We are moving from Milan in a few weeks time so have been doing some day trips to places we wanted to see before leaving.
We went up into the Lombard mountains above Lecco one day and ate in a typical Italian bar that happened to have homemade ravioli. Hamburgers are a thing now in Italy, so I figured I was safe eating them since the ravioli menu featured ingredients I don't like. The ones pictured are made with deer. Imagine my horror when I got a microwaved burger that had been put on the panini press. It was inedible. My fault, I know. Served with pretty good wine though. I'm a huge fan of Inferno. Not so much Sfursat (I don't love wines made from dried grapes). All followed by homemade strudel (delicious) with unidentified caramel sauce (?) and a homemade, quite unpleasant, genziana liqueur.
Better luck for me on next day trip to Lago di Garda. When we are not in a pandemic, I go to Vinitaly every year for work. We went to one of my favorite places to to go to down the lake during the fair, and had fabulous food and views. I had pan-fried faraona (guinea fowl, but the Italian names sounds better! 😃) With chanterelle mushrooms and sauteed bitter greens. There was also a filet and a mixed grill at my table, as well as paccheri with shrimp and zucchini. Followed by tableside crepes suzette and homemade baba. Places are Sirmione and Desenzano del Garda.
