⏱⏱⏱ TIME CODES: 00:00 - WELCOME TO ITALY 🇮🇹 00:39 - 1️⃣ Appetiser BEFORE main course - ALWAYS IN ITALY 02:01 - 2️⃣ Pizza Romana vs Pizza Neapolitana 04:03 - 3️⃣ Scarpetta in Italy 05:35 - 4️⃣ No pasta or pizza cooked every day in Italy 06:56 - 5️⃣ ITALIAN RIPOSO 08:11 - 6️⃣ ITALIAN BAR IS NOT COCKTAIL BAR 09:13 - 7️⃣ COFFEE AT THE BAR IN ITALY 09:53 - 8️⃣ There’s NO STARBUCKS in Italy 10:32 - 9️⃣ Don’t order Lette in Italy 11:12 - 🔟 NO SPOON or hot to eat pasta in Italy 12:10 - 1️⃣1️⃣ How to eat pizza in Italy - pizza Etiquette
1) where don't you get an appetiser before the main course? 2) the big difference is between pizza al taglio (Electric oven) and pizza tonda (cooked in a very hot wooden oven). 3) do you throw away the wonderful sauce? 4) yes true, but some people eat pasta every day, but usually not more than 100 grams 5) It isn't riposo, it's lunch break. Don't salesmen have lunch outside Italy? 6) A bar in Italy is both. Coffee shop and evening bar. 7) only the most turistic bars charge more if you sit down, they usually don't. Secondly most people sit down, but if it's 6/7 o'clock in the morning and you have to run to work you drink it standing. 8) I don't get this one. If you want milk you order latte. What's the problem? 9) you use a spoon to have soup. It simply doesn't help you. 10) try wine with pizza... doesn't go well. They don't cut it because some people want to have bigger/smaller slices.
1) in Italia, specialmente in Sardegna, d' estate fa almeno 30 °C. quindi si usa l' ora di pranzo per non lavorare col caldo. Poi non è proprio vero ovunque. In generale si cerca di tornare a pranzo a casa per stare con la famiglia ( specie per le donne che hanno figli e asili per i figli poco disponibili), e comunque si cerca di mangiare preparato da casa che è più salutare. La pausa serve a questo. 2) il cucchiaio per la pasta l' ho visto usare a mio padre che era calabrese, a casa dei genitori. Gli immigrati si portarono dietro questa usanza, proveniente dalle zone contadine. Personalmente mi dà molto fastidio il rumore delle posate sfregate quindi mai usato. 3) Whait a minute: la pasta è un primo piatto, insieme al riso, alle minestre, al minestrone e alla polenta. Noi la inseriamo sempre nell' ordine che dici, antipasto che si fa solo quando hai ospiti o ricorrenze o in ristorante, primo piatto, secondo con contorno, frutta dolce caffè e mettiamoci pure l' ammazzacaffè che sarebbe l' amaro.E confermo, a meno che non sei un camionista o un muratore, pasta 80 gr a testa è giusto e normale. A meno che non fai come noi a casa sempre fatta dieta dissociata, primo e contorno o frutta in un pasto e secondo e contorno nell' altro pasto( prevalentemente a cena).La pizza once a week o once a mounth, addirittura, per chi ha impegni.
When you are in a restaurant in Italy, remember : pizza with beer; fish dishes with fresh WHITE wine; beef dishes with RED wine. The scarpetta in Italy is not rude, it is a real obligation!
😁 thank you so much 🤗🤗🤗 Love the obligation part ☺️ how can you leave Italian sauce on the plate? It’s absolutely impossible! Scarpetta it is ☺️🤗 Have a great week ahead
@@doc7440 ohh it’s a big no no all around Italy I’d say 😉 Fish and cheese never work together. I also noticed another amazing thing in Italy - you can’t get your milky coffee with ice, like icy cappuccino 😉 is this just in Rome or also in Milano?
@@AnnaGoldmanTravel : ice coffe is common , but obviously each region has its own habits . You can try, for example, Caffè alla leccese with ice and almond milk, and obviously it is typical of the city of Lecce ( puglia ) in Milan..i donk know , maybe caffè shekerato ( with ice ) Strangely for an Italian I am not a coffee enthusiast , i love my Ceylon tea...
@@doc7440 WoW! That sound amazing! I definitely try this one next time 😉 I was refused getting just ice in my cappuccino one day 😁 Tea? Wow! That’s very interesting for Italian 😉 How about English Breakfast or Earl Grey? 🙂
The biggest culture shock is the people are friendly and delightful even to visitors. I went looking to buy a home there and fell in love with the country and people.
In italy we have a lot of Rice variety, it's not only pasta. Usually we don't eat pasta for dinner because we have bread with meat, fish, soup or vegetables. In Naples we usually eat pizza for dinner, but there are a lot of Pizzerie open also for lunch. If you go in a restaurant that makes also pizza, they will bring main meals all togheter (also pizza), so all the customers at the table can enjoy eating together. In south Italy, water is obligatory with the coffee and you should drink it before drinking the coffee (it's included in the price of the espresso).
I am Emilian. Here's my comments: 2- pizza romana is actually popular only in Rome and surroundings. All over Italy the common standard is pizza napoletana (but every region has their variations) 3- scarpetta is common all over Italy but only in the trattorie and popular restaurants. In luxury restaurants it is considered impolite 4- we have a lot more variety in our meals than foreigners suspect. We have lots of different foods other than pasta and pizza. And usually dinners are light meals, contrary from most countries where dinners are the main meal 8- there are Starbucks but you have to remember that caffé in Italy is sacred. It's something like a religion. Starbucks work because of the strangers and because there are several italians who are xenophile. But Starbucks will never replace our espresso 9- yes latte means milk. And we consider it a food, not a drink. That is why we can't conceive cappuccino past noon.
Tutto corrisponde. Un paio di precisazioni. Una specifica del punto 2- Non è che abbia girato tutta l'Italia e comunque non ho comunque sempre cercato tale tipo di pizza ma di sicuro dove vivo (a Nuoro) la pizza romana (nella versione in teglia) è diffusissima. L'altra generale. Non bisogna confondere fra comportamenti "vietati" con i comportamenti strani. Gli uni sono delle estremizzazioni più che altro mediatiche, fatte a livello di scherzo e di presa in giro nei confronti di usanze straniere riguardanti qualche nostro piatto. In sostanza, però, che qualche americano etc. mangi la pizza con l'ananas a molti non gliene potrebbe fregare di meno. Non ci si incazza mica per quello. Viene visto come uno che esce in maglietta con -10 gradi di temperatura. Una cosa strana che noi non faremo mai E questo per tante cose che riguardano nostre abitudini che non corrispondono a quelle straniere
Aggiungerei che in Emilia Romagna si mangia la pasta farcita più buona al mondo, non esistono solo gli spaghetti, o ciò che gli anglofoni chiamano "maccaroni" ...
Hi, i am from Milan. First of all, scarpetta is normal in every region in Italy (why you should waste good food?). Second, in Italy we also have "pizza al trancio" ( is a pizza with an higher dough), i think is more typical in the north. Third, in Milan we have the biggest Starbucks's shop in Europe. Fourth, it is unusual eat pasta with spoon, but many old people use that. P.S. Every time a person put pineapple on pizza ( or cheese on fish) an italian die. Don't do that, please : (
Più preciso dire che l'unico Starbucks's shop in Italia è il più grande d'Europa. E che quindi il 99,9% degli italiani non ha mai visto tale tipo di negozio. Ammesso che la maggior parte sappia cosa sia
@@Tore1960 c è più di uno starbucks a Milano, e almeno uno a Roma. Lo so che non sono diffusissimi in Italia, però è scorretto affermare che non ci siano. Tutto qua
no no la pizza al taglio la trovi ovunque, girata tutta l' Italia. A Napoli trovi la pizza tonda a portafoglio e la pizza fritta, ma è tipica, dappertutto hai la pizza al taglio. In Sardegna noi abbiamo la pizza al taglio sarda che è condita esclusivamente a fine cottura.
@@Tore1960 boh a me starbucks fa cagare come a tutte le persone che conosco che hanno viaggiato e sono state a uno starbucks, aprendo in italia non potrebbero avere più di 1/2 locali a città perchè non ci andrebbero gli italiani ma i turisti.
Ma non ho capito ad un certo punto dice che a Milano si arrabbiano se fai la scarpetta? Al nord Italia sono proprio cattivi, ma perché si ostinano a chiamarla Italia?
it is true that scarpetta is very common in every place in Italy, however it is not an always go. If you go in a "classy" restaurant it is seen as an unelegant behavior, because it is commonly associated to more "rustic" type of restaurants. if you're eating an amatriciana or a carbonara go for it without any esitation, but if you have things like a waiter that is pouring the wine for you in an elegant place, maybe it is better to avoid it :p
I totally agree - scarpetta ( to soak a piece of bread with the sauce ) it is not formal at all and NOT AT ALL an obligation - we italians consider it rather vulgar and avoidable unless you are with very close friends ( and other people don't see you ) - you can do it when you are with your family at home - not polite AT ALL to do in a restaurant
I generally do scarpetta putting bread in the plate and moving it with the fork to avoid contact with hand. As far as I remember this is the way to do it in classy places without being rude
For us, here in Italy the food is a form of art. There are not just pizza or pasta, talking about italian food means to speak about meats, fish, cooked in many different ways and then cheeses, vegetables, fruit, sweet cakes, wines, beers, etc. All Regions of the country have their specialities and you can find many of them in all country. ♥️🇮🇹😘
Scarpetta is something done all over Italy, it’s seen as compliment to the chef leaving a clean plate. It’s somewhat frowned upon in high end restaurants, like michelin star restaurants. And no, we do not eat pizza and pasta everyday, also pasta is really heavy to digest in the evening, so if we make pasta it’s usually for lunch because it’s quick to cook and to add the sauce. If you are invited in someone’s home though they may prepare it because it’s a special occasion… I live in Turin, Piedmont, and we have the tradition (at least for my family) to make lasagne or ravioli al sugo or al ragù as the first course on special occasions, like Easter or Christmas, following several appetisers too! 😁 most families make pizza as a weekly occurrence, like on saturday night. Sunday at lunch is the biggest lunch.
Chiara, I live in north Italy as well, and a dish of pasta is always for us a very good solution when we suddenly receive some guests and we have not so much food at home.
Hi Anna, wonderful to see you again, and we enjoy your videos. Below, I have some difference of opinion on a few items ... In this video, I have some difference of opinion that I'd like to talk about. The Scarpetta -- You said folks who do this are Roman, but I've lived in Sicily for many years, and folks there also enjoyed the scarpetta (bread used to soak up remaining sauce or juices, from the meal -- yum! 🙂 ) Your number 4: No Pasta everyday. ... ? ... Hmmm, on this one I have a difference of opinion, based on my 'almost a dozen years' experience living in Italy. As I've in the south, for many years, I can attest to the fact that all Italians there ate pasta once per day, religiously. Yes, a large helping of pasta every day, either for lunch or dinner -- which, in Italy, is really possible since there are so many different types of pasta & sauces, it doesn't get boring at all. About the Italian "bar" I largely agree with you. A bar is a lit place, for the family -- however, they DO also have hard alcohol and other drinks (not just Coffee), and are meant to be a morning to night place, to get a drink/treat. For example, you can get a scotch, or a pear juice, or a coffee, or a frappe, or other things. All at the bar. 🙂
"Latte" (as you would call it in London) is called "latte macchiato" in Italy; it literally means "spotted milk", that is milk spotted (or mixed) with coffee. It does exist!
