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ITALIAN CUISINE |
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Italian food has a lot of pasta, tomatoes, olive oil, and herbs. Marco Polo allegedly brought pasta from China, and tomatoes were unknown in Europe until the Europeans colonized the Western Hemisphere. Without these foreign foods, Italian food would still be good, but it would be lacking two of its most important ingredients. I know that there are different styles of Italian cooking, but I'm not an expert nor do I play one on TV. All that you read here will be a layman's approach to Italian cooking. |
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1. Their menus are translated very well. I would be shocked if they have menus primarily in Italian but translated into English (the name of the dish does not count).
2. Many Italian restaurants will serve olive oil as a dip for their bread. If you want to impress someone who has never been to an Italian restaurant before, ask for some basalmic vinegar to mix with your olive oil. Don't explain to your friend what you are doing. When it comes, casually mix it with the oil, break off some bread, and dip it in the mix. Pretend it's something you do everyday.
3. If you go to a chain restaurant, the server will invariably introduce themselves to you. I don't know why. I never call them by their first names anyway. My fear is that they are so used to people not calling them by their names that it might cause confusion. Such confusion might cause them to get my dish wrong. |
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