The restaurants that look most Italian to you are often the ones that were decorated for you. How to choose where to eat in Italy and what to order once you sit down: reading a place from the doorway, what the courses on the menu actually mean, the famous dishes that were invented somewhere else, the four Italian words that change the whole meal, and what the coperto at the bottom of your bill is for.
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CHAPTERS
0:00 The room that was decorated for you
0:47 Reading a place from the doorway
1:35 Trattoria, osteria, ristorante
2:21 The menu, top to bottom
3:11 The dishes invented somewhere else
4:03 The four words that change the meal
4:51 The test is the simplest dish
5:45 Water, bread and the coperto
6:34 The bill will not come
7:29 Walk five minutes
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MUSIC
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