TIPS AND TIPPING
NEXT to the handicap of the language in a foreign country comes the stumbling-block of the tip. These two things take the bloom off the pleasure of travel more than anything else. The TIP (it might as well be put in capitals since it is so important) has pushed itself entirely too far forward in the scheme of European travel; it menaces one from all sides, not so much from its size as from its frequency. It is not that the right-minded traveller seeks to shirk responsibility and thus worries over the thing unduly, but rather it is that one is inflicted with a sort of nervous strain in the effort to do the right thing.
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2008/01/25
Tips and Tipping
2007/04/14
2007/04/13
Sample Dialog (2) (Caffe Talk)
Sample Dialog
you (entering the caffe with your companion): Buon giorno.
bartender: Buon giorno. Dica.
you: Vorremmo due espressi e due cornetti(*), per favore.
bartender (indicating selection of pastries): Quali?
you (pointing): È questo con marmellata?
bartender (pointing): No, questo e quello sono con marmellata.
you (indicating your two choices): Va bene, prendiamo questo e questo.
The bartender hands over pastries and makes the coffees.
bartender: Ecco!
you: Grazie.
bartender: Prego.
You take the coffees and pastries to a table and enjoy them, then return to pay before leaving.
you: Vorrei pagare.
bartender (printing receipt): Allora, due caffè, due paste ... cinque euro e quaranta centesimi (5.40 euro, around 6 dollars).
The price was 1.20 euro for each espresso and 1.50 euro each for the pastries - more expensive because you were sitting outside. Inside, the espresso costs only 70 cents each.
you (carefully putting money in tray): Grazie.
bartender: Grazie a lei.
you (leaving): Arrivederci.
bartender: Arrivederci.
Source: Slow Travel Italy
you (entering the caffe with your companion): Buon giorno.
bartender: Buon giorno. Dica.
you: Vorremmo due espressi e due cornetti(*), per favore.
bartender (indicating selection of pastries): Quali?
you (pointing): È questo con marmellata?
bartender (pointing): No, questo e quello sono con marmellata.
you (indicating your two choices): Va bene, prendiamo questo e questo.
The bartender hands over pastries and makes the coffees.
bartender: Ecco!
you: Grazie.
bartender: Prego.
You take the coffees and pastries to a table and enjoy them, then return to pay before leaving.
you: Vorrei pagare.
bartender (printing receipt): Allora, due caffè, due paste ... cinque euro e quaranta centesimi (5.40 euro, around 6 dollars).
The price was 1.20 euro for each espresso and 1.50 euro each for the pastries - more expensive because you were sitting outside. Inside, the espresso costs only 70 cents each.
you (carefully putting money in tray): Grazie.
bartender: Grazie a lei.
you (leaving): Arrivederci.
bartender: Arrivederci.
Source: Slow Travel Italy
- (*)cornetti
- Croissant pastries, usually eaten at breakfast, most often in a bar, coffee shop.
Sample Dialog (alla trattoria)
Sample Dialog
A husband and wife enter a trattoria in early evening.
waiter (upon noticing the couple's arrival): Buona sera. Ha prenotato?
husband: No, non ho prenotato. Ha un tavolo libero per due?
waiter (indicating the way to an available table): Si, signore. Prego.
After a brief wait, a waiter arrives and leaves menus. Soon after, he returns to offer the couple a chance to order something to drink while contemplating the dinner orders.
waiter: Cosa da bere?
husband: Vorremo una bottiglia di acqua minerale naturale e del vino. C'e un vino bianco della casa?
waiter: Si. Una bottiglia?
husband: Potremmo avere un mezzo litro del vino?
waiter: Si - acqua minerale naturale e mezzo litro di vino bianco.
A member of the restaurant staff comes and puts some bread on the table. After a short while, the waiter returns with bottle of water and a beaker of wine. He leaves and returns again to take the dinner order.
waiter (readying order pad): Allora...
husband: Per cominciare, vorremo due bruschette(*), una bruschetta al tartufo ed una bruschetta semplice.
waiter (makes a quick note, then looks up again): Si.
husband: Per primi, un tagliatelle al tartufo e un linguini(*2) pomodoro.
waiter (again makes a quick note and looks up expectantly): Si.
husband: Per secondo, prendiamo due piatti di funghi porcini alla griglia.
husband: E dei contorni: patate fritte e spinaci saltati.
