Foodtopia Moments

For pranzo (lunch) today, I decided to stop at a sidewalk café right in the middle of one of the most ritzy streets in Italy. Surrounded by stores like Montblanc, Prada, Louis Vuitton, and Tiffany & Co, I had a delicious plate of spaghetti alla carbonara, which is spaghetti with egg yolk, bacon, cheese, and pepper. It was cooked perfectly. After pranzo, I went out to a gelato place that was recommended by my tour guide. I had eaten gelato in Florence and at Milan’s train station at a fancy chain. Neither of those was very good. This place today, however, was the best I’ve had outside of my favorite places in the Molise region.