Learn What To Order In Italy

T raveling to a foreign land       orders so expect to find groups    is not complete without         of food under certain categories   tasting the local delicacy      like before meals, main course     and menu of the place. It             and dessert.                       wouldn’t definitely be complete                                          to travel in Italy without            To translate the Italian           tasting the country’s own pasta       categories from the menu, we       and pizza. Just imagine, it’s         start with food like mozzarella    like visiting the United States       in carrozza or crostini. These     without tasting their burger,         types of food are served “before   shake, fries and hotdogs.             the meal” so it’s called                                                 L'antipasto in Italian.            It’s a must to dine out at least                                         once at an Italian’s local            First course servings already      restaurant, autogrill, osteria or     include pasta, risotto and soup    the trattoria. But before you         (zuppa). It is called “Il Primo”   engage yourself to the sumptuous      in Italian. Next is the second     Italian dishes, you have to           course serving and it includes     painstakingly order something         heavy meals and it is also         right? Don’t be scared in reading     regarded as the main course.       the Italian words in the menu.        Meat, poultry or fish are what     The thing is that, menus in           this meal offers and it is called  Italian restaurants are entirely      by Italians “Il secondo”.          done in the Italian language. To                                         clue you in further, you only         Then, there’s also the side dish   need to know the food under           and dessert after the main         Italian descriptions which follow     course. Usually, the Italian side  the order of the meal. It is          dish consists of melanzane         common in Italy to serve              (eggplant), spinaci (spinach), or  different plates for specific         insalata mista (mixed salad),      yes, it’s all vegetables and it’s     it is made of custard.             called “Il contorno” by Italians.                                                                              There, now that you know how to    Now the dessert is plainly called     properly identify Italian food     “Il dolce” and as always, it’s        from a menu, you can now truly     mostly sweets. There are a wide       enjoy your meal and your stay in   variety of desserts served in         Italy.                             Italian restaurants but most of        About the Author: Shareen Aguilar is a writer for http://learn-Italian-program.com which has Memory Improvement Books and Memory Game Software for better Italian language memorization. Read more articles by: Shareen Aguilar Article Source: www.iSnare.com