Waiter once again writes quickly to his pad, then looks up expectantly.
husband: È tutto.
waiter (with a certain approving air): Va bene.
Waiter walks off to deliver order and some time goes by during which the couple enjoys the water, the wine, the bread and the general ambience. In due course, the antipasti courses - two orders of bruschetta - arrive. The couple enjoys each course in turn, eventually finishing all the items so far ordered. Restaurant staff clear the empty dishes and other debris. The waiter returns.
waiter: Allora, altro? - dessert, caffè, digestivi?
husband: Una panna cotta et due caffè - anche il conto, per favore.
In a short while, the panna cotta arrives. The couple shares it and drinks the two espressos which arrive separately. A little time goes by and the check does not arrive.
husband (catching the waiter's eye): Scusi - il conto, per favore.
Soon after the check arrives. The couple pays the amount indicated, adding a 10 percent tip since no service charge has been included and the meal was very enjoyable. They then stand up and walk to the exit.
waiter (seeing the couple on their way out): Buona sera.
couple: Grazie, buona sera.
Source: Slow Travel Italy
A husband and wife enter a trattoria in early evening.
waiter (upon noticing the couple's arrival): Buona sera. Ha prenotato?
husband: No, non ho prenotato. Ha un tavolo libero per due?
waiter (indicating the way to an available table): Si, signore. Prego.
After a brief wait, a waiter arrives and leaves menus. Soon after, he returns to offer the couple a chance to order something to drink while contemplating the dinner orders.
waiter: Cosa da bere?
husband: Vorremo una bottiglia di acqua minerale naturale e del vino. C'e un vino bianco della casa?
waiter: Si. Una bottiglia?
husband: Potremmo avere un mezzo litro del vino?
waiter: Si - acqua minerale naturale e mezzo litro di vino bianco.
A member of the restaurant staff comes and puts some bread on the table. After a short while, the waiter returns with bottle of water and a beaker of wine. He leaves and returns again to take the dinner order.
waiter (readying order pad): Allora...
husband: Per cominciare, vorremo due bruschette(*), una bruschetta al tartufo ed una bruschetta semplice.
waiter (makes a quick note, then looks up again): Si.
husband: Per primi, un tagliatelle al tartufo e un linguini(*2) pomodoro.
waiter (again makes a quick note and looks up expectantly): Si.
husband: Per secondo, prendiamo due piatti di funghi porcini alla griglia.
husband: E dei contorni: patate fritte e spinaci saltati.
Waiter once again writes quickly to his pad, then looks up expectantly.
husband: È tutto.
waiter (with a certain approving air): Va bene.
Waiter walks off to deliver order and some time goes by during which the couple enjoys the water, the wine, the bread and the general ambience. In due course, the antipasti courses - two orders of bruschetta - arrive. The couple enjoys each course in turn, eventually finishing all the items so far ordered. Restaurant staff clear the empty dishes and other debris. The waiter returns.
waiter: Allora, altro? - dessert, caffè, digestivi?
husband: Una panna cotta et due caffè - anche il conto, per favore.
In a short while, the panna cotta arrives. The couple shares it and drinks the two espressos which arrive separately. A little time goes by and the check does not arrive.
husband (catching the waiter's eye): Scusi - il conto, per favore.
Soon after the check arrives. The couple pays the amount indicated, adding a 10 percent tip since no service charge has been included and the meal was very enjoyable. They then stand up and walk to the exit.
waiter (seeing the couple on their way out): Buona sera.
couple: Grazie, buona sera.
Source: Slow Travel Italy
- (*)bruschetta
- Toasted bread rubbed with garlic and dressed with olive oil, and fresh diced tomato, sometimes topped with onions and mushrooms.
- (*2)linguine
- Flat thin noodles, mostly popular in Southern Italy; linguine alle vongole, with a red or white clam sauce.
