zaterdag 21 maart 2015

11 Rome food myths that need to die

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"Giolitti serves amazing gelato."Not true…unless you actually enjoy consuming ice cream that contains vegetable oil and artificial colors.1. Caffe’ Sant’Eustacchio serves the best coffee in town.This could not be further from the truth. The coffee is sometimes good, occasionally great, but mostly just passable. Also its surfaces are perpetually sticky. Ditto for Tazza d’Oro. Check out Sciascia in Prati for the real deal.2. You can’t find a bad meal in Rome.It’s true that everything tastes better on vacation. But if you compare the ingredients and dishes found on Roman restaurant tables today to what typified the city two decades ago, you’ll be surprised by the tangible decline. The center of Rome is particularly plagued by very mediocre restaurants.

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