@@robertopesenti1173 caffe' latte is something different from caffe' macchiato. Which is the percentage of milk used with the coffee. Caffe' latte is Milk with a spot of coffee. Caffe' macchiato is espresso with a spot milk.
I was taught scarpetto as a child. I'm American of Italian heritage. When I came to Florida, I learned that southerners also like scarpetto. They call it "sopping" and typically use cornbread. I love scarpetto and believe that it's a sin to leave delicious sauce behind on the plate. Buon appetito a tutti!
I’m southern American and yes, we sop up our sauce, gravy, juices. Cornbread of course but we will use bread, rolls, biscuits. Whatever we need to get the last of the goodness off the plate. 😂 Writing it out like this sounds barbaric but it’s true!! Why waste good food? P.S. not everyone will do it but it happens a lot!
Guys, if you want to visit Italy, you can do what you wish to. However, all of these suggestions are good If you're going to taste real life. I can guarantee to decide to eat as Italian people everything goes better. Milk in the morning, pasta at lunch and vegetables for dinner, first of all, is good for your health. About your clothes, try to do your best. Before going out in the morning to visit a museum or a cathedral, art in general, try to think about the beauty you're going to see, and come back and wear something different. In particular, I can suggest to the couple thought of your first appointment with your partner and good luck! The last thing, visit Italy not only Rome, Venice or Florence. Try to see the Alps, Sicily, Sardinia, The south, the city of Matera, try to visit Bologna where you can find the oldest University of Europe ect etc. sorry I forget Portofino, Cinque Terre, the motor valley, Sorrento, Amalfi, Capri and.. move first
Good video, but about pasta, depends on the habits of the family: to my experience the majority of italian families eat pasta everyday. I'm from Emilia-Romagna and we don't have lunch without pasta or rice. It is strange that you say Italians do not eat pasta at home, perhaps because you went to their house for dinner, while they usually eat pasta for lunch, unless it is a special occasion. Pizza is another thing. I eat pizza once a week usually (in restaurants, not at home).
You are right, in my family pasta is a quick way to prepare lunch when we don't have time but if i invite you for dinner i'm not going to prepare you a "simple" pasta but something more elaborate like fish or meat.
Anyway she is right : often who asks for an appetizer ALSO orders pizza o pasta after it, and it is considered correct to wait until you all have the main course together...so if you want your pizza you will have to wait!
Love your video's, my favorite being Italy🇮🇪🍕 My dearest friends who I met in the states are from Rome. In the three years we were together I learned so much, from Italian cooking, language, hand gestures, jokes, songs and basically Italian culture. So when I visited them in Rome there was very little culture shock. Italians are very generous, warm , loving people. If they like you, you are famiglia and they roll out the red carpet when you visit. Keep the video's coming❤
I only visited Italy once, as part of a guided European tour, when I was 11 years old, going on 12 (spring of 1976). About the only thing I remember about the food is being served a whole fish in a restaurant one evening (perfectly prepared and cooked, of course); and the fact that kids my age were allowed to drink watered-down wine, with parental supervision. I also remember visiting the Vatican (when Pope Paul VI was still alive), and falling down the stairs outside Christopher Columbus' house in Genoa...
I don't understand why on youtube foreign people "feel" the need to talk about rules that don't exist, who no italian knows; most of the "rules" you talking about (in general, not you as person) are simple italian habits (but everyone can do as want and nobody cares). Sorry, I don't speak eng, I hope you understand what I mean.
Who invented all these rules about pizza? ..and other things...You can ask the waiter to cut it especially if you're with your children, and you can order a glass of wine with it for sure! Problem is that an Italian size glass of wine is expensive and small...Birra is cheaper and comes in a bigger glass 😊
I live in North Italy (veneto region) and I would say the 'scarpetta' is usually accepted. What I do is at home I am always doing the scarpetta however if I am at a restaurant I try to be a bit 'elegant' and take the bread and put in the sauce but I use the fork to pick up the bread instead of my hands.
Wrong: Raffaele Esposito did not invent the pizza: he invented the pizza "margherita" (with oil, tomato, mozzarella cheese and basil); he called it "Margherita" ("Margaret") in honour of queen Margherita of Italy. Before then, the traditional Neapolitan pizza (the original) was the so-called "Marinara" ("sailor way"), with tomato, oil, origan and garlic. Other variations do exist, as the "Romana", which is basically a marinara with anchovies (how strange: in Rome they call it "Napoli"!), or the "calzone" (trousers), which is a folded pizza filled with ricotta cheese and others. We have dozens more of pizza types, even though the two main ones are the margherita and the marinara.
Even more wrong: the tradition of laying down dough and put some sort of vesting is even more ancient and comes from ancient Rome, as a peasants' food. That is the pinsa romana, from the latin verb "pinsere" (laying by stretching) and was made, at the time, with a mixture of barley, spelt and wheat flour.
In reality Raffaele Esposito did not invent either pizza or pizza margherita, this is just a legend. He gave the name "Margherita" as a dedication to the queen. There are historical documents that attest to the existence of that type of pizza in previous periods
I am Italian and believe me , you can drink what you want while eating pizza ;) but is true that most of the time we drink beer. Still I don't see it as an "Italian habit" . The scarpetta the different ways of drinking coffee or the the way we eat spaghetti..those are really things that makes us Italian ahah nice video.
*Just a little note: many rules are not applied in common regions/towns.* If you order a coffee to the table in a tourist location, of course they will charge you, because they want to squeeze more money from tourists who doesn't know better, but also because there are too many customers to serve and taking a worker's time is an "issue". You pay for an "extra". But just go in every other BAR in Italy and they will serve you on the table, free of charge. It is still more polite to always ASK "may you bring it to the table?", BEFORE to sit down and wait for someone to serve you. You still need to pay at the counter, anyway, either before or after, not at the table. - Same is for the spoon. And especially for the *"Can you cut my pizza?".* You probably met a very impolite waiter, because in North Italy is not uncommon that THEY are the ones who ask you if you want them to cut it for you. *And who's the CRIMINAL who told you that you can only have a beer with a pizza?* *You can totally order wine!*
Pizza and pasta are not the only food we eat in Italy. We enjoy and know how to cook every single dish. The reason is that we love to eat well and that's why italian food is the best in the world.
Is it 😱🤩🤩🤩 even in the restaurant? Can I do this? Gosh I love Greek food 😌 I’ll be happy to finish everything to the last drop when I’m in Athens in November 😋
@@AnnaGoldmanTravel We tend to do this in restaurants when eating with people we are more comfortable with. If you are in a restaurant that may be more formal, you can use a fork to move the piece of bread on the plate.That's totally acceptable.There is a lot of flavour in the sauce, you shouldn't miss it.
@@agapibako3048 🤩🤩🤩 brilliant! Thank you very much indeed 🤗 I’ll be using this bread for sure 😉 How interesting! Different countries and very similar habits 🙂
American family from coastal Tuscany. We always scarpetta. A slice of toast, dry, or an almond and anise biscotti, with espresso for breakfast. A big Sunday meal at 1pm. A big salad after the meal. Weekday lunch was a little pasta from the bowl in the fridge that was always there. A little tonno with it. Dinner was a little leftover from lunch or cheese and a piece of fruit.
Scarpetta is used in ALL Italy. Maybe if your are in a expensive restaurant u use the fork instead of hand to drain the sauce, but in cheaper places we use hand.
Very nice Anna! Love your videos, specially about food in Rome, which happens to be my hometown, born in Rome but left when I was not even three years old to Madrid, Spain, now I live in the United States. Although I'm a grown retired man, watching all this and looking at you in Rome, it bring tears to my eyes. Forza Roma, ciao carina, tu sei belissima.
Great video Anna! I really like every one of these customs (especially that you can get a coffee at a bar) and I myself had the humor of ordering a latte and getting a glass of milk 😂. Really looking forward to go to Italy again (probably I won't though this year)!
About scarpetta: at home, surely we all in Italy do it, in all regions. It would be a waste of food, not a good thing. But I think that maybe it is not too much usual doing it in a restaurant, unless it is an osteria/trattoria: in a posh one it would be a bit strange. In Rome or in general in the southern of Italy we are more open and sensible about food. About pasta/pizza everyday: pizza is not commonly eaten everyday, at home you need a lot of time to cook it, we usually eat it once a week. Pasta is usually eaten almost everyday, but not a dinner: in Italy, mostly in the southern, we use to eat very late at evening (when I was a kid in my family dinner was at 10/11 pm), since you have to go to sleep, it's not good to eat pasta/rice and things that need a long time to be digested, so we usually eat beef or salad, sides. This is related to the fact that after lunch, especially in the South, all locals/shops are closed: we need to digest haha. In Catania, Sicily, on sunday it always seems like the apocalyps: the lunch of sunday is the lunch with all family, you have to cook during the morning, then eat until 4, at least, it's exhausting.
In the whole country we do scarpetta, you don't need tto be from rome. It is based on the principle that the food is sacred and you would never wasted it. Kisses from sicily
Scarpetta is generally done at home in England. A bit of buttered bread to mop up the gravy, delish. But you don't have to scarpetta if you don't want to, and just use the potato on your plate. Mash, mash!
Really??? 😱 I was living in the wrong part of England then 😄 Potato - thats cool! Great idea! But I’ve really never seen anyone doing it I’m the restaurant 🙄 until I came to Rome 😉😃
hi Anna, scarpetta is a usual thing even in northern Italy (Mantova in my case), but we call it: pociare (potchárey), means: to dip bread in your plate
Many of the things you say fall more into personal habits and not traditions and if you spoke to a hundred Italians everyone would tell you something different. For example, eating pasta for dinner, many don't do it, but I do because I almost never eat it for lunch. Then there are also those who eat it for lunch and dinner. The "scarpetta" is in use throughout Italy, perhaps somewhere it is called differently. Sometimes you see people using a spoon to help themselves eat pasta. It is rarer to see a knife used for pasta (it is done with small children when they eat spaghetti for example). What you tell in the end is your experience and it doesn't necessarily represent the Italian tradition, also because wherever you go you find tradition.
"scarpetta" : I did it in the restaurant of George V in paris (3* Michelin), it is considered very impolite in theory in France, but the waitrer told me "you are quite right" :)
Ciao, you are very talented and very nice. I live in Rome but I suggest you also visit Abruzzo and try its specialties and the quiet life of small villages. a warm greeting, Romano.
The scarpetta is made everywhere in Italy, as long as there is a good sauce to finish ... and go...even if the most snobbish say it is rude, but it is too good
@@AnnaGoldmanTravel maybe not offended but surprised (and disgusted). 😂 btw pizza as we know is only relatively recent (tomatoes did not exist in Europe until the 1500) and the name comes from the Greek Pita
@@AnnaGoldmanTravel more than offended we simply find ridiculous cutting the pasta, I mean, why do you have to cut it?! We used to cut the pasta just for small kids.. About the pineapple pizza I think it's just a way of Italians people to underlined that we do the real pizza.. But usually in an italian pizzeria you can find even more than 20 differents pizza, so we really put everything on it.. But the fruit.. Mmm it doesn't seem to match really well but I've never tried so, who knows..
