20 Dec

Tonight we ate at a French restaurant near the Acropolis. [caption id="attachment_2422" align="aligncenter" width="700"] Escargot and Cold Ratatouille[/caption] [caption id="attachment_2421" align="aligncenter" width="700"] Chard Tart[/caption] Dad had the €20 special and chose ratatouille (which was cold), duck cooked in mashed potato and a chard tart (silverbeet leaves, also containing pine nuts, raisins, grated apple). Mum had escargot (€9.70, garlic flavoured) and changed from duck to tripe a la nicoise with boiled potatoes when she found out the duck was cooked in mash. [caption id="attachment_2420" align="aligncenter" width="700"] Tripe a la Nicoise; Duck in Potato Mash,...

18:44 / Food / France / French / Nice / Restaurants / Travel
20 Dec

We walked past a big fountain to go to Lafayette, a department store. At the basement food hall we looked at the ready-to-eat food and planned to split up then meet at the 4th level restaurant. There wasn’t a large choice at the restaurant so we went back down to the food hall. A2 had a salmon and spinach quiche (~€3.70), dad had a scallop pie (~€4.30, it was a scallop in the shell with a few veggies, creamy sauce and a piece of puff pastry baked on...

18:38 / Food / France / French / Lafayette / Nice / Restaurants / Travel
19 Dec

Our sugary spoils for the day: A sugar crepe bought from a fair stall, just outside the hotel and a pandoro, which was discounted because it was an 'ugly' second from the factory. The pandoro tasted a bit like brioche but it isn’t as sweet and buttery. [gallery link="file" columns="2" type="rectangular" ids="2017,2022,2021"]...

17:33 / France / Italian / Misc. Snacks / Nice / Travel
18 Dec

At this restaurant we enjoyed a full-course Tuscan dinner. The restaurant was called something like Finistere. Appetiser: antipasto (green olives, toast with olive spread, Pecorino cheese, a special regional ham, salami and salami with fennel seeds) and a wood-fired parmesan focaccia; primo: meat sauce with rigatoni (like big penne) Mains: rare grilled beef with rocket (ricula in Italian), shaved parmesan and chips (grilled/baked, salt and rosemary) Dessert: chocolate soufflé with a molten centre and a raspberry and also a blackberry sauce drizzle/blob. The green olives in the antipasto were really juicy and...

18:50 / Florence / Food / Italian / Italy / Restaurants / Travel
17 Dec

This restaurant reminded me of a cheap, family friendly restaurant like Sofia's, mainly because the waiters were wearing hoodies. I got a vegetarian calzone with eggplant, zucchini, mushrooms and chicory (€7.50), dad ordered spaghetti carbonara (€6.50) and mum ordered linguini al pesto (€6.50) and tagliolini with porcini mushrooms and clams (€9). I was disappointed with the calzone. I was expecting it to be more filled, especially because it was so big and puffy. But the vegetables were only 1mm thick and there was a lot of mozzarella - I...

17:27 / Food / Italian / Italy / Restaurants / Rome / Travel
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