Italian cuisine

Boot-shaped land makes South and North Italy with different climates and topography have their own unique cooking styles. It is the biggest feature of Italian food to show its hospitable and friendly character at the dinner table.

What's on the Menu

A formal traditional Italian dinner usually has four or five dishes. Besides choosing from the menu, you can also refer to the Set menu which is updated regularly. Although there are fewer choices (about three choices for each dish), the amount of feces will be less than that of casual calls.

the first course

Italian name is Antipasto, which means "before eating". It can be divided into cold (such as ham sausage, salad or vinegar-pickled vegetables, etc.) and hot (fried and fried dishes such as fried squid, etc.) starter dishes, and also can be mixed dishes (Misto), that is, the combination of starter dishes with less weight but more choices.

the first course

mainly refers to Zuppe, spaghetti or Risotto, which is Primo Pratto in Italian. Since there is still a main course afterwards, the portion will be smaller.

The second course/main course

is the soul of the whole dinner, mainly seafood or meat dishes. Caicai style is cooked by barbecue or deep-frying, and can be eaten with salt or olive oil added to the table at will.

dessert

how can a menu be perfect without dessert? The Italian dessert Dlolce itself means "sweet". Usually after enjoying the main course.

the way to order food

is basically a first dish, followed by spaghetti and main course, and finally dessert. Those who have a big appetite can order an extra portion of cheese (Formaggi) before eating dessert, and they can also choose to share a plate of spaghetti, but they must explain it when ordering.

Italian food dining memo

There must be no shortage of bread and olive oil on the table of an Italian restaurant. There are various kinds of Pane. Generally, a variety of breads will be served before appetizers are served. You can directly put your favorite bread on the bread plate with your finger, or put it on the napkin if there is no plate. When eating, you can dip some olive oil or Italian vinegar (sweet and sour), which has a more unique flavor than eating with butter.

The well-known Pizza was originally made for the convenience of take-out, and rarely appeared in high-end restaurants, but only appeared in the form of appetizer platter at Misto. Authentic Italian pancakes are thin and crisp, only covered with tomato sauce, cheese, olives or herbs (such as spicy spinach Rucloa). When eating, it is easier to cut them into palatable sizes with a knife and fork or roll them up.

Pasta in Italian food is ever-changing, and it is said that there are more than 3 styles alone. Besides spaghetti, Risotto is also a popular choice for the first course. The stew cooked with cheese and clear soup has a hard taste and high humidity. In addition, Gnocchi is a choice with strong family flavor.

Since the weight of spaghetti is generally not light, it is best to share it with others in order to avoid leftovers, but the request must be made in advance, and the chef will allocate appropriate weight to each person. Putting several kinds of food on a plate by yourself will mix different sauces, which will affect the original taste and respect the chef's behavior.

Vegetarianism is not popular in Italian cuisine. Vegetables mainly play a supporting role in the main course and accompanying dishes, but you can also ask the chef if necessary.

after the main course is dessert time, you can choose cheese or dessert. Some restaurants will put several desserts on silver trolleys and send them to you for selection.

after dessert, you can order drinks, mostly coffee, black tea or Digestivo. Generally, you can order Espresso, but Cappuccino with milk is also acceptable.

After eating in a fancy Italian restaurant, you often have the opportunity to meet the chef and have a chat. This is quite common in Italy. Besides their friendly personality, chefs (especially those who are also operators) also want to listen to the opinions of their guests. So if you want to express your appreciation to the chef after dinner, you can ask the waiter to invite the chef out to talk.

punctuality is very important when invited by Italians for dinner. Although it is not advisable to arrive early, it should not be more than 1 to 15 minutes later. It is considered impolite to avoid the whole social time before dinner and arrive at the beginning of the meal.

Italian cuisine features

The Italian peninsula is long and narrow in the north and south, and the climate and geographical situation between the north and the south are very different, resulting in their own cooking characteristics. The northern part is adjacent to France, and there are many dairy dishes with cream, which should be considered as heavy and simple to season. In the south, a lot of tomato sauce, dried tomatoes, peppers and olive oil are used, which is rich in flavor.

Italian summer recipes mainly focus on seafood, and many cooking methods such as barbecue, steaming or boiling are used to keep the original flavor of the materials, and only salt and a small amount of pepper are used for seasoning, because chefs believe that too much seasoning will mask the fresh flavor of seafood from the sea.

menu declded-commonly used words on the menu

dishes: Insalata salad, Saltati stir-fry, Minestra soup, elato ice cream, orbetto sherbet, Cioccolato net baking, al Forno baking, Lesso water boiling, Umido stewing

ingredients: Aglio garlic, Pomodoro tomato (dried tomato is Pomodoro Secchi, Fresh tomato juice is Pomodoro E Basilico), Peperoncino pepper, Olio d'Oliva olive oil

Sauce: Arrabbiata sauce (such as Penne Arrabbiata), Nero di Seppia cuttlefish juice

Material: Panceta Italian bacon, Piccioncino squab, Calamaretti squid, Capesante tape, Gamberoni fresh shrimp, Aragosta lobster, La Sogliola dragon's shell, Filetto beef tenderloin, Fegato beef liver

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So Italians often say, "There is no Italian food in Italy, but only authentic local food."