Scarpetta was used to be a in house habits in order to avoid to leave any tiny part of the food in the plate. It's now used also in restaurants like Osterias , Trattorias BUT DON'T DO IN FANCY RESTAURANT where you supposed to go to having a culinary experience an not just to eat because you're hungry
Hi Anna!!! Really congrats for your videos. As Italian very appreciated. Im from Venice and yes we use to do Scarpetta also here. Come in Venice next time to make a huge video in this beautiful city!!!!
about the reason why you call it 'latte' in USA or England i'm quite sure it's because some decades ago somebody heard some italian immigrant that called it 'caffellatte' and thought that 'latte' was a kind of specification for the coffee that identified it instead of another ingredient and after that, by common practice, was removed the part 'caffè' and was left the other part 'latte', but it was actually 'caffè e latte' (coffee and milk) said together in a rush.
yes it's a diminutive .. as usual instead of saying the looooong "caffelatte" they say "latte" .. it's incredible how much ignorance there is about so many things ..
I'm from Sardinia and we know and do scarpetta since childwood. Never thought was a Rome thing. :) True, shops are closed at lunch time in Italy (now I live in UK and it really seems incredible to me how I used to go out at 5 pm as the shops were opening again after lunch break and here at 5 everything is shutting down). But for Sardinia and I think also most of the south, if you went there in the summer is just normal, people don't go out of their homes in the heat. At 2 pm in my region, in summer could be 40 degrees. It's just because you don't want to die xD lol
Yea.. in Lombardy scarpetta is quite common but is considered a little rude if you are in a really fancy restaurant ,but is ok at home or in a Trattoria . BTW according to the etiquette ( Galateo ) it can be done "scarpetta " on informal occasions but not on formals one.
Aww I thought so 🤩🤩 so my observation was correct then. Thank you so much 🤗 Only I also ordered cornetto in Milan 🙄 you can guess what happened 😉😁 But I really love both - Lazio, Lombardia - so different in fact and yet so great!
@@AnnaGoldmanTravel : yea, i know. We dont have cornetto, we have brioche ( ok is same thing but is not.. theoretically the brioche is with eggs and the cornetto without...and less sugar... is complicated ... ) Let's say it's fun and interesting that each region does different things a bit randomly. :P
@@doc7440 absolutely! I would say every region of Italy is fascinating and has so many interesting things to offer ☺️ But I work with Milan mainly 😉 so your business culture is much closer to mine 😁 South of Italy is absolutely gorgeous for holiday and North is definitely for doing business in style 😉 I wish you a great week ahead! Ill be in Lombardia soon again 🙌🏻
@@AnnaGoldmanTravel : Milan is a somewhat atypical city If you happen to take a tour of the valleys such as Valtellina, Valsassina or Bergamo, you will discover different aspects of Lombardy, starting with food: P
@@doc7440 absolutely! That gorgeous part of Italy is planned for the next year 😉 I have quite a good projects all the way to Bolzano 🙂 Can’t wait to try Northern Italian cuisine 😌
Hi, i'm born and live in Tuscany, every place in italy is similar but different. "scarpetta" is a sign of appreciation of the dish. Coffee at the table, i live between 3 cities: Florence, Pisa, Lucca. The extra price of coffee at table is applied only on some high level bars or center city bars, out of the cities almost no bars ask you for an overprice if you drink or eat at a table (i do it usually because when i drink my cappuccino i use to read the newspaper at the table, no overprice) at least in Tuscany. Pizza, you can ask to have the pizza cut in 4 or 8 slices, some restaurants serve the pizza already cutted in 4. I tried ananas pizza, is unusual but i like it. Next time you'll visit Italy, please come to Tuscany. Visit Florence and Pisa you'll not regret!
Apparently there is a Starbucks in Rome and one in Milano. I actually wanted to visit the one in Rome to see the differences but ran out of time. I have been to Starbucks in Greece and Turkey. They were surprisingly busy and honestly they do it better than the US with better food options. I have been to McDonalds in Italy and I'd say they are a little better than the US version as well. My observation was that the main menu was more limited but the Cafe had more options. The food was fresher and had better packaging/presentation. Chicken tastes like actual chicken but the beef is a bit bland. I think the US has more of a production line mentality using inexpensive labor while the McDonalds I visited in the EU tended to be more professional.
There are 15 Starbucks in Italy and some more stores are opening. But Starbucks in US "invented" the culture of coffee, in Italy it is only another cafe. It's almost the same that happens with McDonald's (and McDonald's is smarter than Starbucks, the menu is pretty italianized. Well, they need to italianized the menu, practically all the raw materials they use in the US cannot be imported into Europe. And Italy has even stricter regulations than Europe on agri-food. The 84% of McDonald's suppliers in Italy are Italian companies). A few years ago in Italy there was a "war" between McDonald's and pizza makers (McDonald's made an advertisement in which a child went to a pizzeria asking for a Happy Meal). McDonald's Italy replied to the pizza chefs saying "hey, in Italy there are 615 McDonald's restaurant and 127.000 pizzerias, we are "the little", not you". With Starbucks is the same thing, in Italy there are 150k bars, each serving an average of 175 cups of espresso per day (26.25M cups of espresso per day) to which you must add cappuccinos, macchiato, double coffees and all the other 30 common types of coffee served in Italy, all the not common types and all the coffee served in others places like offices, homes, restaurants etc... In short, the coffee market in Italy is already saturated. Starbucks can find a little space, but only a little one, specially in big cities full of foreigners like Milan. 8 of the 15 Starbuck in Italy are in Milan. Anyway, the first coffee shop opened in Italy - the Starbucks Reserve Roastery, a big coffee shop in a historic building - today is only a big debt with a ROI of -30%.
@@AnnaGoldmanTravel I would love to return in the future. I enjoyed my visit there a few years ago now and found people to be so friendly. I have learned so much from your videos for both Italy and Norway, another beautiful country I have also visited.
@@susanashcroft2674 indeed! Both Italians and Norwegians are very friendly 🙂 and happy to help ☺️ Which country do you like more? Italy or Norway? As they are so different.. As soon as current situation gets better I’ll show you more countries 😉
Talking about pizza: The first to talk about pizza was Virgil in the Aeneid! In fact, in the book he talks about the place where the city that will dominate the world will be born. He writes that it will be born in the place where "the table will be dish". The ships of Aeneas stopped along the Tiber river for a rest and here they ate a kind of bread on which meat and vegetables were placed. This is what I remember! Parlando di pizza: Il primo a parlare di pizza fu Virgilio nell'Eneide! Infatti nel libro parla del luogo dove dovrà nascere la città che dominerà il mondo. Scrive che nascerà nel luogo ove "il desco si farà piatto". Le navi di Enea si fermarono lungo il fiume Tevere per una sosta e qui mangiarono una specie di pane sul quale vennero messe carni e verdure. Questo è quanto mi ricordo!
We don't eat pasta in our italian dinner, only at lunch! ;) I'm from Napoli, we eat pasta every single day at lunch but never at dinner. Usually we eat pizza once a week. And, of course, God bless scarpetta.
Hi!! The spoon is usually used for eat spaghetti or long pasta (tagliatelle, tagliolini, pici) in the South of Italy. It's a typical way and sometimes at the restaurant the Waiter ask you if you need the spoon (always in the South of italy). I always need the spoon for eat my spaghetti. :) And about the coffee you need to pay the carghe for the table service only in the bar that are located in the more turistic area of the city or in elegant and expensive bar.
In some regions of south in old time the spoon was used to eat spaghetti. Nowdays if you eat spaghetti with spoon you can either a foreigner or a child that still doesn't know how to use forchetta in the right way.
Gas stations around town closed down on the weekend. You had to go to a service station on the Autostrada to get gas. Thank you for your videos. I will be retiring in Sardegna in a few years.
Ciao Anna Sei molto simpatica😊 La scarpetta è un modo gustoso di finire il sughetto rimasto nel piatto ma è difficile vederlo fare nei ristoranti. È più una usanza praticata in casa. Se qualcuno fa la scarpetta nei locali appare un tantino maleducato o comunque non garbato
as far as pasta is concerned, I think it depends on the habits of the various families. From me in the south, every day for lunch we eat pasta (of course there are thousands of recipes). While the spoon is often used at home and not in restaurants
@@AnnaGoldmanTravel I have just seen that you have been to Catania and you have visited Etna! Beautiful city Catania, considered the second capital of Sicily
@@GaetanoSulDivano it’s absolutely gorgeous 😌 my god! I’m so in love with Sicilia! What a gorgeous place .. I already booked my next year trip 🙄 thank god you’ve got such a long holiday season 😉
Thank you Anna, for all of your tips when going to Rome. We are heading there next week for 20 day’s. I will be sure to use all of your advice when I arrive
With pizza you can drink whatever you want: water, beer, prosecco, lambrusco, coke, shandy ... obviously it depend on your personal taste and the type of pizza. Scarpetta is popar everywhere. The spoon is used in south italy only with spaghetti or similar. Ciao
And on another note: honest bars don't charge service if you grab your coffee (or whatever) and take it to a table on your own. But if you go to a luxurious bar/caffetteria downtown, and you sit down, DO expect to get bloodsucked!!
Starbucks in italy will fail, thats the motive because it dont open (there are like 3 in all italy), we drink GOOD short moka coffee 😅. And the spoon for the pasta is something we usually consider that a cruel thing. THE PIZZA NEED TO BE EATEN DRINKING BEER, THE FISH WITH THE WHITE WINE AND THE MEAT WITH RED WINE!!!! And one last thing, its not our fault if someone had The brilliant idea of using an italian word to describe a way to do the coffee 🤣🤣, the name here is latte macchiato. One other thing, the pasta is eaten like at least 4/5 times a week by almost every italian but usually we eat it for lunch. All of the italians consider strange the way to eat in the rest of the world, when we eat in a restaurant we stay in there a lot of time, we talk with friends or whatever and italian days are different From others, going bed before 11 pm is like a crime in italy, when ive been in england ive been kicked out from a restaurant at 8 pm because they were closing, in italy NO ONE usually eates before 7:30 pm. Just to be clear: i'm from Rome and i wanted to point out the things i consider imprecise or funny to know because obviously for me are normal 🤣
Hi Anna, I’m from Sicily. About spoon for pasta in Sicily we traditionally use to help roll spaghetti with a spoon as a cup, just like you see in Godfather movie. Italy,s got so many different regional traditions that nobody knows all them 😅
Starbucks has started to open shops in Italy too, but mainly in Milano, Roma and very few big malls. And anyway is considered not a coffee shop, it’s Starbucks, with its fancy drinks shop, and this is the only reason has started opening shops. It’s fashionable. For Italians, Starbucks American coffee is commonly considered as “dirty water”, or “Acqua sporca” in Italian. 😂 just a watered coffee
Please note : on the "spoon factor", IT'S NOT ALWAYS THE SAME EVERYWHERE. While it's not a rule to have your pasta with a spoon, SOME will prefere to eat pasta types like spaghetti, or tagliatelle / fettuccine, or other types of long pasta, with a fork ALONG WITH the spoon. You just use the spoon as an aid to pick your pasta with the fork, and it's more likely that when both tools are used you will put it to your mouth with the fork, but you have "gathered" your pasta in the fork with the aid of the spoon, and some will use the spoon instead, "twisting" their long pasta with the fork but, after that, they will put their mouthful of pasta in the spoon and then take it to their mouth. I often always do that, with long types of pasta, and i can assure you i'm not the one to do that. Some consider doing so if not a bit rude let's say a bit "homely", but it can be a very effective way to bypass the hassle of taking all of the mouthful of spaghetti or sorts by fork. Just my two cents. I reiterate, it does not go for everybody, everywhere, and even in zones where it is a relatively widespread habit, it may vary depending on which "primo" you are eating. Be well and thank you for your work in spreading my country's traditions, uses and modes.
