill. Per person. Although guide books usually recommend Americans think of the charge as similar to our tip, it was much more. At one pizza place, our €17 meal total went up €9 due to the coperto charge!

No grazie.

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