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i agree.The people at the restaurant seem to just enjoy having a restaurant.I dont know their actual wealth or anything but I do doubt they need any money.I also know that the son of the owner is married to the daughter of a very well known italian singer who is the equivalent of elvis in Italy. whatever the reason though the place is worth visiting
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Ristorante La Giostra
Posted by Alban in Florence » Restaurants on 17/Apr/2008
La Giostra is a fine restaurant in Florence where the flavors (and quantities) of yesterday coexist in peaceful harmony with the culinary and trends of tomorrow.
Just for its atmosphere, somehow combining old-school cordiality with a good-hearted laidback attitude, eating at La Giostra would be a worthwhile experience. The restaurant's history also makes it unusual, as does the fact that it is run by members of the Hapsburgs - a royal Austrian family. And then there's food..
Read the rest of: "Ristorante La Giostra"»
http://www.sitebits.com/2008/ristorante-la-giostra.html
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I remember the Cartet being a very cozy sunday brunch place .Hope it still is
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With the decline of the dollar versus the Euro I think that people will reroute their travel plans to somewhere else with a better exchange rate.I think South America ,Canada and other countries that don't use the Euro (yet) will benefit alot this summer from the american tourist.I also think that the one country that will benefit the most from this incovenience will be the USA !
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might sound not very professional of me but I don't really remember the name of the place .It was a really cozy afternoon and I didn't really check the name of the place but just the menu .It was right at the corner and I am not sure this is where the cafe du musee is.I think the cafe is inside the walls of the museum and might even just be open for the warm days of the year ,but i could be mistaken.
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Paris La Belle
Posted by Alban in Paris » Places To Eat + Places To Visit on 10/Mar/2008
Going to Paris this time was a treat – and that's despite the fact that, having lived in a warm climate for a while, I didn't have anything warm to wear. (Worse, I couldn't even make myself buy anything in Europe since the local trends in men's fashion don't really inspire me to get anything… call me old-fashioned). However, I didn't let the cold or the wet winter of Paris hold me back and I made the best of my weeklong stay in the city. Let me share a few places from my latest trip...
Read the rest of: "Paris La Belle":
http://www.sitebits.com/2008/paris_la_belle.html
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pad thai -shrimp or chicken ,very spicy.I think the thai people might prefer the other coast or maybe MOntreal is just too cold for them .
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never made it to go and check it out.If any one goes please feedback
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I can't but to agree with you .I really like L'Express (which I have to mention that it has nothing in common with the one in New York ).I like their wine list and the food is always good but most of all i love the fact that it stays open late which always reminds me of Paris .
P.S just had lunch at one of the places we were advised to go in Florence.It's called La Cipolla Rossa and it situated in an area that it seems to be frequented by the American Bohemian/college exported.We did have a good time but the food or at least my wild boar or as it was written on the menu 'wild board' it was very boring.
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however, the great animal's dropping smells greatily bad and they better do pick up.Anyway,I did like France better then Italy and I also think the food is better in France.
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some one has to give me a reason for why the french do not pick after their dogs???
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Testa di Maiale and Other Florentine Treats
Posted by Alban in Florence » Places To Shop on 07/Jan/2008
I might have had it and so have you, in all likelihood. It's just a way to make salami or any other kind of sausage. Usually, to make a salami, you take an intestine, fill it with ground up pig parts and there you go. In this case, however, you'll start with an emptied head (eyes and mouth sewn shut, all by hand) and get it filled with the ground stuff from the rest of the body.
This particular beauty was spotted at a grocery shop (La Standa, via Pietrapiana, 42, near Piazza Cesare Beccaria). And there's more good stuff in that neighborhood (read on)...
Read the rest of: "Testa di Maiale and Other Florentine Treats":
http://www.sitebits.com/2008/testa-di-maiale-etc.html
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I remember that the first time I went to the B. was February 14th and I remember that the food was not bad and Mary and I were laughing coz a couple at the next table started to have a fight and the guy stood and walked out of the restaurant sticking out his tongue to the girl from the outside before disappearing.The other 2 times I have been there I noticed a slight change in the vibe and I think they might have had a rotation of ownership. Last time I remember that as soon as we ordered a bus stopped in front flooding in 50 to 60 people (turists) .I think our food came an hour late or so .
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the good ol' market place in Florence.The market is one of the things that I miss the most .The market is my amusement park where I go and get everything I need for my food of the day and where I like to talk to the vendors which I like a lot. Very good choice of writing target.One thing I noticed about the market in Italy this last time I was there with Mary is that the vendor behind the counter is not the usual nice Italian old man/woman but the hired Indian or Chinese or Romanian guy . Anyhow the market is the best lunch choice.Everything is better tasting and cheaper then anywhere else .
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never done it ,actually I had never thought of bravely ordering something off the menu while most of the time I don't even know what I am ordering from the menu.I wonder how would it be to order off the menu!!
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