Ciao! I'm an Italian girl! let me start by telling you that your videos about Italy are very nice and I love your point of view. Everywhere in Italy you make the "scarpetta" if you really like what you are eating, someone does it and someone does not, it depends a lot on personal taste but it is simple normality and if someone tells you that it should not be done, it is blasphemy ahahah. Regarding lunch and dinner, it depends a lot on the area you are in, basically everywhere for lunch you almost always eat pasta and for dinner meat or fish but each region has its typical dishes, in the south for example you eat a lot of carbohydrates always and in any case ahah while in the north, especially in Milanese families, salads go a lot. And if you want to eat speghetti with a spoon, do it! 😄 Do as you find most comfortable because it is just a rule of etiquette but in reality everyone does what he wants. Just please 🙏🏼 don't cut the spaghetti!! 😄
Interesting! Here some notes from the North Italy 😉 - scarpetta Is absolutely ok also in Turin - pizza Is something you get once or twice a month, it's impossible to eat pizza every day 😅 - "riposo" Is common in the south, in the north it doesn't happen - sturbucks does exist 😋 - no wine with pizza, right! Beer only 👍
All over Italy we do "scarpetta", so do in Milan. It's just a sort of licking a plate but in an educated manner. It means you really enjoyed what you have just eaten. It's not a lack of "poshness" or fussiness, since it sounds you think that way about Milanesi. Same if you go to Asia people while eating make a lot of noise, but it is well regarded as you are really enjoying what you are eating, which is a bit awkward for us european. We actually have Starbucks in Milan, it's just not as spread as in other countries because italians are used and prefer to go to a bar to drink a coffee as well as to eat a good pizza then go to mcdonald if you want a quick meal (last one doesn't suit for every italian). You asked a waiter to cut your pizza? 🤣🤣🤣What answer did you expect?
Hi😊 The fact of cutting the pizza into slices for you I believe it depends on which region, which restaurant/pizzeria you eat pizza and whether the restaurant is very busy or not. In the region Calabria in several restaurants/pizzerie if you ask the waiter for the pizza to be cutted when you order food, the chef, in this case the "pizzaiolo" (the one who makes pizzas) will cut the pizza into slices. Some time they slightly cut the pizza into slices (not cutting deeply, completely, but that helps the customer anyway) even if you don't ask for it. As for the wine with pizza, yes the most of italians usually prefer beer with pizza. Personally, sometimes I really like drinking wine with pizza, why not? 😊
Ciao carissima, If you are really hungry tell the waitres to bring your main course while your friends eat the antipasto. Simple like this. Ciao ciao cara.
Possibile che l'americano medio non sappia dire che queste banalitá a proposito dell'Italia ? Questo conferma che il loro bagaglio culturale è veramente limitato
Lei non è americana, dall'accento sembra di madrelingua nordica. Poi questo video non ha niente a che vedere con il bagaglio culturale di una persona, non sono nient'altro che supposizioni sbagliate magari basate su un sentito dire o su una esperienza unica e generalizzata.
The first time i came to Italy, they asked if i drink coffee.. it was after lunch so I said cappucino 🤪they gave me a big cup like for breakfast! 2nd: They serve eggs at lunch or dinner... I am used to eat eggs at BREAKFAST for years!
Hello Anna. In Italy there are Starbucks and they are also good. With pizza you can drink whatever you want, beer, wine, water, coke, orangeade, excluding milk drinks. Better to use a spoon to wrap spaghetti than to keep it hanging in your mouth. The pizzas are more than Romana and Napoletana. Our culture is less formal than it sometimes appears but you'll learn. Thanks anyway.
@@rofu6806 capiamoci. Ho detto che piuttosto che inforcare gli spaghetti in bocca, metà dentro e metà fuori penzolanti che poi ricadono nel piatto dopo averli morsi... meglio usare il cucchiaio! Non credi? Io chiaramente non lo uso ma vedo come mangiano certi, anche autoctoni.
Hi, yes, the scarpetta is in our tradition in the islands of Malta. After all, we are close to Sicily and Italy that our customery habits have been shared along our history..
Veneto? 😉 I still need to finally make it to North East. I feel like I’m stuck between Rome - Milan and the very South 😁 But yeah .. I have to travel around other places in Italy for sure 😉
@@AnnaGoldmanTravel actually from Friuli, but i'm half veneto. Anyway, wherever you go within Italy you ll be amazed of what you can see and eat. Veneto is beautiful with city of art, sea, hills, lakes, mountains to entertain you in any season. It' s not just Venice, beautiful city or towns are verona, padova, treviso, vicenza, bassano, marostica, chioggia, asolo, possagno, conegliano, caorle, portogruaro, cortina, corvara just to mention few. In Friuli similarly you can enjoy among the best white wimes and some hams among which prosciutto di san daniele. Towns worthwhile are trieste, udine, pordenone, gorizoa, palmanova, sacile, aquileia, san vito al tagliamento, maniago, cividale, san daniele...
@@marcotesser9446 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩 I’m already 100% sold to explore your part of Italy 😌 gosh that sounds amazing! Let me digest a week of intense eating in Sicilia and I’ll start planning my next gastro trips 😉😁
My families roots are in Sicily, Palermo to be exact. I currently live and was born in New York. And my father has been cleaning his plate with bread ever since I can remember. I'm 62 years old and have been Scarpetta-ing my whole life also. ( did i just make up that word ) :) I'm so happy there was a word for this ( Scarpetta ) Love it Thank You Anna
There are not only two types of pizza in Italy .. But there is also the Apulian pizza, the Sicilian pizza (sfincione Palermitano), then we also have the pizza AL TAGLIO which is eaten in take away pizzerias .. Italy is beautiful because it varies
Anna, I really have enjoyed this video. I'm curious about where you are originally from since your accent doesn't sound as though you are a Londoner. I am an American-Sicilian from New Jersey who now lives in Canada. I can assure you that scarpetta was a very common practice in our home. I can also tell you that pineapple on pizza (Hawaiian) was invented by a greek, Sam Panopoulos, who owned the Satelite Restaurant in Chatham, Ontario. (I've been to the Satelite many times but NEVER FOR A HAWAIIAN PIZZA!) As the actor, Steve Schirripa, says to actress Vanessa Ray, in the TV series Blue Bloods - they're in a restaurant in New York and she tells him she likes pineapple on pizza. He says to her, "if you eat pineapple on pizza, you're dead to me". She gives a nervous laugh, and he says, "no, I'm not kidding"! I'm sure that pineapple on pizza is one of those things that you can be burned alive for in Italy. As for eating spaghetti with a spoon, as you saw in The Godfather, that is a standard Italian practice in the USA and The Godfather is an American story. My American-Italian family told me that only non-Italians eat spaghetti with a fork only. You have set the record straight.
Canada 🤩🤩 gosh this is amazing! I would love love love visiting your new home country one day 🙌🏻 Well… I was born in Russia, spent a lot of time in Israel (grandmother , you know 😁) then moved to the UK, then moved to Norway and lived more than 7 years in Italy , in Rome 😉 sooo.. I guess I have a mixture of accents 😁 My goal is to be clear to the point that every person who can speak basic English would be able to understand me 😉 Let me tell my Roman family about invention of pineapple pizza 😈 I guess I’ll learn a few more nasty words in Italian 🤭
⏱⏱⏱ TIME CODES:
00:00 - WELCOME TO ITALY 🇮🇹
00:39 - 1️⃣ Appetiser BEFORE main course - ALWAYS IN ITALY
02:01 - 2️⃣ Pizza Romana vs Pizza Neapolitana
04:03 - 3️⃣ Scarpetta in Italy
05:35 - 4️⃣ No pasta or pizza cooked every day in Italy
06:56 - 5️⃣ ITALIAN RIPOSO
08:11 - 6️⃣ ITALIAN BAR IS NOT COCKTAIL BAR
09:13 - 7️⃣ COFFEE AT THE BAR IN ITALY
09:53 - 8️⃣ There’s NO STARBUCKS in Italy
10:32 - 9️⃣ Don’t order Lette in Italy
11:12 - 🔟 NO SPOON or hot to eat pasta in Italy
12:10 - 1️⃣1️⃣ How to eat pizza in Italy - pizza Etiquette
5) Pennichella, or Pennica. Not riposo!
1) where don't you get an appetiser before the main course?
2) the big difference is between pizza al taglio (Electric oven) and pizza tonda (cooked in a very hot wooden oven).
3) do you throw away the wonderful sauce?
4) yes true, but some people eat pasta every day, but usually not more than 100 grams
5) It isn't riposo, it's lunch break. Don't salesmen have lunch outside Italy?
6) A bar in Italy is both. Coffee shop and evening bar.
7) only the most turistic bars charge more if you sit down, they usually don't. Secondly most people sit down, but if it's 6/7 o'clock in the morning and you have to run to work you drink it standing.
8) I don't get this one. If you want milk you order latte. What's the problem?
9) you use a spoon to have soup. It simply doesn't help you.
10) try wine with pizza... doesn't go well. They don't cut it because some people want to have bigger/smaller slices.
1) in Italia, specialmente in Sardegna, d' estate fa almeno 30 °C. quindi si usa l' ora di pranzo per non lavorare col caldo. Poi non è proprio vero ovunque. In generale si cerca di tornare a pranzo a casa per stare con la famiglia ( specie per le donne che hanno figli e asili per i figli poco disponibili), e comunque si cerca di mangiare preparato da casa che è più salutare. La pausa serve a questo. 2) il cucchiaio per la pasta l' ho visto usare a mio padre che era calabrese, a casa dei genitori. Gli immigrati si portarono dietro questa usanza, proveniente dalle zone contadine. Personalmente mi dà molto fastidio il rumore delle posate sfregate quindi mai usato. 3) Whait a minute: la pasta è un primo piatto, insieme al riso, alle minestre, al minestrone e alla polenta. Noi la inseriamo sempre nell' ordine che dici, antipasto che si fa solo quando hai ospiti o ricorrenze o in ristorante, primo piatto, secondo con contorno, frutta dolce caffè e mettiamoci pure l' ammazzacaffè che sarebbe l' amaro.E confermo, a meno che non sei un camionista o un muratore, pasta 80 gr a testa è giusto e normale. A meno che non fai come noi a casa sempre fatta dieta dissociata, primo e contorno o frutta in un pasto e secondo e contorno nell' altro pasto( prevalentemente a cena).La pizza once a week o once a mounth, addirittura, per chi ha impegni.
10:32 dont order LEtte in Italy. Really i dont understand what LEtte can mean.
Honestly the most of italian bars use to be cocktail bar from Aperitivo hour ( 5-6 pm) until closing late in the night
When you are in a restaurant in Italy, remember : pizza with beer; fish dishes with fresh WHITE wine; beef dishes with RED wine. The scarpetta in Italy is not rude, it is a real obligation!
😁 thank you so much 🤗🤗🤗
Love the obligation part ☺️ how can you leave Italian sauce on the plate? It’s absolutely impossible!
Scarpetta it is ☺️🤗
Have a great week ahead
and dont add seasoned cheese ( tipically grana or parmigiano ) on fish dishes if it is not part of the recipe
@@doc7440 ohh it’s a big no no all around Italy I’d say 😉
Fish and cheese never work together.
I also noticed another amazing thing in Italy - you can’t get your milky coffee with ice, like icy cappuccino 😉 is this just in Rome or also in Milano?
@@AnnaGoldmanTravel : ice coffe is common , but obviously each region has its own habits .
You can try, for example, Caffè alla leccese with ice and almond milk,
and obviously it is typical of the city of Lecce ( puglia ) in Milan..i donk know , maybe caffè shekerato ( with ice )
Strangely for an Italian I am not a coffee enthusiast , i love my Ceylon tea...
