Just back from a week away in Italy touring Lake Garda, Verona and Venice and safe to say the food and drink was amazing. So amazing that a food baby was gained but all worth it!!

One of the main reasons we went to Italy was for the food and wine so here were the foodie highlights..

Villa Calicantus 

Set in Bardolino.

Daniele was our host for the evening. He explained the menu to us, told us his background and about the vineyard. You could tell he was really passionate about what he does.

We started with a bottle of red…

And homemade bread with Daniele’s “magic mushrooms” and olive oil. This was my favourite and I wouldn’t be a mad mushroom fan but these were honestly the best mushrooms I’ve ever had!

Next, tried some salami…

And last but not least the selection of cheeses!!

To finish the tasting off we had a bottle of Rosé…

And Daniele gave us some homemade biscuits to go with it which I didn’t manage to get a photo of which is a good sign I guess!

So that was our Italian vineyard experience and was definitely one of the highlights of our holiday.

 

Trattoria Al Graspo

This was the restaurant Daniele recommended to us.

Our waiter brought us to a table and explained that it was a set menu and you had a choice between meat, fish or a veggie option. We went with meat and fish. There were so many courses between us it was hard to keep up! We were spoilt! This was my favourite restaurant by far. I even tried snail AND frog which I had no idea I was eating until our waiter informed me after, we all got a good laugh off of that!

My favourite dessert to finish it all off then.. Chocolate biscuit cake!

Would highly recommend this spot and would go back again!

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Villa Calicantus and Trattoria Al Graspo were the foodie highlights of Lake Garda for me.

We also came across a food market in Verona which was pretty impressive.

And so much pizza was consumed throughout the week that it’s safe to say I won’t be eating another pizza again for a while!

And far too much wine…

Our goal was to eat and drink in Italy and that we did!

Ciao,

Tee. X