2007/04/12
こだわりのコーヒー
- Caffè Ristretto
- Ristretto This is the strongest and most concentrated espresso drink. It is made with about half the amount of water but the same amount of coffee as a regular espresso. It is pure, intense, and wonderful in taste. Ristretto in Italian means "restricted." （普通よりも濃いコーヒー）
- Caffè Lungo
- A long espresso made by adding boiling water to a 1.5 ounces espresso. (The same as an Americano.)(普通よりも薄いコーヒー、日本で言う一般的なコーヒー）
- Caffè Americano
- Espresso that is cut with very hot water to fill an American size cup. （アメリカンコーヒー）
- Caffè Corretto
- Espresso with a shot of brandy, cognac, or liqueur.（リキュール入りコーヒー）
- Caffè Macchiato
- 1.5 ounces of espresso in a demitasse, topped with a dollop of foamed milk. (Macchiato means marked in Italian.)(少量のミルク入りコーヒー）
- Caffè Latte Macchiato
- A glass of hot milk, with a teaspoon of espresso.（少量のコーヒー入りミルク）
バールのメニュー
| 飲み物 (Bevande) | |
| Caffè | エスプレッソコーヒー |
| Cappuccino(*) | カプチーノ |
| Caffè Latte(*2) | カフェラッテ |
| Latte | ミルク |
| The | 紅茶 |
| Camomilla | カモミール茶 |
| Aranciata/Cola | 炭酸入りオレンジジュース/コーラ |
| Frullato(*3) | ミルクセーキ |
| Succo di Frutta | ネクター風のフルーツジュース |
| Spremuta(*4) | フレッシュジュース |
| Acqua Minerale | ミネラルウォーター |
| Gelato | アイスクリーム |
| Granita(*5) | フラッペ/シャーベット |
- (*)cappuccino
- Cappuccino gets its name from the Italian order of Catholic Capuchin monks, whose hooded robes resemble the drink's cap of foam in shape and color. The frothed milk from the top of the steaming pitcher is spooned on top to "cap" the cappuccino and retain heat. The proportion of espresso to steamed and frothed milk for cappuccino is usually 1/3 espresso, 1/3 steamed milk and 1/3 frothed milk on top.
- (*2)caffe latte
- 1.5 ounces of espresso in a six-ounce cup filled to top with steamed milk, forming a dense drink. This may be topped with foamed milk.
- (*3)frullato
- Whipped iced fruit or coffee beverage.
- (*4)spremuta
- Juice of freshly squeezed fruit; succo is the generic term for juice.
- (*5)granita
- Slushy gelato made by freezing liquid (often coffee or lemon juice) into crystals of grainy texture. It is sometimes topped with whipped cream.
| 食前酒 (Aperitivo) | |
| Campari | カンパリ |
| Cinzano | チンザノ |
| Cynar | チナール |
| Martini | マティーニ |
| 食後酒 (Digestivo) | |
| Amaro | |
| Grappa | グラッパ |
| Sambuca | サンブーカ |
| Brandy | |
| Whisky | |
| 軽食 | |
| Tramezzino(*) | サンドイッチ |
| Panino(*2) | (丸型パンの）サンドイッチ |
- (*)tramezzino
- Any of a variety of small snack sandwiches with savory fillings, usually eaten at a bar.
- (*2)panino
- Bread roll, also when split and filled as a sandwich.
2007/04/11
Where To Eat in Italy
Italy
Where To Eat
At one time there was a distinct difference between a trattoria and a ristorante, based on the type of clientele and the prices charged. Now they are virtually interchangeable.
Inexpensive meals can be found in stand-up snack bars that feature the tavola calda, which means "hot table." Usually frequented for lunch, these places feature a series of hot and cold dishes either to eat there or take out.
Rosticcerie are also places that offer hot and cold dishes to eat in or take out. At either the tavola calda or rosticceria, items are priced by the portion. You choose your food, pay the cashier, get a receipt(scontrino), and give that to the person behind the counter, who will dish up your food. Snack counters in bars sell ready-made sandwiches and so do paninotece, which are actual sandwich bars. You will also encounter pizzerias (very often open only in the evening, especially in Rome and Florence) and places called pizza a taglio or pizza rustica. These are hole-in-the-wall shops selling ready-made pizza by the slice. The pizza is cut to order and sold by weight. It is fun to try several small pieces. Seating is virtually nonexistent.
Other places for a quick bite or a simple meal include a latteria, which sells cheese, yogurt, and other dairy products; a gelateria, which serves ice cream; or a pasticceria, where you can go for a fresh pastry any time of the morning or afternoon. At il forno you can buy bread, and at an alimentari, salumeria, or gastronomia you can buy cold cuts, cheese, wine, bread, mineral water, and other foods to put together a picnic in the piazza or back in your hotel room. For a glass or two of wine and a light meal or snack, go to an enoteca, or wine bar. Osterias are also wine bars, but more the blue-collar type.
