What makes good Italian food and a great Italian restaurant? This precisely what I think.
Italy has a wonderful tradition of fine nutrients. Italian food’s importance to Italian culture cannot be overstated. It is one of several central elements, and why don’t it be? Think about Italy’s geography for a second:
It runs the distance from north to south. Therefore, is an efficient wide array of accelerating seasons and soil types. This means a rich diversity of ingredients for food.
It is a peninsula, meaning can nearly surrounded in the sea but also connected to the cost Eurasian land muscle. There is an abundance of fresh seafood and foreign ingredients from neighboring lands.
It sits between Europe and Africa in the Mediterranean. All Mediterranean cultures have excellent food traditions from North Africa to Lebanon and Israel, France, Greece, Spain and, of course, Toscana.
When you involving noodles and pasta, you probably imagine Italy, but those wonderful inventions located Italy from China thanks to Marco Polo. It reveals a lot about Italian food culture that something so basic became along with Italy even though it did not originate there.
Anyway, food can be a key element of Italian culture. Therefore, the food is regarded as important part of this restaurant. Of course, a great Italian restaurant will have a great wine list, a clean and chic decor, and wonderful service, but a good Italian restaurant will immediately get by on great food alone, whether or not they have a crummy wine list, poor service, also dingy decoration schemes.
By the way, if you leave an “Italian” restaurant hungry, it’s not always authentic. A white tablecloth and high bill do attain a great great bistro making. Frankly, I can’t stand those fancy Italian restaurants in Manhattan that charge a fee $400 for a morsel that forces you to want to stop for a slice of pizza in route home. A great Italian ristorante will leave you full, not stuffed, but full.
The second aspect of a great Italian restaurant is needed. The service will be warm and professional, even though overly friendly. Wedding ceremony orders are taken and the meal gets rolling, there isn’t a should be nearly invisible. Run — don’t walk — from any Italian restaurant where the waitperson address the table like this:
“How you doin’ at some point?” when ladies are seated while dining. This is most un-Italian of such. An Italian would never call women “guy.” There is spaghetti-and-meatballs-type places, the waiter might say, “How is everyone today?” The won’t tarry with small talk in the white-tablecloth places, not the good ones, need. It is all about the meal properly comfort.
The third aspect connected with a great Italian restaurant could be the ambiance. I’m not sure what it is, but Italians appear to be able to have a wonderful atmosphere anywhere. I have eaten at places in strip malls in the suburban areas of Denver — as un-romantic an environment as have to — that come close to great. A totally outstanding Italian restaurant will just have a certain feeling from the instant you walk in the door, a warmth and maybe a glow that can’t be described.
So the priorities are food first, service second, and a ambiance final. If all three are met, you say that a great Italian bistro.
Ciro & Sal’s
4 Kiley Ct, Provincetown, MA 02657
(508) 487-6444