There are 2 traditional food you can get in Florence - Cow Stomach and Florentina Steak, however, you don't want to miss the pasta and pizza here too.
COW STOMACH RELATED AND BEEF, cheap and delicious
Apparently, there are 3 types of bread that is famous in Florence:
- Panino Di Lampretto, this is cow stomach bread
- Panino Di Trippa, this is also part of stomach bread
- Panino Di Bollito, beef bread
>> WHERE TO EAT?
- You will find a small truck-like stall in this open market runs by a woman and a man (usually opens till 2:30pm), they will drive away the truck when they close
- I have tried all 3 items I mentioned above and they are yummy !!
- You can locals are there for lunch toooo
FLORENTINA STEAK, EXCELLENT, Not Expenive
- As suggested by a local, this restaurant, Trattoria La Casalinga, is pretty popular in Florence and usually there is a queue there at night after 7:30.
Address: Via dei Michelozzi, 9r. 50125 Firenze
www.trattorialacasalinga.it
tel: 055 21 86 24
email: lacasalinga@freeinternet.it
- It's about €35/kg, if you find anything above €45-50 that might be a tourist scam.
- The steak is wonderful and so does the house red wine
- order 1kg steak so I didn't have much room to try other food
PASTA & PIZZA, Cheap and Delicious
- This is a very local restaurant which you can see people buying pizza home and take away food
La Mangiatoia
Address: Piazza S. Felice,8/9r, 50125 Firenze
www.ristorantelamangiatola.it
Tel: 055 22 40 60
- The pasta here is about €6-8 and pizza cost €8-10, English menu is available inside.
- Staff is very helpful when explaining
- You can also try the tap sparkling white wine which is my favourite too, you can order 3 different sizes: 1/4L, half or 1L.
- I had 2 dinners and 1 lunch here as I found out that the quality differences aren't too many comparing to relative expensive restaurants
- I had different types of pasta here and 1 pizza here, they are all tasty. ( I honestly think the pasta here are better than those I had in Rome)
- Desserts are normal, not very outstanding, but still not bad.
Gelato
- The gelato in Florence is 2 for 2 scoops, but you will find that shops charge you €4 in tourist area.
- Be careful before you buy gelato in the tourist area, ask for a price first !! I heard that 2 Americians were asked to pay €28 for 2 cups.
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