An Italian caffe, or bar, is much more than a place to drink coffee or alcoholic beverages. Here you can eat breakfast, have a snack, buy a sandwich, make phone calls, use the toilet, read the newspaper, listen to or watch sporting events, meet your neighbor or lover, and argue over politics. If there is a black-and-white "T" (for tobacco) displayed outside, you can also buy cigarettes, matches, some toiletries, stamps, and bus tickets. No wonder there are more than five thousand such places in central Rome alone.
Source: Global Gourmet - Italy
Where To Eat
At one time there was a distinct difference between a trattoria and a ristorante, based on the type of clientele and the prices charged. Now they are virtually interchangeable.
Inexpensive meals can be found in stand-up snack bars that feature the tavola calda, which means "hot table." Usually frequented for lunch, these places feature a series of hot and cold dishes either to eat there or take out.
Rosticcerie are also places that offer hot and cold dishes to eat in or take out. At either the tavola calda or rosticceria, items are priced by the portion. You choose your food, pay the cashier, get a receipt(scontrino), and give that to the person behind the counter, who will dish up your food. Snack counters in bars sell ready-made sandwiches and so do paninotece, which are actual sandwich bars. You will also encounter pizzerias (very often open only in the evening, especially in Rome and Florence) and places called pizza a taglio or pizza rustica. These are hole-in-the-wall shops selling ready-made pizza by the slice. The pizza is cut to order and sold by weight. It is fun to try several small pieces. Seating is virtually nonexistent.
Other places for a quick bite or a simple meal include a latteria, which sells cheese, yogurt, and other dairy products; a gelateria, which serves ice cream; or a pasticceria, where you can go for a fresh pastry any time of the morning or afternoon. At il forno you can buy bread, and at an alimentari, salumeria, or gastronomia you can buy cold cuts, cheese, wine, bread, mineral water, and other foods to put together a picnic in the piazza or back in your hotel room. For a glass or two of wine and a light meal or snack, go to an enoteca, or wine bar. Osterias are also wine bars, but more the blue-collar type.
An Italian caffe, or bar, is much more than a place to drink coffee or alcoholic beverages. Here you can eat breakfast, have a snack, buy a sandwich, make phone calls, use the toilet, read the newspaper, listen to or watch sporting events, meet your neighbor or lover, and argue over politics. If there is a black-and-white "T" (for tobacco) displayed outside, you can also buy cigarettes, matches, some toiletries, stamps, and bus tickets. No wonder there are more than five thousand such places in central Rome alone.
Source: Global Gourmet - Italy
- trattoria
- Unpretentious eatery, often family run, usually having a limited, seasonal menu of local specialties.
- ristorante
- Restaurant, Italy's top category of dining establishment, more upscale than a trattoria or osteria.
- tavola calda
- Snack bar, usually serving hot food.
- rosticceria
- Shop or eating place specializing in roast meats and poultry. Sometimes called girarrosto(*), in reference to the large spit that typifies such places.(*)Roasted on a spit.
- pizza rustica
- Abruzzese savory tart made with ricotta, mozzarella, prosciutto, mortadella(*) and seasonings. (*)Large pork sausage, originally from Bologna.
- pasticceria
- Pastry or pastry shop
- alimentare
- A general term referring to food, i.e. negozio alimentare, grocery store.
- salumi
- generic term for salt-cured meats, such as salame, salsiccia, prosciutto, bresaola; salumeria shop where salumi are sold.
- gastronomia
- Gastronomy, also gourmet food or specialty store. A gastronomo or buongustaio is a gourmet, ghiottone glutton.
- enoteca
- Literally "wine library," referring to both publicly sponsored displays and privately owned shops.
- osteria
- Simple tavern serving local wine and often food, though the name sometimes applies to fancier places.
- bar
- Italian version of a coffee shop.
2007/04/07
How To Eat Italian-Style
- A good waiter should explain the dishes on the menu and help you select the wine. But if you order coffee or tea during the meal, ask for the ketchup, bottle, or request a doggie bag... watch out, you will be in big trouble.
- Cocktails before dinner are not popular and are associated negatively with Americans and the three-martini lunch. However, an aperitif, such as a flute of sparkling wine to sip as you are deciding what to order, is often served.
