my stomach can still remember eating this and my mouth waters thinking about it | |
this was good and I am glad I had an opportunity to taste it | |
this was quality food and satisfied my hunger, while not disappointed not on any hit list | |
the worse meal I had in Italy - was unable to finish it and I was hungry |
Day | Location - Meal | Food | Drink | Photo/Label |
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1. | Milan - breakfast | |||
Varenna - light lunch | Ravioli - with butter and sage (shared) Ravioli creamy parmesan tomato sauce(shared) |
Tuborg Beer | PHOTO | |
Varenna reception | Cheese, bread, grapes | Ca’Vive Piave Cabernet Canneto Oltrepo Pavese Barbera |
LABEL LABEL |
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Varenna - dinner | Crespelle ai fungi porcini (crepe with mushroom) Filetto di manzo alla griglia (grilled beef) Pesto gnocchi (tasted) Taramousse |
Red Wine | ||
2. | Varenna - breakfast | |||
Varenna - light lunch | Prosciutto with bread and butter, cappuccino | |||
Varenna - dinner | Nostrana (pizza with tomato sauce, mozzarella, sausage, olives (with pits), parmesan cheese and peppers) Calzone Farcito (tomato, mozzarella, ham, artichokes, and mushrooms) |
Vino alla spina (red house wine) | ||
3. | Varenna - breakfast | |||
Verona - light lunch | Gustavo (folded bread with mushroom and cheese) | Vino rosso (draft) | ||
Pension Seelaus - dinner | Buffet salad consisting of carrots, sauerkraut with caraway and ham; German style potato salad; a lima/kidney/onion/tuna mix; a creamy dressing (a white something with a hint of horseradish), and a lot more items butterfly pasta (basil, sausage, cream) Thin steak with green beans |
Wine - Hauswappen Tafelwein | LABEL | |
4. | Pension Seelaus - breakfast | |||
Arnika Hutte - lunch | Kaisersehmarren con mirtilli rossi (fried pancake-like crepe topped with local berries) | Forst Beer | ||
Pension Seelaus - dinner | Buffet salad (see Day 3) Pasta tubes with tomato/zuccini/onion A ground meat with egg in the center with a caper sauce and rice on side |
Merlot Sudtirol | LABEL | |
5. | Pension Seelaus - breakfast | |||
Verona - lunch | ham and cheese panini | |||
Venice - dinner | Salad Ravioli with tomato sauce Scalloped veal Tasted: liver and onions; polenta; spaghetti napiton Cantaloupe flavored ice | Beer - sans souri Beer -zipfer |
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6. | Venice - breakfast | |||
Venice - light lunch | Bratwurst sandwich |
Cabernet franc venteto | ||
Happy hour in "the apartment" | Merlot isonzo del fruili Bardolino classico 2000 |
PHOTO LABEL LABEL |
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Venice - dinner | Mussels Salad Raviolis Melon ice cream |
PHOTO | ||
7. | Venice - breakfast | |||
Lunch in route at autostrata | Cannelloni (fixed lasagne like) Salad (tuna, olives, mozzeralla)(shared) |
House wine | ||
Florence - dinner | Salad Risotto with seafood (saw clams, octopus, squid, shrimp, whitefish, and mussels) |
House red wine Evening wine - tocai fruilano 2000 angoris |
LABEL | |
8. | Florence - breakfast | |||
Florence - lunch | Tortellini alla medici (cream, ham, mushrooms, tomatoes) |
Wine - vino da tavola | LABEL | |
Patio Happy hour | Crackers and cheese | Chianti 2000 rubentino Remole toscana |
PHOTO LABEL |
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Florence - dinner | Gnocchi ai procini e gamberetti (mushroom, shrimp, saffron, cream and tomoatoes) Tasted seafood spagetti, some kind of soup, risotto and more Gelato - caffe |
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9. | Florence - breakfast | |||
Lucca - lunch | Rice with squid, shrimp, tomato and spicy something (good choice just poor cooking) |
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Monterosso - snack | Farinata (olive oil, cecci, water) | |||
Monterosso - dinner | Pesto lasagne Fish (mediterran whitefish) with white sauce and herbs |
housewine sciacchetra (sherry-like wine) |
