Italian food

[ July 2017 ] I continue talking about our tour in Ragusa, the town in the south of Sicily in Italy. The last stop was in the square in front of Garden Ibleo (Giardini Iblei)…

We got up very early again, this time to go to Rome. This was the first time I had been to Fiumicino Airport in Rome in 35 years, though we went through there for transit…

[ Jun.2016 ] Bassano del Grappa in Veneto in north Italy is famous for its ceramics. There were many shops selling pretty colourful items, so we decided to …

[ Feb.2016 ] This is a photo of Bicerin, a warm drink born in Turin in Italy. It is made of layers of Espresso, chocolate and milk and served in a small glass. In fact,…

While we were enjoying our walk at night in Venice, we went down a small side road and found a little restaurant specialized in Cicchetti. On that day, we had had a big lunch, so…

[ Oct.2015 ] We went to our favourite seafood restaurant in Milan with our family, who had just arrived from Japan. This restaurant is famous for its mixed seafood starter, because they serve many kinds…

[ Oct.2015 ] On the day we went to Piedmont with my Japanese friend, after eating a great lunch, we moved on to Nizza Monferrato. She read a novel recently that was set in this…

[ Oct.2015 ] A friend of mine came over from Japan, so we went to Piedmont in Italy. She has got the second grade of UNESCO’s World Heritage certificate and she told us that this…

[ Sept.2015 ] We went to a restaurant called Antica Osteria ai Vini in the centre of Novara, a town in Piedmont in Italy. We chose this one because it had a good reputation on…