clint

That reminds of when I lived in Leeds. some of my English colleagues kept telling me I should try lasagne from the cafe nearby. I had my doubts but gave it a try one day. I went in and asked for lasagne to take away and the reply was:

Cafe guy:would you like chips with it?
I: no thank you
Cafe guy: would you like some boiled potatoes with it?
I: no thank you
Cafe guy: would you like some mash potatoes with it?
I: no thank you

by then I felt like screaming I don't want any potatoes in any shape or form with my lasagne. I would have been better off with a sandwich or maybe should have got potatoes without lasagne

Lorna at Vicenza

So what was the lasagna like?

My family have been here so many times now that they know how most menus work but, I have to explain to newbies that their steak or fish doesn't come with anything. You order your salad or veggies separately in most places.

clint

Lasagne was slightly better than the Heinz minestrone soup I was served in an Italian restaurant in Wakefield. The only thing Italian about that restaurant was the name

jonwel

How about washing your lasagna down with a nice frothy cappuccino?????

clint

Or pasta and mixed salad, that was the standard order in an Italian restaurant I used to work in London

homeandgardens

Just been on hols in Salerno for the first time and visited the Amalfi coast, Pompei and Pestum. What a fabulous region. You can get a three days ticket for using all public transport in Campania for just €20!

MarkRD

Oh yes, we really needed Gino D'Acampo (" a real Italian") to tell us that Bologna is the best place for food, Rome is the best place for history etc. etc..

groan .. RT manages to get the maximum amount of luoghi comuni on one page ..
Superficial rubbish.

Gino's Italian Escape: A Taste of the Sun - Gino chats chats naked boys' trips and volcano trekking

HADENOUGHPIZZA

Oh come on now you've only been back a day and you've already come off the Happy Hour thread and back onto the Moans and groans...

MarkRD

hahaha! I started yesterday actually with the "queue" at passports ... and the humidity..and the cimici.. and...

ononno

Glad you enjoyed it :-) The public transport ticket is a bargain; but so much more could be done. E.G. this year no funds available for Metro mare. So much untapped potential.
bye bye dicette l'inglese

Lorna at Vicenza

I opened a carton of 6 eggs that I bought on Thursday. They had these "things" on them. Like a fool I moved in for a closer look. The bad smell hit me, the "things" were white maggots and my lunch ended up in the kitchen sink.

ononno

OMG! Whoever sold you that rubbish? Roba da codice penale.
bye bye dicette l'inglese

Lorna at Vicenza

It was truly disgusting. I have a very delicate gag reflex and even the smell of the food waste rubbish bin can make me gag. Imagine what these eggs did to me. I did take them back to the shop and asked them to check all the other boxes on the shelf.

jonwel

That's incredible! Eggs last for ages before they go bad - how long must they have been in the shop??? And what did they say in the shop when you took them back?

Isakat

This reminds me of an episode with Coke.

DD bought a bottle of Coke in the local swimming pool bar, after her swimming lesson. Had a gulp and then said there was no fizz in it. I tasted it and it was definitely flat and upon checking the expiry date, it was out of date by a month.
I complained and all they did was give me a new one, not a single word of apology.
Couple of months later in the local shop she asks for a Coke( I only allow it occasionally)and when I said OK, she told me that the bottle had expired. The owner was quite defensive, but when she checked all her other bottles, they were all old. Again no apology.