The suggestions of
gourmets and savers
Sometimes you must take important decisions,
decisions which will condition your
life and your waist line! Here are two typical
situations.
Group dinner: for a big and rowdy
group.
Objective: plenty of good food,
which can satisfy people who are hard to
please.
Budget: moderate.
First date: for dinner, or just for a glass
of wine.
Objective: making a good impression
without spending too much, as you
have to pay for two...
What to do? It depends! You can either rely on expert gourmets or on expert savers!
Cosimo Torlo and Bruno Boveri are two famous gourmets. The former is a journalist expert in food and wine and runs the column "Il Ghiottone Errante" ("The Wandering Gourmet") on Torino-Sette.The latter is the Piedmont and Valle d'Aosta coordinator of Slow Food, the organization which aims at the safeguard of gastronomic traditions. Here are their "quality" suggestions.
Small quantities but lots of quality!!!
Young people should get closer to food in a clever way, better to eat less, but
well. And this suggestion applies to
drinking as well. In Turin there are top
level wine bars and wine shops, both
in the city centre and in the suburbs.
Moreover restaurants should promote
wine by the glass:matching a different
wine with a different dish is important.
If you want to drink well and whet your
appetite without spending too much
my suggestion is "Al Sorij" in via Matteo
Pescatore and "I Tre Galli" in the
"Quadrilatero" area. Moreover "Il Cambio"
restaurant in piazza Carignano is
a must for its cuisine and its historical
importance.
Slow is better than fast!!!
Traditional food is "slow". In the past,
time didn't cost anything.Food was left
on the stove, so that it cooked on a slow
heat.Warning: good doesn't necessarily
mean elaborate. Authentic Piedmontese
cooking, for example, wasn't
like the Savoys' French-style cooking,
but its main ingredients were leftovers,
with the only ex-ception of "brasato al
barolo" (braised meat cooked with
Barolo wine). If you want to rediscover
those flavours and that atmosphere,
try osteria "Valenza" (a small restaurant)
in via Borgo Dora, near the Balôn
market.
Young is often synonymous with broke... So, here are some suggestions, given by the students of ITC "Rosa Luxemburg" (a school for business and foreign languages), to have a simple meal without spending too much.
Pizza, brioche and a stroll out
of the city centre
If you are in the city centre and you are
terribly hungry, the many pizza and
"focaccia" places in via Po and via Garibaldi
will serve your purpose: in fact
eating here will cost you very little.
Try, in particular,"Focacceria Ligure" in
piazza Castello or Piero's in via Principe
Amedeo. For a snack in the afternoon
we suggest you make a visit to
the "piadineria" (a place where they
make a "piadina" - a sort of flat bread
used for sandwiches) or the "yogurteria".
If you go to "Al Passatore", at no.
10 via Barbaroux, you'll spend even
less than 5 euros for a "piadina" good
for all tastes, while at "Baby Yogurt" in
piazza Palazzo di Città you can have a
frozen yoghurt and goodies, rich in
calories, for only 3 euros. Then don't
miss Grom, either in via Garibaldi or in
via Accademia delle Scienze: you'll
spend a bit more, but its ice-cream is
fantastic and it's worthwhile also for savers like us!!! But saving also means
coping with the situation by going to
the baker's or to a delicatessen shop
and buying cheap salami or local cheese
for a sandwich, or going to a less
central area. In this case the Lingotto
district can offer unequalled chances:
from "Eataly's" bread or salami tubs to
the bakery in piazza Galimberti, open
until late if you want to get an exquisite
piece of pizza for 1.50 euros.That is:
saving and taste are guaranteed from
breakfast to a late night snack!
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