PHOTO RECIPE LABEL |
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10. | Monterosso - breakfast | |||
Vernazza - lunch | Pesto lasagna |
House wine | LABEL | |
Happy Hour | Farinata (olive oil, cecci, water) | A variety of wines | LABEL | |
Monterosso - dinner | Penne al salmone Shared pansotti in salsa di noci; carbonara; monterosso panino Gelato - berry |
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11. | Monterosso - breakfast | |||
Lunch in route at autostrada | Salad with tuna and egg |
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Siena - dinner | Pesto lasagne Ossobuco con Fagioli all’ Uccellotto (veal shank with beans) Rice with a thick meat sauce |
White house wine | PHOTO | |
12. | Siena - breakfast | |||
Siena - Lunch | Pizza (just cheese and 1 slice) |
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Siena - dinner | Tagliatelle porcini e panna (noodles with mushroom and cream sauce) Ossobuco con Fagioli all’ Uccellotto (veal shank with beans) Tasted: Antipesto plate (eggplant, beans, marinated white onion, stuff yellow pepper); vitella tonne (cold veal in tuna sauce) |
Red house wine | ||
13. | Siena - breakfast | |||
Assisi - lunch | Panini (rosemary bread, cheese, salami, lettuce) |
ice tea | ||
Pre-Dinner | Cinque terrra vendemmia 2000 | LABEL | ||
Azienda agrituristica - dinner | Salami with toasted garlic bread Lasagna Chicken (duck?) with potato chunks |
dessert wine | PHOTO | |
14. | Azienda agrituristica - breakfast | |||
Orvieto - lunch | Picnic with the works | PHOTO PHOTO |
Pre-Dinner | Orvieto 2000 Classico Amabile | LABEL |
Azienda agrituristica - dinner | Bread with olive/tomato/chopped something Risoot (chicken broth with chopped vegetables) Duck and green beans |
House wine Dessert wine |
PHOTO | |
15. | Azienda agrituristica - breakfast | |||
Pompeii - lunch | Salad Pizza |
Soft Drink | ||
Patio Happy hour | Solaro vino da tavola | PHOTO | ||
Sorrento - dinner | Shared: antipasto misto Gnocchi sorrentino Tasted: risotto pescatora Shared: cotoletta alla Milanese (veal cutlet) Shared: salsiccia arrosto (italian sausage) Tasted: fagiolinial burro (green beans) |
House Red Wine | PHOTO | |
16. | Sorrento - breakfast | |||
Sorrento - lunch | Salad Snack: Rice balls; mozzarella sticks |
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Patio Happy hour | Lacrima Christi del Vesuvio - De Rosa | LABEL | ||
Sorrento - dinner | Shared: antipasto del Golfo Pesce Spada (fish) Minestrone soup Bistecca di Manzo (grilled steak) Tasted: Insalata Caprese (mozzarella and tomato salad) |
House Wine | PHOTO LABEL |
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17. | Sorrento - breakfast | |||
Amalfi - lunch | Generic sandwich | |||
Happy Hour Wine in the Room | Chianti classico La Castellina | LABEL | ||
Rome - dinner (chinese) | Riso Bianco (white rice) Involtini Freschi (special spring roll) Ravioli al Vapore (steam dumpling) Pollo con Mandorle (chicken with almonds) Manzo in Salsa D’ostrica (oyster bed) Chinese rice cake (sliced with carrots) Gelato Fritto (fried ice cream) Bigne di Cocco (fried Coconut) |
Beer | ||
18. | Rome - breakfast | |||
Rome - lunch | at Hard Rock Cafe - spring rolls | Beer | ||
Happy Hour on Patio | a variety of wines | PHOTO PHOTO |
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Rome - dinner (chinese) | Riso Bianco (white rice) Involtini Freschi (special spring roll) Pork with zazai Hao Hua mixed plate Chicken with green pepper Beef iron plate Hot and sour soup Bigne di Cocco (fried Coconut) Fried rice cantonese |
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19. | Rome - breakfast | |||
Rome - lunch snack | Rice Balls | |||
Rome - dinner |
Stuffed zucchini flowers, stuffed green olive, tomatoes over toast Pasta noodles with cream sauce Quarter of chicken with cubed potatoes Gelato - coffee flavor |
House wine | PHOTO PHOTO |
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20. | Rome - breakfast | |||
Airplane - Lunch & Dinner |