Here I collect a basic directory of the best places I've eaten within, as a reminder to myself and as an advice to anyone else.
Italy
La Spezia
Sarzana
- Down to earth but very good place. Mum's favourite.
- Via Bradia 5
- Fish, classy, not cheap but worthwile.
- Via Sobborgo Spina 21
Bologna
- "Old-style" place with a wonderful bollito misto. Closed on Sundays and Monday evening.
- +39 051 522230
- Via Lame 55
- Old traditional Bulgneis cuisine. Cheap and good but outside the city.
- Via dei Maceri 3, Lago Biacchese loc. San Lazzaro
- Good and cheap in the University zone; fish and Sicilian stuff as well
- Via Bertoloni 2
- Typical Italian trattoria with one of the largest menus I've ever seen. Nice selection of fried stuff (including porcini and frogs); they also claim to serve bison meat. Cheap and no-nonsense, with the occasional let down, but overall worth a visit for a casual dinner with friends.
- Via San Felice, 50
- +39 051 555202
Milano
- Antica Focacceria S.Francesco
- Sicilian rosticceria
- via San Paolo 15
- Original meat-focused restaurant.
- via Bertelli 4
- Small but good Japanese restaurant
- Viale Gorizia 12 - 20136 Milano
Roma
- Despite the name is a good restaurant, not a kebab kiosk. Mediterranean cuisine, wonderful cous-cous, fish kebab on Friday.
- Via Valenziani, Roma
- Viale Eritrea 140
- La Fraschetta di Mastro Giorgio
- Absurdly good Italian cuisine - best pasta I've ever had was a fish amatriciana there. Cheese selection is otherworldly as well.
- Via a.Volta 36 - via mastro giorgio 19
Firenze
- Tuscany cuisine, cheap but very good and cozy
- Via de' Conti, 53, 50123 Firenze
Monteriggioni (Siena)
- Best restaurant I know.
- Piazza Roma 20
Udine
- Nice place, good food, cheap wine. Can be crowded.
- Via Zanon 13
- tel: 0432 502471
San Daniele del Friuli (UD)
- One of the best places in Friuli; true San Daniele ham and great selection of cheeses etc.; awesome in-house wine
- Via Trento e Trieste
- tel: 0432 957322 ; 339 5360653
- Closed Wednesday evening and Thursday
UK
Cambridge
- Apart from being historical, one of the best pub foods in Cambridge.
- Benet Street (just at the Corpus Christi's clock corner)
- A cozy indie pub with quirky but excellent kitchen -stuff like monkfish rolled in bacon served on top of black pudding!
- Prospect Row, Cambridge
- CB1 1DU
- One of the very few places with good British cuisine.
- 23 Trumpington Street, CB2 1QA
- Good Turkish cuisine
- (close to Quayside, right before Magdalene Bridge)
- Probably the only worthwile Cambridge japanese restaurant. Remember to reserve in advance on weekends.
- Quayside.
- After a few false starts, finally found a good Indian restaurant, just next to the Granta pub.
- 31 Newnham Road, CB3 9EY
- +44 1223 461661 / +44 1223 460173 / +44 7985 522120
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- Genuine, good Italian pizza in a delightful location on the river just before Jesus Green.
- Thompson's Lane, Cambridge CB5 8AQ, England
London
- small place with Greek-Cypriot cuisine at Fulham
- 786 Fulham Road, SW6 5SL, tel.020-77365585 (vicino al Putnam Bridge)
- Quite famous Italian Venetian-sided bistro. Not exactly a bacaro as it claims (no signs of sarde in saor or of baccalà mantecato, sigh), but food is truly good and the atmosphere is perfect. Go for the grilled polenta and the cuttlefish ink gnocchi. Portions are small, but prices are reasonable given the quality.
- You cannot reserve for dinner, only for lunch. Open on Sunday lunch!
- 41 Beak Street , London W1F 9SB. , 020 7734 4479
- Nice Chinese restaurant in the heart of Chinatown. As the name indicates, specialty are dumplings. Very nice environment, fast (even if a bit dodgy) service.
- 15-16 Gerrard Street , Chinatown, London, W1D 6JE
- Phone: (020) 7494 1200
- Heart-of-Soho cozy French bistro. Quite expensive but the bacon&fried egg bap is dreamlike, and the cappuccino one of the best I had in UK ever.
- 13 Old Compton Street, London, W1D 5GQ
- Nice Indian at the edge of Soho, practically behind the Trocadero. Food is good, prices can be slightly above average given portions which are substantial but not overwhelmingly generous as in other places. All in all, recommended.
- 4 Denman Street, Piccadilly, London W1D 7HD
Elsewhere
Barcelona
- Best tapas of Barcelona, truly beautiful place. Exceptional sweet wines+dessert coupling.
- Carrer de Sant Domenec del Call
- Catalan stuff. Really good. Lots of meat.
- Calle Sant Lluís, 24
Lausanne
- Beautiful typical French Switzerland restaurant. Huge fondue, incredibly good tartare.
- Place St.Francois
Paris
- Good no-nonsense French stuff in a cozy place in Montparnasse
- 4 Avenue General Leclerc , close to Denfert-Rochereau metro stop.
- Chocolate-only shop in Paris: not cheap, but truly awesome.
- 29 Rue de Buci, 75006 Paris
- (There are other two: in 63 rue Saint Louis en l'Ile and 36 rue Vieille du Temple)
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