Comments on: My Adventures in Global Dining http://traveleatlove.com/2010/01/my-adventures-in-global-dining/ Food, wine, travel, and the everyday adventures of a 30-something Boston girl Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:53:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: admin http://traveleatlove.com/2010/01/my-adventures-in-global-dining/comment-page-1/#comment-2406 admin Tue, 12 Jan 2010 16:15:42 +0000 http://traveleatlove.com/?p=3460#comment-2406 Thanks for stopping by and reading Emily's guest post! Your website is beautiful! Thanks for stopping by and reading Emily’s guest post! Your website is beautiful!

]]> By: Ivano http://traveleatlove.com/2010/01/my-adventures-in-global-dining/comment-page-1/#comment-2401 Ivano Tue, 12 Jan 2010 06:36:03 +0000 http://traveleatlove.com/?p=3460#comment-2401 Hi emily, I found accidentally your website googling around. So funny to read about your food adventures. You are completely right! Traditional/Ethnic food taste quite often differntly in the orginal homeland. Unfortunately in the bigger cities, expecially the more touristic one, is not easy to find some good, orignal and possibly home made food. I hope that, apart the "bright orange color and the imbarrazing black eyes staring right back at you" I hope you finally enjoyed your "linguine agli scampi" (that what I guess you got), considered a delicacy in Italy, if well prepared . In Italy to see a whole fish in the plate is considered a good sign. I know! Is not part of your culture but, if you know what to do, that's the only way to check if they are serving your fresh fish or not. In the past, the fish was showed before cooking so that you could check quolity and freshness. But things are changing in Italy as well and because not all the restaurants serve you fresh fish, nowdays this habit is disappering. Happened to me quite often to serve dinner to ou guests and I still remember the first time I heard the question "Does this fish taste fishy". mmmmmm.....what does it mean? Fish is fish and it taste .....fishy.....or not? Finally I realized how difficoult is for some american to see a whole fish in the plate or those "black eyes staring right back at you". :) Welcome back in Italy!! There is so much to discover in food and culture. Hi emily,
I found accidentally your website googling around.
So funny to read about your food adventures.

You are completely right! Traditional/Ethnic food taste quite often differntly in the orginal homeland.

Unfortunately in the bigger cities, expecially the more touristic one, is not easy to find some good, orignal and possibly home made food.

I hope that, apart the “bright orange color and the imbarrazing black eyes staring right back at you” I hope you finally enjoyed your “linguine agli scampi” (that what I guess you got), considered a delicacy in Italy, if well prepared .

In Italy to see a whole fish in the plate is considered a good sign. I know! Is not part of your culture but, if you know what to do, that’s the only way to check if they are serving your fresh fish or not.

In the past, the fish was showed before cooking so that you could check quolity and freshness. But things are changing in Italy as well and because not all the restaurants serve you fresh fish, nowdays this habit is disappering.

Happened to me quite often to serve dinner to ou guests and I still remember the first time I heard the question “Does this fish taste fishy”. mmmmmm…..what does it mean? Fish is fish and it taste …..fishy…..or not?

Finally I realized how difficoult is for some american to see a whole fish in the plate or those “black eyes staring right back at you”. :)

Welcome back in Italy!! There is so much to discover in food and culture.

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