{"id":2680,"date":"2019-08-02T16:03:20","date_gmt":"2019-08-02T15:03:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.xs4all.co.uk\/tablefortwo\/?p=2680"},"modified":"2019-08-02T16:03:20","modified_gmt":"2019-08-02T15:03:20","slug":"italia-2019-culinary-highlights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.xs4all.co.uk\/tablefortwo\/2019\/08\/02\/italia-2019-culinary-highlights\/","title":{"rendered":"ITALIA 2019, CULINARY HIGHLIGHTS."},"content":{"rendered":"

Got back home the day before yesterday after 10 days in Toscana ( and a cheeky one day in Liguria!). According to the invoice from Europcar we’ve done over 1700 miles in our rented Fiat 500, we’ve seen a chunk of that stunning land and we have eaten very well indeed. Again. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One place that knocked me off my feet was San Giminiano. I always wanted to go and visit it and it was well worth it. Super hot, very crowded, but stunning. We’ve had lunch; Izzie became a huge fan of prosciutto e melone and that’s what she asked for there. What arrived was a very generous plate of possibly the best Parma ham I’ve ever tasted, surely freshly sliced, plus melon as sweet as candy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Florek went for a beef carpaccio with truffles, while I was starving enough for a plate of gnocchi. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Two bottles of wine were purchased, one of the local ones will be kept on the rack until some cold autumn day we will fancy a vino from San Giminiano, while this lovely Brunello was enjoyed that same day on Marco’s terrace. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Then, one evening we set out for Lucca with our eyes set on Bistecca Fiorentina. And bistecca we had alright, a T-bone, served to us on a hot plate, so we could finish the cooking of it the way we liked, some salad with that and a caraffe of red wine. An excellent piece of beef it was, followed by a less impressive bill of over 150 euro- it turned out they charge by weight of the meat, which also had a massive bone. :-\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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When we hopped across the fence to Liguria to see some of Italian Riviera and Cinque Terre, we’ve eaten well again. For me it had to be some seafood, so I started with octopus salad and managed to convince Izzie to try a piece. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Salad came with a chilled glass of Pinot Grigio, simple and fantastic. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And then spaghetti with seafood, the langoustines were actually sweet! Loved it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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On the last evening we went back to Lucca and I ordered spinach gnocchi with walnut sauce, waitress said it was amazing, it looked the part, but I thought lacked a bit in terms of oomph. Google photos made it look like that;<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In terms of stocking up the pantry I’m currently very much ok for truffles and porcini, 4 chunks of great parmesan in the fridge too. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And, pleasantly surprised, no shock while checking my body weight, I managed not to go too stupid while on holidays! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

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