@@doc7440 WoW! That sound amazing! I definitely try this one next time 😉
I was refused getting just ice in my cappuccino one day 😁
Tea? Wow! That’s very interesting for Italian 😉
How about English Breakfast or Earl Grey? 🙂
The biggest culture shock is the people are friendly and delightful even to visitors. I went looking to buy a home there and fell in love with the country and people.
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BTW, I was in south east Sicily, Augusta and Siracusa amazing areas with beautiful cities, and wonderful areas just outside the cities.
In italy we have a lot of Rice variety, it's not only pasta. Usually we don't eat pasta for dinner because we have bread with meat, fish, soup or vegetables. In Naples we usually eat pizza for dinner, but there are a lot of Pizzerie open also for lunch. If you go in a restaurant that makes also pizza, they will bring main meals all togheter (also pizza), so all the customers at the table can enjoy eating together. In south Italy, water is obligatory with the coffee and you should drink it before drinking the coffee (it's included in the price of the espresso).
I am Emilian. Here's my comments:
2- pizza romana is actually popular only in Rome and surroundings. All over Italy the common standard is pizza napoletana (but every region has their variations)
3- scarpetta is common all over Italy but only in the trattorie and popular restaurants. In luxury restaurants it is considered impolite
4- we have a lot more variety in our meals than foreigners suspect. We have lots of different foods other than pasta and pizza. And usually dinners are light meals, contrary from most countries where dinners are the main meal
8- there are Starbucks but you have to remember that caffé in Italy is sacred. It's something like a religion. Starbucks work because of the strangers and because there are several italians who are xenophile. But Starbucks will never replace our espresso
9- yes latte means milk. And we consider it a food, not a drink. That is why we can't conceive cappuccino past noon.
Tutto corrisponde. Un paio di precisazioni.
Una specifica del punto 2- Non è che abbia girato tutta l'Italia e comunque non ho comunque sempre cercato tale tipo di pizza ma di sicuro dove vivo (a Nuoro) la pizza romana (nella versione in teglia) è diffusissima.
L'altra generale.
Non bisogna confondere fra comportamenti "vietati" con i comportamenti strani.
Gli uni sono delle estremizzazioni più che altro mediatiche, fatte a livello di scherzo e di presa in giro nei confronti di usanze straniere riguardanti qualche nostro piatto.
In sostanza, però, che qualche americano etc. mangi la pizza con l'ananas a molti non gliene potrebbe fregare di meno.
Non ci si incazza mica per quello.
Viene visto come uno che esce in maglietta con -10 gradi di temperatura.
Una cosa strana che noi non faremo mai
E questo per tante cose che riguardano nostre abitudini che non corrispondono a quelle straniere
Pienamente daccordo. Soprattutto per il punto 8.
8-....quegli italiani non sono esterofili (e sono moltissimi), sono oicofobici.
sinceramente solo a napoli mangiano la pizza napoletana... la più diffusa è la romana
Aggiungerei che in Emilia Romagna si mangia la pasta farcita più buona al mondo, non esistono solo gli spaghetti, o ciò che gli anglofoni chiamano "maccaroni" ...
Hi, i am from Milan. First of all, scarpetta is normal in every region in Italy (why you should waste good food?). Second, in Italy we also have "pizza al trancio" ( is a pizza with an higher dough), i think is more typical in the north. Third, in Milan we have the biggest Starbucks's shop in Europe. Fourth, it is unusual eat pasta with spoon, but many old people use that. P.S. Every time a person put pineapple on pizza ( or cheese on fish) an italian die. Don't do that, please : (
Più preciso dire che l'unico Starbucks's shop in Italia è il più grande d'Europa. E che quindi il 99,9% degli italiani non ha mai visto tale tipo di negozio. Ammesso che la maggior parte sappia cosa sia
@@Tore1960 non è così starbuck's è anche ai Gilgli centro commerciale in toscana
@@Tore1960 c è più di uno starbucks a Milano, e almeno uno a Roma. Lo so che non sono diffusissimi in Italia, però è scorretto affermare che non ci siano. Tutto qua
no no la pizza al taglio la trovi ovunque, girata tutta l' Italia. A Napoli trovi la pizza tonda a portafoglio e la pizza fritta, ma è tipica, dappertutto hai la pizza al taglio. In Sardegna noi abbiamo la pizza al taglio sarda che è condita esclusivamente a fine cottura.
@@Tore1960 boh a me starbucks fa cagare come a tutte le persone che conosco che hanno viaggiato e sono state a uno starbucks, aprendo in italia non potrebbero avere più di 1/2 locali a città perchè non ci andrebbero gli italiani ma i turisti.
Scarpetta is one of the few things that unites all Italy :D
L'talia è un paese che si crede diviso, in realtà è molto più unito di tanti altri.. E intendo in europa
@@daglatem riusciamo a essere uniti soltanto quando ci rapportiamo a un paese estero 😂
Truly! I usually don't like the sugo BUT when i had to eat one made of seafood....i couldn't say no. Which tells a lot about how good it can be
Ma non ho capito ad un certo punto dice che a Milano si arrabbiano se fai la scarpetta? Al nord Italia sono proprio cattivi, ma perché si ostinano a chiamarla Italia?
@@Gigi_Latrottola mai visto in vita mia qualcuno arrabbiarsi per la scarpetta, e vado a milano spessissimo.
it is true that scarpetta is very common in every place in Italy, however it is not an always go. If you go in a "classy" restaurant it is seen as an unelegant behavior, because it is commonly associated to more "rustic" type of restaurants. if you're eating an amatriciana or a carbonara go for it without any esitation, but if you have things like a waiter that is pouring the wine for you in an elegant place, maybe it is better to avoid it :p
I'll do scarpetta in the restaurant's owner face if the food is good
I agree, but I still do it anyway 😄
Even in classy restaurants, it’s just a waste of food for me otherwise 🤷🏻♀️
A dire il vero la scarpetta è stata sdoganata anche nei ristoranti stellati. Sono proprio gli chef a invogliare i clienti a farla.
I totally agree - scarpetta ( to soak a piece of bread with the sauce ) it is not formal at all and NOT AT ALL an obligation - we italians consider it rather vulgar and avoidable unless you are with very close friends ( and other people don't see you ) - you can do it when you are with your family at home - not polite AT ALL to do in a restaurant
I generally do scarpetta putting bread in the plate and moving it with the fork to avoid contact with hand. As far as I remember this is the way to do it in classy places without being rude
For us, here in Italy the food is a form of art. There are not just pizza or pasta, talking about italian food means to speak about meats, fish, cooked in many different ways and then cheeses, vegetables, fruit, sweet cakes, wines, beers, etc. All Regions of the country have their specialities and you can find many of them in all country. ♥️🇮🇹😘
Scarpetta is something done all over Italy, it’s seen as compliment to the chef leaving a clean plate. It’s somewhat frowned upon in high end restaurants, like michelin star restaurants.
And no, we do not eat pizza and pasta everyday, also pasta is really heavy to digest in the evening, so if we make pasta it’s usually for lunch because it’s quick to cook and to add the sauce. If you are invited in someone’s home though they may prepare it because it’s a special occasion… I live in Turin, Piedmont, and we have the tradition (at least for my family) to make lasagne or ravioli al sugo or al ragù as the first course on special occasions, like Easter or Christmas, following several appetisers too! 😁 most families make pizza as a weekly occurrence, like on saturday night. Sunday at lunch is the biggest lunch.
Chiara, I live in north Italy as well, and a dish of pasta is always for us a very good solution when we suddenly receive some guests and we have not so much food at home.
I dislike scarpetta.....triviale and.....volgare
Hi Anna, wonderful to see you again, and we enjoy your videos. Below, I have some difference of opinion on a few items ...
In this video, I have some difference of opinion that I'd like to talk about.
The Scarpetta -- You said folks who do this are Roman, but I've lived in Sicily for many years, and folks there also enjoyed the scarpetta (bread used to soak up remaining sauce or juices, from the meal -- yum! 🙂 )
Your number 4: No Pasta everyday. ... ? ... Hmmm, on this one I have a difference of opinion, based on my 'almost a dozen years' experience living in Italy. As I've in the south, for many years, I can attest to the fact that all Italians there ate pasta once per day, religiously. Yes, a large helping of pasta every day, either for lunch or dinner -- which, in Italy, is really possible since there are so many different types of pasta & sauces, it doesn't get boring at all.
About the Italian "bar" I largely agree with you. A bar is a lit place, for the family -- however, they DO also have hard alcohol and other drinks (not just Coffee), and are meant to be a morning to night place, to get a drink/treat. For example, you can get a scotch, or a pear juice, or a coffee, or a frappe, or other things. All at the bar. 🙂
"Latte" (as you would call it in London) is called "latte macchiato" in Italy; it literally means "spotted milk", that is milk spotted (or mixed) with coffee. It does exist!
Caffè-latte
In italy " Latte " is simply " Milk " . The anglo-saxons distorted the definition of caffe'-latte or latte macchiato by shortening them to latte.
@@robertopesenti1173 caffe' latte is something different from caffe' macchiato. Which is the percentage of milk used with the coffee. Caffe' latte is Milk with a spot of coffee. Caffe' macchiato is espresso with a spot milk.
@@Paola-bs9me I know very well, since I'm Italian...ha, ha, ha...
'@@Paola-bs9me Esatto...
I am from Puglia and YES, we do scarpetta! I am almost sure that it is applicable everywhere in Italy :-)
I think it's true everywhere in the Mediterranean
I was taught scarpetto as a child. I'm American of Italian heritage. When I came to Florida, I learned that southerners also like scarpetto. They call it "sopping" and typically use cornbread.
I love scarpetto and believe that it's a sin to leave delicious sauce behind on the plate. Buon appetito a tutti!
🤩🤩 wow!! That’s amazing! It’s so cool that you kept your family traditions ☺️
I am preparing for an Italian trip and live in the southern US. I was like hey we scarpetto! 😂
@@jelisawiltse4198 it reminded me that as humans, we are more similar than we are different. 🙂
I’m southern American and yes, we sop up our sauce, gravy, juices. Cornbread of course but we will use bread, rolls, biscuits. Whatever we need to get the last of the goodness off the plate. 😂 Writing it out like this sounds barbaric but it’s true!! Why waste good food? P.S. not everyone will do it but it happens a lot!
@@Cptk41 barbaric my foot, it's good to sop up gravy and barbaric to waste good food.
Guys, if you want to visit Italy, you can do what you wish to. However, all of these suggestions are good If you're going to taste real life. I can guarantee to decide to eat as Italian people everything goes better. Milk in the morning, pasta at lunch and vegetables for dinner, first of all, is good for your health. About your clothes, try to do your best. Before going out in the morning to visit a museum or a cathedral, art in general, try to think about the beauty you're going to see, and come back and wear something different. In particular, I can suggest to the couple thought of your first appointment with your partner and good luck! The last thing, visit Italy not only Rome, Venice or Florence. Try to see the Alps, Sicily, Sardinia, The south, the city of Matera, try to visit Bologna where you can find the oldest University of Europe ect etc. sorry I forget Portofino, Cinque Terre, the motor valley, Sorrento, Amalfi, Capri and.. move first
Hai dimenticato Frosinone, Avellino, Campobasso, Roccacannuccia, Napoli...
Good video, but about pasta, depends on the habits of the family: to my experience the majority of italian families eat pasta everyday. I'm from Emilia-Romagna and we don't have lunch without pasta or rice. It is strange that you say Italians do not eat pasta at home, perhaps because you went to their house for dinner, while they usually eat pasta for lunch, unless it is a special occasion.
