Only did one group tour for my trip, and on this group tour it clearly stated that lunch we would be on our own at our own cost, and I was fine with that. Then on the bus with my fellow tour group our director said that there is a restaurant that offers us a 1st and 2nd course, wine and water for 16 euros, we only have to specify if we want a meat dish or veggie dish for our 1st course and the 2nd course was a local favorite dish and we have to pay before we get there
Well I sure do like preset menus and prices and I like trying local things and really when in Italy, do as the others.
So I pitched in my 16 euros and said I'm a veggie dish (yes yes I normally would be a meat eater, but I had been missing veggies in my life, you can only live off bread and meat for so long haha)
We got into Tirano and was told to wait a few minutes and then make our way to the restaurant, we were a group of 45 and we slowly made our way up the hill and towards the restaurant and after about a 10 minute wait we were told our tables were ready, at 1st glance I had no idea how this place was going to fit all of us, but we went in single file into the restaurant (single file because that's how narrow it was) and before I knew it our line was moving up a few flights of stairs. We made it to the 2nd floor and it was a huge room for all us.
Bread, water and wine where already at the table waiting for.
1st course came out and since I was a veggie, it was a caprese salad, this was a fresh tasting salad, can't really mess it up, its tomato, mozzarella and basil with seasoning, I was really happy to have veggies in my life. I can also tell you I was thrilled to have an unlimited flow of water to drink.
The 2nd course was the local favorite, it was pizzpccheri, buckwheat pasta with veggies and cheese, it was actually pretty good, the texture is different than the pasta we are used to, but it was hardy and good. I'm glad I tried it.
On the table was also bottles of red wine, these bottles of red wine were watery, like red juice, I will call it my red juice, because I personally drank over 1/2 a bottle of myself haha and before you know I was singing:
Red red wine, you make me feel so fine,
You keep me rockin' all of the time
Red red wine, you make me feel so grand,
I feel a million dollar when you're just in my hand
Haha
This was good meal for 16 euros, met some interesting people and share a meal and stories read more