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Italian Cuisine Week – Campari Aperitivo

Italian Cuisine Week – Campari Aperitivo

Prima Settimana della Cucina Italiana nel Mondo Monday 21 November saw the launch in 105 countries of the first ever Italian Cuisine week, coordinated by Farnesina and organised in each country via the local Embassy. The London Embassy has coordinated an exciting programme of events in the UK and our friendly Ambassador, Mr Terracciano, has spearheaded the initiative in London, being present pretty much at most of the events, some of those hosted in the very same Embassy in Grosvenor…

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A meal at Da Polpo, Covent Garden

A meal at Da Polpo, Covent Garden

***this restaurant has since closed down*** After failed attempts at Spuntino and Polpetto, the day finally came that I managed to drag my other half to the 4th and most recent of Russell Norman’s London enterprises. On a rainy Friday evening, after experiencing the surgery-like atmosphere of the Apple Store ‘Genius bar’, we decided to check out the Maiden Lane establishment. Apart from the roadworks afflicting yet another London street, Da Polpo looked lovely from the outside. Green wooden frame, half…

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