Pizza and noodles

when it comes to Italian food, we are most familiar with pizza and Pasta. According to different cooking methods and seasonings, simple pasta can have endless changes.

pizza, for example, can be divided into round iron plate baked and square iron plate baked according to different shapes; According to different practices, it is divided into pancakes and thick cakes. The ingredients added to the cake are even richer: the pizza with tomatoes and cheese is called PizzaMargherita；; Tomatoes with cheese and mushrooms are called PizzaconFunghi；; Tomatoes with cheese, mushrooms and ham are called PizzaconFunghieProsciutto；; The tomato with cheese and sardines is called PizzaNapoletana；; The tomato sauce with spices is called PizzaMarinara；; PizzaconPeperoni； is added to the meat slices with yellow green peppers; Seafood pizza is called PizzaPescatore.

so if you don't know a little Italian, you'll be confused about so many names.

Pasta is the general term for pasta. Legend has it that Kyle Poirot, an Italian traveler, was deeply in love with China's noodles when he traveled to China, and brought them back to Italy, but he was afraid that it would be a long journey and could not be preserved, so he thought of drying them. The method of drying noodles was recorded in detail in his travel notes "A Record of the East". Today's pasta is a low-calorie carbohydrate made by kneading wheat flour with water or eggs and salt.

There are numerous kinds of pasta, which can be roughly divided into three types according to their shapes and tastes: long noodles, short noodles and egg noodles. The long face is represented by Spaghetti. Short faces include Macaroni, Penne, Conchiglie, Fusilli, butterfly and so on. Egg noodles are noodles made by kneading wheat flour and eggs, which are more elastic and tasty. There are many kinds of noodles, such as Tagliatelle, Fettuccine and Lasagne.

generally speaking, northern Italy prefers lasagna, tubular noodles and noodles dumplings, and the central Italy eats more pimples, while southern Italy holds the tradition of using dried noodles. The sauce and ingredients for each noodle must also be different. For example, thin sauce or olive oil is suitable for long noodles, with mushrooms or cuttlefish, clams and cod seafood; Short noodles are suitable for thick sauce, and meat noodles are delicious.

Italian cuisine in Shanghai

The Pallando Italian restaurant in Portman Ritz-Carlton Shanghai can be said to be the flagship of Italian cuisine in Shanghai.

Palando Restaurant is named after the famous Italian architect AndreaPalladio(158-158). His works include the cathedral and many other buildings in Vicenza, northeastern Italy, and his architectural designs are mostly with stable arches. This style was passed down later, and it was named after him as the Palandot School.

Palando Restaurant has set up three Palando-style arches just at the entrance of the hotel, the main entrance of the restaurant and the other end of the restaurant, which makes people feel the deep Italian style inadvertently. The lighting design of the restaurant dome is unique, and the lighting and natural light are perfectly integrated. Inspired by the decoration of the Venetian Governor's Office, Japanese fiber optics technology was first applied to the lighting in the middle wall of the restaurant, which made the changing lighting become a landscape of the restaurant and created an elegant atmosphere.

Lando Restaurant invites chef AngeloSabatelli, who has won many international awards, as the chief executive. Sabatelli grew up on the Adriatic coast, which is rich in natural healthy vegetables, fish, shellfish and olive oil in the Mediterranean, all of which endow him with a natural ability to cook authentic Italian food.

Mr. p>Sabatelli's specialties include: stewed rice with Masala wine soaked foie gras mixed with saffron; Delicious seafood with fresh asparagus risotto; Roman roast chicken with round peppers, olives and spices; Braised clams, roasted tomatoes and olives; Hot chocolate pudding with vanilla ice cream; Tanlamisu dessert, etc.

Because he likes drilling by nature, he has been studying the cooking methods of various dishes in the kitchen and constantly developing new menus, so Lando Restaurant can have a brand-new menu every season. If you have a chance to eat at Palan's restaurant one day, you may even have a chance to ask Sabatelli for some tips on Italian food.

The drinks in Palando Restaurant are also worth mentioning. For example, wine vinegar for appetizing and digestion. These wine vinegars are all made from traditional high-quality German wines. Wine vinegar is contained in slender glass bottles, all of which are made by hand. When tasting, wine vinegar will be poured into a special long-handled glass. Slowly and lightly, the taste of mellow and sour vinegar exudes a sweet smell of honey and a unique fragrance of wine. The wonderful taste and the strange glass complement each other and people are amazed.

wine vinegar has always been regarded by Europeans as the most distinguished gift for entertaining guests and a panacea for strengthening the body, because wine vinegar has a powerful sterilization function, can promote the body's metabolism, help digest carbohydrates and decompose fat, and is also rich in vitamins B1, B12, C, nicotinic acid and minerals such as calcium, magnesium and phosphorus.