siena 21st-23rd june
- siena was our base for the tuscany region. a small medieval (you can start counting how many times i am about to use this word for this entry) town of about fifty five thousand inhabitants.. somehow i am inclined to believe that the entire population works to preserve the tourism.
duomo in siena
van and i shared the proscuitto ham and mushroom pizza and this was coincidentally my first MADE IN ITALY pizza. upon contact with my tastebuds, the nerves in my brain decidedly spelt out the word s-a-l-t-y. was this typical of italian pizzas? it was definitely unlike what i have had in singapore (though food usually tasted blander in back home) and those in copenhagen where they "like it salty". well i have the rest of my days in italy to find out.
otherwise, I did not have much to complain.. according to my pizza post-its, the dough was thicker than normal but did not qualify as a felony and the sublime combination of stretch-as-we-go-along mozerella, button mushrooms and tomato paste sealed the deal.
orange glazed brioche for breakfast which was pretty good despite the fact that i am not a marmalade fan.
san giminano 22nd june
- with its looming stony fortresses and king-aurthurish-looking flags, san gimi reminded van of cornwall and since i have not been to cornwall, you should take her word for it. while some might find the town gimicky, i found san gimi more deserving of character than siena.
within minutes, we succumbed to the saccharine enticement of of Gelateria di Piazza. snapshots of famous amoses with their tongue-binding gelatos plastered all over the wall and somehow i like think to of it as wanting to associate with the rich and famous*. with this humid slash muggy weather, i can give neither a fair nor discerning review of the gelato as every lick is two second snapshot of heaven. hey if tony blair thinks its delicious… much less mere mortals such as our selves.
*and sometimes of questionable character.
with time to spare while we waited for out bus to voltarre, we lunched in a café patisserie over omelette-spinach foccacia sandwich, bruschetta and apple tart. haha i just realized how matching our spinach omelette and table cloth were.
voltarre 22nd june
- by the time van and i got to voltarre, we had maxed out our medieval-stone-on-stone-tower quota and was in dire need of SOMETHING ESLE to see and do. so 'SOMETHING ESLE to see do' we did, after effectively running down the town in less than an hour, we headed over to pizzeria del corso to grab a couple of pizza slices while we caught the italy versus czech republic match. i had the magherita while van had the a funghi a taglio. at pizzeria del corso, the pizza dough was almost wire thin and massive carriage-wheel-sized pizzas were sliced up and served a taglio .. i particularly like it when signs of cutlery remains nowhere to be found and you had to ease Her Royal Cheeseiness into the comfort of your cavities, mouthful by mouthful.
during half time, the pizzeria was packed with hungry souls and i had to join in the fun by having a second slice and this time i had the pepper zucchini mix. it was a weak attempt at choosing a healthier choice as i ended up picking and chucking the zucchini slice.. haha..
more pictures of the tuscany countryside
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