Pizza is another thing. I eat pizza once a week usually (in restaurants, not at home).
You are right, in my family pasta is a quick way to prepare lunch when we don't have time but if i invite you for dinner i'm not going to prepare you a "simple" pasta but something more elaborate like fish or meat.
The problem is that, from what I've understood, she has been invited by italians only at dinner. Most italians eat pasta at lunch.
questo accadeva in passato,resta tradizione la domenica...ma ormai anche in e.romagna si mangia healthy
@@chiarac980 Perché secondo te la pasta non è "healthy"?
@@malarobo una tagliatella con il ragu'tutti i giorni,anche no.e lo dico da emiliana,settore benessere salute e sfoglina.
Girl... 😂 Just ask the waiter to bring your appetizers with the others main dishes... It's not forbidden!!! 😂
Exactly. It happens all the time. Just ask to the waiter the sequence you want your dishes to be served.
@@GiorgioulI have been living in Italy for almost thirty years now and that is what I would have said as well. Thanks for sharing.
Anyway she is right : often who asks for an appetizer ALSO orders pizza o pasta after it, and it is considered correct to wait until you all have the main course together...so if you want your pizza you will have to wait!
Usually in Italy the waiter asks if you wish to start with an appetizer
Love your video's, my favorite being Italy🇮🇪🍕 My dearest friends who I met in the states are from Rome. In the three years we were together I learned so much, from Italian cooking, language, hand gestures, jokes, songs and basically Italian culture. So when I visited them in Rome there was very little culture shock. Italians are very generous, warm , loving people. If they like you, you are famiglia and they roll out the red carpet when you visit. Keep the video's coming❤
That's not the italian flag, sorry: that's the irish one. Here is the italian flag 🇮🇹
To me all these Italian traditions are part of my growing up, since my mother was Italian. I always use bread for my sauce, it’s the best part. 😊
I only visited Italy once, as part of a guided European tour, when I was 11 years old, going on 12 (spring of 1976). About the only thing I remember about the food is being served a whole fish in a restaurant one evening (perfectly prepared and cooked, of course); and the fact that kids my age were allowed to drink watered-down wine, with parental supervision. I also remember visiting the Vatican (when Pope Paul VI was still alive), and falling down the stairs outside Christopher Columbus' house in Genoa...
You can also drink it without water, if you want to.
I'm Italian & I don't like fish! 😖
@@lauraswihart4816 Ohh poor...
In Turin there is a restaurant that offer about 70 different starters (antipati) before start to eat dinner; and for sure is not alone.
I don't understand why on youtube foreign people "feel" the need to talk about rules that don't exist, who no italian knows; most of the "rules" you talking about (in general, not you as person) are simple italian habits (but everyone can do as want and nobody cares).
Sorry, I don't speak eng, I hope you understand what I mean.
I totally understand what you mean. I was just thinking the same thing. And your English is good by the way.
Who invented all these rules about pizza? ..and other things...You can ask the waiter to cut it especially if you're with your children, and you can order a glass of wine with it for sure! Problem is that an Italian size glass of wine is expensive and small...Birra is cheaper and comes in a bigger glass 😊
I live in North Italy (veneto region) and I would say the 'scarpetta' is usually accepted. What I do is at home I am always doing the scarpetta however if I am at a restaurant I try to be a bit 'elegant' and take the bread and put in the sauce but I use the fork to pick up the bread instead of my hands.
Wrong: Raffaele Esposito did not invent the pizza: he invented the pizza "margherita" (with oil, tomato, mozzarella cheese and basil); he called it "Margherita" ("Margaret") in honour of queen Margherita of Italy. Before then, the traditional Neapolitan pizza (the original) was the so-called "Marinara" ("sailor way"), with tomato, oil, origan and garlic. Other variations do exist, as the "Romana", which is basically a marinara with anchovies (how strange: in Rome they call it "Napoli"!), or the "calzone" (trousers), which is a folded pizza filled with ricotta cheese and others. We have dozens more of pizza types, even though the two main ones are the margherita and the marinara.
Even more wrong: the tradition of laying down dough and put some sort of vesting is even more ancient and comes from ancient Rome, as a peasants' food. That is the pinsa romana, from the latin verb "pinsere" (laying by stretching) and was made, at the time, with a mixture of barley, spelt and wheat flour.
Più la mozzarella dopo
In reality Raffaele Esposito did not invent either pizza or pizza margherita, this is just a legend. He gave the name "Margherita" as a dedication to the queen. There are historical documents that attest to the existence of that type of pizza in previous periods
I'm from Italy, and me, as quiet a lot of people, eat pasta every lauch and dinner
I'm from Rome and SCARPETTA is a must of course 😂😂 I do pasta for dinner everytime I want but small quantities and very fresh ingredients!
Io sono di Roma e fare la scarpetta è un piacere 😀, ma comunque si fa in tutta Italia! 👍
I am Italian and believe me , you can drink what you want while eating pizza ;) but is true that most of the time we drink beer. Still I don't see it as an "Italian habit" .
The scarpetta the different ways of drinking coffee or the the way we eat spaghetti..those are really things that makes us Italian ahah nice video.
Specially cappuccino, with pineapple pizza! The cook will love you indeed!
@@AtmaGoa🤣🤣🤣🤣 non solo il cuoco tutto quello che hai intorno ti guarderanno amorevolmente 🤣🤣🤣🤣
*Just a little note: many rules are not applied in common regions/towns.*
If you order a coffee to the table in a tourist location, of course they will charge you, because they want to squeeze more money from tourists who doesn't know better, but also because there are too many customers to serve and taking a worker's time is an "issue".
You pay for an "extra".
But just go in every other BAR in Italy and they will serve you on the table, free of charge.
It is still more polite to always ASK "may you bring it to the table?", BEFORE to sit down and wait for someone to serve you.
You still need to pay at the counter, anyway, either before or after, not at the table.
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Same is for the spoon.
And especially for the *"Can you cut my pizza?".*
You probably met a very impolite waiter, because in North Italy is not uncommon that THEY are the ones who ask you if you want them to cut it for you.
*And who's the CRIMINAL who told you that you can only have a beer with a pizza?*
*You can totally order wine!*
In Sicily we rarely eat pasta at dinner. Why? Because we've already eaten it at lunch!
Pizza and pasta are not the only food we eat in Italy. We enjoy and know how to cook every single dish. The reason is that we love to eat well and that's why italian food is the best in the world.
Scarpetta is very common in Greece too! I believed that everyone in the world did this, until this video.
Is it 😱🤩🤩🤩 even in the restaurant? Can I do this?
Gosh I love Greek food 😌 I’ll be happy to finish everything to the last drop when I’m in Athens in November 😋
@@AnnaGoldmanTravel We tend to do this in restaurants when eating with people we are more comfortable with. If you are in a restaurant that may be more formal, you can use a fork to move the piece of bread on the plate.That's totally acceptable.There is a lot of flavour in the sauce, you shouldn't miss it.
@@agapibako3048 🤩🤩🤩 brilliant! Thank you very much indeed 🤗
I’ll be using this bread for sure 😉
How interesting! Different countries and very similar habits 🙂
American family from coastal Tuscany. We always scarpetta.
A slice of toast, dry, or an almond and anise biscotti, with espresso for breakfast.
A big Sunday meal at 1pm.
A big salad after the meal.
Weekday lunch was a little pasta from the bowl in the fridge that was always there. A little tonno with it.
Dinner was a little leftover from lunch or cheese and a piece of fruit.
Scarpetta is used in ALL Italy.
Maybe if your are in a expensive restaurant u use the fork instead of hand to drain the sauce, but in cheaper places we use hand.
Very nice Anna! Love your videos, specially about food in Rome, which happens to be my hometown, born in Rome but left when I was not even three years old to Madrid, Spain, now I live in the United States. Although I'm a grown retired man, watching all this and looking at you in Rome, it bring tears to my eyes. Forza Roma, ciao carina, tu sei belissima.
Great video Anna! I really like every one of these customs (especially that you can get a coffee at a bar) and I myself had the humor of ordering a latte and getting a glass of milk 😂. Really looking forward to go to Italy again (probably I won't though this year)!
About scarpetta: at home, surely we all in Italy do it, in all regions. It would be a waste of food, not a good thing. But I think that maybe it is not too much usual doing it in a restaurant, unless it is an osteria/trattoria: in a posh one it would be a bit strange. In Rome or in general in the southern of Italy we are more open and sensible about food.
About pasta/pizza everyday: pizza is not commonly eaten everyday, at home you need a lot of time to cook it, we usually eat it once a week. Pasta is usually eaten almost everyday, but not a dinner: in Italy, mostly in the southern, we use to eat very late at evening (when I was a kid in my family dinner was at 10/11 pm), since you have to go to sleep, it's not good to eat pasta/rice and things that need a long time to be digested, so we usually eat beef or salad, sides.
This is related to the fact that after lunch, especially in the South, all locals/shops are closed: we need to digest haha. In Catania, Sicily, on sunday it always seems like the apocalyps: the lunch of sunday is the lunch with all family, you have to cook during the morning, then eat until 4, at least, it's exhausting.
It's not common to pay for drink your coffee at the table, I think it's happening mostly in touristic city
Thank god im going to Italy and was worried if I was tired I’d pay to sit lol
unfortunately they do it but only in the very centre of the city where the bars are very expensive, therefore to be avoided..
..or in upscale bars.
In the whole country we do scarpetta, you don't need tto be from rome. It is based on the principle that the food is sacred and you would never wasted it.
Kisses from sicily
Scarpetta is generally done at home in England.
A bit of buttered bread to mop up the gravy, delish.
But you don't have to scarpetta if you don't want to, and just use the potato on your plate. Mash, mash!
Really??? 😱 I was living in the wrong part of England then 😄
Potato - thats cool! Great idea!
But I’ve really never seen anyone doing it I’m the restaurant 🙄 until I came to Rome 😉😃
First time visit to your channel and I liked it. Thanks & ciao!
hi Anna, scarpetta is a usual thing even in northern Italy (Mantova in my case), but we call it: pociare (potchárey), means: to dip bread in your plate
Many of the things you say fall more into personal habits and not traditions and if you spoke to a hundred Italians everyone would tell you something different. For example, eating pasta for dinner, many don't do it, but I do because I almost never eat it for lunch. Then there are also those who eat it for lunch and dinner. The "scarpetta" is in use throughout Italy, perhaps somewhere it is called differently. Sometimes you see people using a spoon to help themselves eat pasta. It is rarer to see a knife used for pasta (it is done with small children when they eat spaghetti for example).
What you tell in the end is your experience and it doesn't necessarily represent the Italian tradition, also because wherever you go you find tradition.
"scarpetta" : I did it in the restaurant of George V in paris (3* Michelin), it is considered very impolite in theory in France, but the waitrer told me "you are quite right" :)
Everything that is edible on the plate must be eaten, it is an ancient rule that Maria de Medici was unable to teach the French.
12.23 No! You can ask pizza cut when ordering (They have a special wheel to do it in a second). But you will never ask your waiter to do it for you...
In Italy you have to pay the service for a coffe at the table only if the bar Is in a turistic or popular site.
Ciao, you are very talented and very nice. I live in Rome but I suggest you also visit Abruzzo and try its specialties and the quiet life of small villages. a warm greeting, Romano.
