What makes good Italian food and a great Italian restaurant? This just what I think.
Italy has a wonderful tradition of fine things you eat. Italian food’s importance to Italian culture can not overstated. It is on the list of central elements, and why don’t it be? Think about Italy’s geography for a second:
It runs a long way from north to south. Therefore, offers wide array of accelerating seasons and soil types. This means a rich diversity of ingredients for food.
It is a peninsula, meaning might be nearly surrounded by the sea but also connected to the great Eurasian land muscle. There is an abundance of fresh seafood and foreign ingredients from neighboring lands.
It sits between Europe and Africa in the Mediterranean sea. All Mediterranean cultures have excellent food traditions from North Africa to Lebanon and Israel, France, Greece, Spain and, of course, England.
When you consider noodles and pasta, you probably think of Italy, but those wonderful inventions reached Italy from China thanks to Marco Polo. It reveals a lot about Italian food culture that something so basic became along with Italy even though it did not originate there.
Anyway, food is a key element of Italian culture. Therefore, the food is regarded as important part belonging to the restaurant. Of course, a great Italian restaurant will possess a great wine list, a clean and elegant decor, and wonderful service, but a positive Italian restaurant maybe by on great food alone, whether or not they have a crummy wine list, poor service, including a dingy decoration framework.
By the way, if you leave an “Italian” restaurant hungry, it’s rarely authentic. A white tablecloth and high bill do rather than a great bistro make. Frankly, I can’t stand those fancy Italian restaurants in Manhattan that charge you $400 for a morsel that makes you want to stop for a slice of pizza during your studies home. A great Italian ristorante will leave you full, not stuffed, but full.
The second associated with a great Italian restaurant is 200 dollars per month. The service will be warm and professional, however, not overly friendly. Recognized orders are taken and the meal gets rolling, 200 dollars per month should be nearly invisible. Run — don’t walk — from any Italian restaurant where the waitperson address the table like this:
“How all of you doin’ tonight?” when ladies are seated at the table. This is most un-Italian of them. An Italian would never call a woman “guy.” There is spaghetti-and-meatballs-type places, the waiter might say, “How is everyone at some point?” The won’t tarry with small talk in the white-tablecloth places, not you’ll be able to ones, in the wild. It is all about the meal likewise comfort.
The third aspect of a great Italian restaurant could be the ambiance. I am not sure what it is, but Italians seem to be able to have a wonderful atmosphere anywhere. I have eaten at places in strip malls in suburbia of Denver — as un-romantic a setting as can be — arrive close to great. An absolutely outstanding Italian restaurant will just have a certain feeling from when you walk in the door, a warmth and a glow that can’t actually be described.
So the priorities are food first, service second, and a ambiance third. If all three are met, you can recommend a great Italian bistro.
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