- You do not have to order all of the courses in an Italian meal, but you will be expected to have more than a pasta and salad in a nice place. When you add the cover and service charges, fine dining will not be a Cheap Eat. If you want a true Cheap Eat, go to a cafeteria, snack bar, or dine al fresco with a picnic you have put together yourself.
- A guiding principle in Italian dining is that you eat one food at a time and that every food has its place. If you order a light supper of pasta and salad at an informal trattoria, you will be served the pasta first and the salad after. If you want to start your meal with a salad, the key word is "come", as in "come antipasto, vorrei un insalata mista" (as an antipasto, I would like a mixed salad), or "come secondo, vorrei un contorno" (as a second course, I would like a vegetable).
- If the waiter does not bring the Parmesan cheese, it probably does not go with what you are eating. Parmesan is never used on pasta with fish or lots of garlic, but it is offered with many types of soup.
- Bread is served with all Italian meals and is part of the pane e coperto charge. Butter is seldom served except with breakfast.
- The container of olive oil on the table is for more than sprinkling on your salad. A plain broiled or grilled fish is enhanced with a few drops of olio, and maybe some lemon.
- Don't order fish on Sunday, when the markets are closed: the fish will be at least one day old. In Venice, extend this to Monday, since the Rialto Fish market is closed that day as well.
- Coffee is served after a meal, never with it.
- Most places do not require men to wear a tie, but Italians do dress with casual elegance when they eat out, and they do not consider athletic shoes of any type to be acceptable with street clothes.
- Solo diners may be relegated to poor table locations. To avoid this as much as possible, reserve a table for two. Upon arrival, say your dining companion had to cancel at the last minute, and tell the waiter how sad this makes you. It usually works.
Global Gourmet - Italy
2007/04/04
L'Alfabeto (The Alphabet)
L'Alfabeto (The Alphabet)
Source
Occasionally, you may wish to spell your name when making a restaurant reservation or perhaps write down the spelling of an Italian word or name spoken to you. The table below indicates how to pronounce each letter name and gives the standard associated word used for clarification.
| LETTER | SAY IT LIKE THIS | AS IN (COME) |
|---|---|---|
| a | ah | Ancona |
| b | bee | Bologna |
| c | chee | Como |
| d | dee | Domodossola |
| e | eh | Empoli |
| f | EHF-feh | Firenze |
| g | djee | Genova |
| h | AHK-kah | hotel |
| i | ee | Imoia |
| j | ee LOON-gah | Jersey |
| k | KAHP-pah | Kursaal |
| l | EHL-leh | Livorno |
| m | EHM-meh | Milano |
| n | EHN-neh | Napoli |
| o | oh | Otranto |
| p | pee | Padova |
| q | koo | Quarto |
| r | EHR-reh | Roma |
| s | EHS-seh | Savona |
| t | tee | Taranto |
| u | oo | Udine |
| v | vee | Venezia |
| w | DOHP-pyah-voo | Washington |
| x | eeks | Xeres |
| y | EEPS-ee-lohn | yacht |
| z | TZEH-tah | Zara |
Source
2007/02/18
Caffes in Italy
This section tells you all you need to know to have a great time in the caffes / bars in Italy.
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Italian Bars - What to Expect at a bar in Italy"
"Bar - What to Expect at a bar in Italy"
Definition: A bar in Italy is a business establishment in which patrons can purchase coffee drinks, wine and liquor, and often morning pastries and/or sandwiches called painini (un panino is one sandwich, two sandwiches are due panini). In larger bars, many flavors of Italy's famous gelato, or ice cream (really more ice milk) may be served.
In Italy, the bar is the center of social life, not a place to consume large amounts of alcohol. Italians may visit their local bar several times in the morning for coffee, and again in the early evening for an aperitivo or cocktail before dinner.
In bars in larger cities, and especially ones near tourist centers, it will cost more to sit at a table (sometimes even more if the table is outside) than it will to stand at the bar.
Prices are posted--al banco meaning the price for consuming a beverage at the bar, or al tavolo, meaning the price at the table. Smaller town bars may not levy table charges.
Need help with ordering coffee at a bar in Italy? See Italian Coffee Drinks - How to Order Coffee in an Italian Bar.
Also Known As: caffé
Source:
Basic Italian Words Travelers Should Know - Italy Travel Glossary
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