The scarpetta is made everywhere in Italy, as long as there is a good sauce to finish ... and go...even if the most snobbish say it is rude, but it is too good
Sometime Italians like to exaggerate on these “rules” when in the presence of foreigners. It is a little bit more flexible than they tell you
But still Italians get offended when you try to cut pasta with a knife 😁 and look very surprised when you tease them with pizza with ananas 😉
@@AnnaGoldmanTravel maybe not offended but surprised (and disgusted). 😂 btw pizza as we know is only relatively recent (tomatoes did not exist in Europe until the 1500) and the name comes from the Greek Pita
@@AnnaGoldmanTravel more than offended we simply find ridiculous cutting the pasta, I mean, why do you have to cut it?! We used to cut the pasta just for small kids..
About the pineapple pizza I think it's just a way of Italians people to underlined that we do the real pizza.. But usually in an italian pizzeria you can find even more than 20 differents pizza, so we really put everything on it.. But the fruit.. Mmm it doesn't seem to match really well but I've never tried so, who knows..
Scarpetta was used to be a in house habits in order to avoid to leave any tiny part of the food in the plate. It's now used also in restaurants like Osterias , Trattorias BUT DON'T DO IN FANCY RESTAURANT where you supposed to go to having a culinary experience an not just to eat because you're hungry
😂 Thanks for heads-up . I don't want to feel shy once i'm there next week lol
I Cosa mangiamo oggi che fanno la scarpetta nei tristellati
Hi Anna!!! Really congrats for your videos. As Italian very appreciated. Im from Venice and yes we use to do Scarpetta also here. Come in Venice next time to make a huge video in this beautiful city!!!!
about the reason why you call it 'latte' in USA or England i'm quite sure it's because some decades ago somebody heard some italian immigrant that called it 'caffellatte' and thought that 'latte' was a kind of specification for the coffee that identified it instead of another ingredient and after that, by common practice, was removed the part 'caffè' and was left the other part 'latte', but it was actually 'caffè e latte' (coffee and milk) said together in a rush.
Love this thank you for sharing!
Aww thank you so much 🤗 I’m glad you enjoyed it
Stay safe ❤️
Also what americans and english call latte exists in every bar in Italy but it's called caffelatte.
yes it's a diminutive .. as usual instead of saying the looooong "caffelatte" they say "latte" .. it's incredible how much ignorance there is about so many things ..
I'm from Sardinia and we know and do scarpetta since childwood. Never thought was a Rome thing. :)
True, shops are closed at lunch time in Italy (now I live in UK and it really seems incredible to me how I used to go out at 5 pm as the shops were opening again after lunch break and here at 5 everything is shutting down). But for Sardinia and I think also most of the south, if you went there in the summer is just normal, people don't go out of their homes in the heat. At 2 pm in my region, in summer could be 40 degrees. It's just because you don't want to die xD lol
Ci stava dando degli scansafatiche.. A noi sardi..
Yea.. in Lombardy scarpetta is quite common but is considered a little rude if you are in a really fancy restaurant ,but is ok at home or in a Trattoria .
BTW according to the etiquette ( Galateo ) it can be done "scarpetta " on informal occasions but not on formals one.
Aww I thought so 🤩🤩 so my observation was correct then. Thank you so much 🤗
Only I also ordered cornetto in Milan 🙄 you can guess what happened 😉😁
But I really love both - Lazio, Lombardia - so different in fact and yet so great!
@@AnnaGoldmanTravel : yea, i know.
We dont have cornetto, we have brioche ( ok is same thing but is not.. theoretically the brioche is with eggs and the cornetto without...and less sugar... is complicated ... )
Let's say it's fun and interesting that each region does different things a bit randomly. :P
@@doc7440 absolutely! I would say every region of Italy is fascinating and has so many interesting things to offer ☺️
But I work with Milan mainly 😉 so your business culture is much closer to mine 😁
South of Italy is absolutely gorgeous for holiday and North is definitely for doing business in style 😉
I wish you a great week ahead! Ill be in Lombardia soon again 🙌🏻
@@AnnaGoldmanTravel : Milan is a somewhat atypical city
If you happen to take a tour of the valleys such as Valtellina, Valsassina or Bergamo, you will discover different aspects of Lombardy, starting with food: P
@@doc7440 absolutely! That gorgeous part of Italy is planned for the next year 😉 I have quite a good projects all the way to Bolzano 🙂
Can’t wait to try Northern Italian cuisine 😌
Hi, i'm born and live in Tuscany, every place in italy is similar but different.
"scarpetta" is a sign of appreciation of the dish.
Coffee at the table, i live between 3 cities: Florence, Pisa, Lucca. The extra price of coffee at table is applied only on some high level bars or center city bars, out of the cities almost no bars ask you for an overprice if you drink or eat at a table (i do it usually because when i drink my cappuccino i use to read the newspaper at the table, no overprice) at least in Tuscany.
Pizza, you can ask to have the pizza cut in 4 or 8 slices, some restaurants serve the pizza already cutted in 4.
I tried ananas pizza, is unusual but i like it. Next time you'll visit Italy, please come to Tuscany. Visit Florence and Pisa you'll not regret!
Apparently there is a Starbucks in Rome and one in Milano. I actually wanted to visit the one in Rome to see the differences but ran out of time. I have been to Starbucks in Greece and Turkey. They were surprisingly busy and honestly they do it better than the US with better food options. I have been to McDonalds in Italy and I'd say they are a little better than the US version as well. My observation was that the main menu was more limited but the Cafe had more options. The food was fresher and had better packaging/presentation. Chicken tastes like actual chicken but the beef is a bit bland. I think the US has more of a production line mentality using inexpensive labor while the McDonalds I visited in the EU tended to be more professional.
There are 15 Starbucks in Italy and some more stores are opening.
But Starbucks in US "invented" the culture of coffee, in Italy it is only another cafe. It's almost the same that happens with McDonald's (and McDonald's is smarter than Starbucks, the menu is pretty italianized. Well, they need to italianized the menu, practically all the raw materials they use in the US cannot be imported into Europe. And Italy has even stricter regulations than Europe on agri-food. The 84% of McDonald's suppliers in Italy are Italian companies).
A few years ago in Italy there was a "war" between McDonald's and pizza makers (McDonald's made an advertisement in which a child went to a pizzeria asking for a Happy Meal). McDonald's Italy replied to the pizza chefs saying "hey, in Italy there are 615 McDonald's restaurant and 127.000 pizzerias, we are "the little", not you".
With Starbucks is the same thing, in Italy there are 150k bars, each serving an average of 175 cups of espresso per day (26.25M cups of espresso per day) to which you must add cappuccinos, macchiato, double coffees and all the other 30 common types of coffee served in Italy, all the not common types and all the coffee served in others places like offices, homes, restaurants etc...
In short, the coffee market in Italy is already saturated. Starbucks can find a little space, but only a little one, specially in big cities full of foreigners like Milan. 8 of the 15 Starbuck in Italy are in Milan.
Anyway, the first coffee shop opened in Italy - the Starbucks Reserve Roastery, a big coffee shop in a historic building - today is only a big debt with a ROI of -30%.
Your video is a breath of fresh air.
Just imagine doing the same video about your country… it is funny, isn’t it
The pizzas look so much better than the ones here. I enjoyed this video Anna, thank you.
Aww thank you so much Susan 🤗🤗 I’m so happy you enjoyed it 🙂
Are you planning to visit Italy soon?
@@AnnaGoldmanTravel I would love to return in the future. I enjoyed my visit there a few years ago now and found people to be so friendly. I have learned so much from your videos for both Italy and Norway, another beautiful country I have also visited.
@@susanashcroft2674 I’m so happy to help 🤗 I’m glad those videos were helpful and entertaining 🙂
Where are you from? 🙂
@@susanashcroft2674 indeed! Both Italians and Norwegians are very friendly 🙂 and happy to help ☺️
Which country do you like more? Italy or Norway?
As they are so different..
As soon as current situation gets better I’ll show you more countries 😉
@@AnnaGoldmanTravel I live in the North West UK.
Talking about pizza:
The first to talk about pizza was Virgil in the Aeneid!
In fact, in the book he talks about the place where the city that will dominate the world will be born. He writes that it will be born in the place where "the table will be dish". The ships of Aeneas stopped along the Tiber river for a rest and here they ate a kind of bread on which meat and vegetables were placed. This is what I remember!
Parlando di pizza:
Il primo a parlare di pizza fu Virgilio nell'Eneide!
Infatti nel libro parla del luogo dove dovrà nascere la città che dominerà il mondo. Scrive che nascerà nel luogo ove "il desco si farà piatto". Le navi di Enea si fermarono lungo il fiume Tevere per una sosta e qui mangiarono una specie di pane sul quale vennero messe carni e verdure. Questo è quanto mi ricordo!
We don't eat pasta in our italian dinner, only at lunch! ;)
I'm from Napoli, we eat pasta every single day at lunch but never at dinner. Usually we eat pizza once a week.
And, of course, God bless scarpetta.
Hi!!
The spoon is usually used for eat spaghetti or long pasta (tagliatelle, tagliolini, pici) in the South of Italy.
It's a typical way and sometimes at the restaurant the Waiter ask you if you need the spoon (always in the South of italy).
I always need the spoon for eat my spaghetti. :)
And about the coffee you need to pay the carghe for the table service only in the bar that are located in the more turistic area of the city or in elegant and expensive bar.
Hi! Everywhere in Italy, you do "scarpetta"! Kisses from Venice!
Thank you so much. I really enjoy you chanel about Italy. At least I will know a bit what do's and don'ts in Italy
Non è proprio così credimi
Yes for sure: I live in Northern Italy 50 Km W Milan and we use to do scarpetta AS WELL.
I think it's a widespread habit throughout Italy
In some regions of south in old time the spoon was used to eat spaghetti. Nowdays if you eat spaghetti with spoon you can either a foreigner or a child that still doesn't know how to use forchetta in the right way.
Oppure ognuno può mangiare la pasta come gli pare
@@marrykozakura9352 e' ovvio la puoi mangiare anche con le mani ma se la vuoi mangiare come si deve devi farlo con la forchetta senza il cucchiaio.
I'm from Genoa and we always do "la scarpetta" . Some say it is not polite to do it in the restaurant, but we do it anyway !
You can drink capuccino at every hour of the day, we usually drink it in the morning, but it's not a rule
Gas stations around town closed down on the weekend. You had to go to a service station on the Autostrada to get gas. Thank you for your videos. I will be retiring in Sardegna in a few years.
I'm near Venezia I do scarpetta very often
e ciò!
Ciao Anna
Sei molto simpatica😊
La scarpetta è un modo gustoso di finire il sughetto rimasto nel piatto ma è difficile vederlo fare nei ristoranti.
È più una usanza praticata in casa.
Se qualcuno fa la scarpetta nei locali appare un tantino maleducato o comunque non garbato
as far as pasta is concerned, I think it depends on the habits of the various families.
From me in the south, every day for lunch we eat pasta (of course there are thousands of recipes). While the spoon is often used at home and not in restaurants
🤩🤩🤩 South! Of course!
Where are you from? 🙂
I came back from Sicilia yesterday! 1 week = 4kg 😂😂😂
@@AnnaGoldmanTravel I'm from Palermo, Sicily.
What city have you visited? I hope you enjoyed it!
@@AnnaGoldmanTravel I have just seen that you have been to Catania and you have visited Etna! Beautiful city Catania, considered the second capital of Sicily
@@GaetanoSulDivano 🤩🤩🤩 I’ve been to Palermo only once in 2018 - before my ‘vlogging life’ 😁 but your area is on my list for the next year 😉
@@GaetanoSulDivano it’s absolutely gorgeous 😌 my god! I’m so in love with Sicilia! What a gorgeous place .. I already booked my next year trip 🙄 thank god you’ve got such a long holiday season 😉
Enjoy your videos Anna. Thank you. I was wondering, if willing to share, where Anna is from originally?
