EXCLUSIVE You've been doing Italy all wrong! Italians reveal the popular dishes you should NEVER order on your Roman holiday and the tell-tale sign of a bad restaurant Chefs told MailOnline how to find authentic local restaurants for the best meals But, if you're dreaming of spaghetti Bolognese...
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and you've been making Yorkshire puddings all wrong By Esther Marshall Published: 17:56, 4 August 2024 | Updated: 17:56, 4 August 2024 e-mail View comments You've been holidaying in Italy all wrong! You've been drinking cappuccinos at the wrong time of day, eating 'fake' Italian cuisine and dining at tourist trap restaurants locals wouldn't touch with a Venetian canal pole. Help is at hand, though, thanks to Ettore Bocchia, executive chef at Grand Hotel Villa Serbelloni on Lake Como, Lorenzo Nigro, head chef at Archway restaurant in Battersea, and the ‘mammas’ from London ’s La Mia Mamma restaurants , a small chain where Italian mothers cook their regional dishes for diners. Here they've revealed the do's, don'ts and definitely don'ts of eating out in Italy.
The worst tourist faux pas Italian chefs spoke to MailOnline about the rules of dining out in Italy - from social faux pas to spotting tourist trap trattoria. The 'Mammas' from La Mia Mamma restaurants in London, above, even noted that one menu item should make you 'run away' Lorenzo Nigro (left), head chef at Archway in Battersea, says 'tourists don't always choose the right pla.