a guide to 'traveleating'
Posted in Bologna, dining out, food, Italian, Italy, restaurant review, traveleating on Jan 17th, 2008
[UPDATE: Dec 2008 I revisited Tamburini, so please see new review here] While researching restaurants to visit during our eating trip to Bologna, I came across gourmet delicatessen Tamburini, which has been selling the best in culinary delights since 1932. It can be found amongst many other food shops that line Via Caprarie, Via Drapperie [...]
Posted in Bologna, dining out, food, Italian, Italy, restaurant review, restaurants, travel, traveleating on Jan 16th, 2008
Ristorante Montegrappa da Nello has been serving classic ‘cucina Emiliana’ (Bologna is located in the Emilia-Romagna region) since 1948. It was added to the Bologna restaurant shortlist after some intensive online research, and it was the fifth restaurant that we visited on our eating trip last month. When we arrived for our 8pm reservation, the [...]
Posted in bakery, Bologna, breakfast, cafe, dining out, food, Italian, Italy, restaurant review, restaurants, travel, traveleating, wine on Jan 13th, 2008
Zanarini, an elegant cafe and pasticceria, was very close to where we were staying in Bologna, Italy, so we would walk past it several times a day. It always looked so inviting, whether in the morning for a quick breakfast, a coffee break, lunch or aperitifs in the evening with limitless buffet snacks. As it [...]
Posted in Bologna, dining out, food, Italian, Italy, restaurant review, restaurants, travel, traveleating on Jan 10th, 2008
Another restaurant that squeezed itself onto the Bologna shortlist was the famous Ristorante Diana, still considered by some to be the city’s best. My husband, who has eaten there, insisted that I would like it. Despite feeling a little sceptical, particularly as there were other restaurants I was far more keen to visit, I’m so [...]
Posted in Bologna, dining out, food, Italian, Italy, restaurant review, restaurants, travel, traveleating, wine on Jan 7th, 2008
There was no question about Rodrigo not making it to the Bologna restaurant shortlist when I did my research about two months ago. My father-in-law loves this restaurant and still reminisces about the mashed potato with Parmesan that he had – so simple and satisfying. My husband had also planned to go there with his [...]