Thank you Anna, for all of your tips when going to Rome. We are heading there next week for 20 day’s. I will be sure to use all of your advice when I arrive
I'm from Bari and I'm not shocked because I am really Italian I'm glad you enjoy it 🇮🇹🇨🇦🥰👍🏻
Pasta: 3-4 times/week for me, usually for lunch, not for dinner. Pizza 1/month...
With pizza you can drink whatever you want: water, beer, prosecco, lambrusco, coke, shandy ... obviously it depend on your personal taste and the type of pizza. Scarpetta is popar everywhere. The spoon is used in south italy only with spaghetti or similar. Ciao
We usually eat pasta for lunch, if we can.
And on another note: honest bars don't charge service if you grab your coffee (or whatever) and take it to a table on your own. But if you go to a luxurious bar/caffetteria downtown, and you sit down, DO expect to get bloodsucked!!
I was in Italy and the most shocking experience was the Germans tradition to put socks with sandals when they travel in this country.
Starbucks in italy will fail, thats the motive because it dont open (there are like 3 in all italy), we drink GOOD short moka coffee 😅.
And the spoon for the pasta is something we usually consider that a cruel thing.
THE PIZZA NEED TO BE EATEN DRINKING BEER, THE FISH WITH THE WHITE WINE AND THE MEAT WITH RED WINE!!!!
And one last thing, its not our fault if someone had The brilliant idea of using an italian word to describe a way to do the coffee 🤣🤣, the name here is latte macchiato.
One other thing, the pasta is eaten like at least 4/5 times a week by almost every italian but usually we eat it for lunch.
All of the italians consider strange the way to eat in the rest of the world, when we eat in a restaurant we stay in there a lot of time, we talk with friends or whatever and italian days are different From others, going bed before 11 pm is like a crime in italy, when ive been in england ive been kicked out from a restaurant at 8 pm because they were closing, in italy NO ONE usually eates before 7:30 pm.
Just to be clear: i'm from Rome and i wanted to point out the things i consider imprecise or funny to know because obviously for me are normal 🤣
Thank you very much for such a great comment 😁👍🏼 amazing!
No One eats before 7:30 pm except Who Is in hospital😂😂😂
Hi Anna, I’m from Sicily. About spoon for pasta in Sicily we traditionally use to help roll spaghetti with a spoon as a cup, just like you see in Godfather movie. Italy,s got so many different regional traditions that nobody knows all them 😅
Starbucks has started to open shops in Italy too, but mainly in Milano, Roma and very few big malls.
And anyway is considered not a coffee shop, it’s Starbucks, with its fancy drinks shop, and this is the only reason has started opening shops. It’s fashionable.
For Italians, Starbucks American coffee is commonly considered as “dirty water”, or “Acqua sporca” in Italian. 😂 just a watered coffee
Yes but they are for turist
Please note : on the "spoon factor", IT'S NOT ALWAYS THE SAME EVERYWHERE. While it's not a rule to have your pasta with a spoon, SOME will prefere to eat pasta types like spaghetti, or tagliatelle / fettuccine, or other types of long pasta, with a fork ALONG WITH the spoon. You just use the spoon as an aid to pick your pasta with the fork, and it's more likely that when both tools are used you will put it to your mouth with the fork, but you have "gathered" your pasta in the fork with the aid of the spoon, and some will use the spoon instead, "twisting" their long pasta with the fork but, after that, they will put their mouthful of pasta in the spoon and then take it to their mouth. I often always do that, with long types of pasta, and i can assure you i'm not the one to do that. Some consider doing so if not a bit rude let's say a bit "homely", but it can be a very effective way to bypass the hassle of taking all of the mouthful of spaghetti or sorts by fork. Just my two cents. I reiterate, it does not go for everybody, everywhere, and even in zones where it is a relatively widespread habit, it may vary depending on which "primo" you are eating. Be well and thank you for your work in spreading my country's traditions, uses and modes.
Ciao! I'm an Italian girl! let me start by telling you that your videos about Italy are very nice and I love your point of view.
Everywhere in Italy you make the "scarpetta" if you really like what you are eating, someone does it and someone does not, it depends a lot on personal taste but it is simple normality and if someone tells you that it should not be done, it is blasphemy ahahah.
Regarding lunch and dinner, it depends a lot on the area you are in, basically everywhere for lunch you almost always eat pasta and for dinner meat or fish but each region has its typical dishes, in the south for example you eat a lot of carbohydrates always and in any case ahah while in the north, especially in Milanese families, salads go a lot. And if you want to eat speghetti with a spoon, do it! 😄 Do as you find most comfortable because it is just a rule of etiquette but in reality everyone does what he wants.
Just please 🙏🏼 don't cut the spaghetti!! 😄
Interesting! Here some notes from the North Italy 😉
- scarpetta Is absolutely ok also in Turin
- pizza Is something you get once or twice a month, it's impossible to eat pizza every day 😅
- "riposo" Is common in the south, in the north it doesn't happen
- sturbucks does exist 😋
- no wine with pizza, right! Beer only 👍
All over Italy we do "scarpetta", so do in Milan. It's just a sort of licking a plate but in an educated manner. It means you really enjoyed what you have just eaten. It's not a lack of "poshness" or fussiness, since it sounds you think that way about Milanesi. Same if you go to Asia people while eating make a lot of noise, but it is well regarded as you are really enjoying what you are eating, which is a bit awkward for us european. We actually have Starbucks in Milan, it's just not as spread as in other countries because italians are used and prefer to go to a bar to drink a coffee as well as to eat a good pizza then go to mcdonald if you want a quick meal (last one doesn't suit for every italian). You asked a waiter to cut your pizza? 🤣🤣🤣What answer did you expect?
Points that you highlighted are valid on almost all italian territory.
Hi😊
The fact of cutting the pizza into slices for you I believe it depends on which region, which restaurant/pizzeria you eat pizza and whether the restaurant is very busy or not. In the region Calabria in several restaurants/pizzerie if you ask the waiter for the pizza to be cutted when you order food, the chef, in this case the "pizzaiolo" (the one who makes pizzas) will cut the pizza into slices. Some time they slightly cut the pizza into slices (not cutting deeply, completely, but that helps the customer anyway) even if you don't ask for it.
As for the wine with pizza, yes the most of italians usually prefer beer with pizza. Personally, sometimes I really like drinking wine with pizza, why not? 😊
Ciao carissima, If you are really hungry tell the waitres to bring your main course while your friends eat the antipasto. Simple like this.
Ciao ciao cara.
Possibile che l'americano medio non sappia dire che queste banalitá a proposito dell'Italia ? Questo conferma che il loro bagaglio culturale è veramente limitato
Lei non è americana, dall'accento sembra di madrelingua nordica. Poi questo video non ha niente a che vedere con il bagaglio culturale di una persona, non sono nient'altro che supposizioni sbagliate magari basate su un sentito dire o su una esperienza unica e generalizzata.
The first time i came to Italy, they asked if i drink coffee.. it was after lunch so I said cappucino 🤪they gave me a big cup like for breakfast! 2nd: They serve eggs at lunch or dinner... I am used to eat eggs at BREAKFAST for years!
Hello Anna. In Italy there are Starbucks and they are also good.
With pizza you can drink whatever you want, beer, wine, water, coke, orangeade, excluding milk drinks.
Better to use a spoon to wrap spaghetti than to keep it hanging in your mouth.
The pizzas are more than Romana and Napoletana. Our culture is less formal than it sometimes appears but you'll learn. Thanks anyway.
Il cucchiaio per gli spaghetti? 😱
@@rofu6806 capiamoci. Ho detto che piuttosto che inforcare gli spaghetti in bocca, metà dentro e metà fuori penzolanti che poi ricadono nel piatto dopo averli morsi... meglio usare il cucchiaio! Non credi?
Io chiaramente non lo uso ma vedo come mangiano certi, anche autoctoni.
Hi, yes, the scarpetta is in our tradition in the islands of Malta. After all, we are close to Sicily and Italy that our customery habits have been shared along our history..
I m from north east italy and scarpetta is a normal thing as well. I actually get annoyed if i see someone not doing it
Veneto? 😉 I still need to finally make it to North East. I feel like I’m stuck between Rome - Milan and the very South 😁
But yeah .. I have to travel around other places in Italy for sure 😉
@@AnnaGoldmanTravel actually from Friuli, but i'm half veneto. Anyway, wherever you go within Italy you ll be amazed of what you can see and eat. Veneto is beautiful with city of art, sea, hills, lakes, mountains to entertain you in any season. It' s not just Venice, beautiful city or towns are verona, padova, treviso, vicenza, bassano, marostica, chioggia, asolo, possagno, conegliano, caorle, portogruaro, cortina, corvara just to mention few.
In Friuli similarly you can enjoy among the best white wimes and some hams among which prosciutto di san daniele. Towns worthwhile are trieste, udine, pordenone, gorizoa, palmanova, sacile, aquileia, san vito al tagliamento, maniago, cividale, san daniele...
@@marcotesser9446 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩 I’m already 100% sold to explore your part of Italy 😌 gosh that sounds amazing!
Let me digest a week of intense eating in Sicilia and I’ll start planning my next gastro trips 😉😁
My families roots are in Sicily, Palermo to be exact. I currently live and was born in New York. And my father has been cleaning his plate with bread ever since I can remember. I'm 62 years old and have been Scarpetta-ing my whole life also. ( did i just make up that word ) :) I'm so happy there was a word for this ( Scarpetta ) Love it Thank You Anna
No pizza with pinapple. In Italy,it's a crime...😂😂😂
It's a crime everywhere
Une des meilleures gastronomie au monde, il y'a d'autres biensur chère Anna🌈🌍🌈
There are not only two types of pizza in Italy .. But there is also the Apulian pizza, the Sicilian pizza (sfincione Palermitano), then we also have the pizza AL TAGLIO which is eaten in take away pizzerias .. Italy is beautiful because it varies
Anna, I really have enjoyed this video. I'm curious about where you are originally from since your accent doesn't sound as though you are a Londoner.
I am an American-Sicilian from New Jersey who now lives in Canada. I can assure you that scarpetta was a very common practice in our home. I can also tell you that pineapple on pizza (Hawaiian) was invented by a greek, Sam Panopoulos, who owned the Satelite Restaurant in Chatham, Ontario. (I've been to the Satelite many times but NEVER FOR A HAWAIIAN PIZZA!) As the actor, Steve Schirripa, says to actress Vanessa Ray, in the TV series Blue Bloods - they're in a restaurant in New York and she tells him she likes pineapple on pizza. He says to her, "if you eat pineapple on pizza, you're dead to me". She gives a nervous laugh, and he says, "no, I'm not kidding"! I'm sure that pineapple on pizza is one of those things that you can be burned alive for in Italy.
As for eating spaghetti with a spoon, as you saw in The Godfather, that is a standard Italian practice in the USA and The Godfather is an American story. My American-Italian family told me that only non-Italians eat spaghetti with a fork only. You have set the record straight.
Canada 🤩🤩 gosh this is amazing!
I would love love love visiting your new home country one day 🙌🏻
Well… I was born in Russia, spent a lot of time in Israel (grandmother , you know 😁) then moved to the UK, then moved to Norway and lived more than 7 years in Italy , in Rome 😉 sooo.. I guess I have a mixture of accents 😁
My goal is to be clear to the point that every person who can speak basic English would be able to understand me 😉
Let me tell my Roman family about invention of pineapple pizza 😈 I guess I’ll learn a few more nasty words in Italian 🤭