Piedmont

Nizza Monferrato

[ 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…

Italy

Newly Listed as a World Heritage

[ 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…

Lombardy

A Major Source of Rice

[ 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…

Italy

Watermelon

[ July, 2015 ] After enjoying our walk along the promenade and tasting the lovely ice cream in Italy, we headed back to our B&B. On the way, we found this stall selling only watermelon….

Calabria

Very Popular Ice Cream Shop

[ July, 2015 ] When the manager in our B&B in Reggio di Calabria in southern Italy was explaining about the town, she pointed out the ice cream shop on the map, though we did…

Emilia Romagna

Genuine Bolognese

[ June, 2015 ] Because I felt like eating an authentic Bolognese, we went to Bologna, in Italy.  We searched the internet for a good restaurant with a good reputation and found one called Antica Torattoria…

Italy

Tartina

[ June, 2015 ] We tried Tartina in Milan, in Italy, this time. This is a small dish with a small amount of food on the bread, as you can see in the photo. It…

Emilia Romagna

Customers in the restaurant

[ Feb.2015 ] We went to the hotel restaurant in Lugo in Emilia Romagna, Italy. The seafood such as the lobster pasta in this photo was very good. Apart from the foods, the strange thing…

Italy

We tried Eataly

[ Nov.2014 ] We went to Eataly, an up market Italian food shop for the first time.This shop is not merely selling Italian foodstuff, but they select only producers who have the passion for the…