We went to Florence and Pisa recently to meet some friends from Australia. There were ten of us so it was difficult to find a good restaurant to accomodate us so we had to eat in cafés. I drank beer and we all ate pasta or pizza which gets boring. On our last day my wife and I went to Pisa on our own and found an excellent restaurant called " Il Capodaglio" in Via Del Carmina.The food wine and service here were excellent. I had a "summer soup" made of vegetables according to a local recipe.This soup can also be eaten hot in winter, in fact it is a soup for all seasons and delicious. I followed this with a plate of mixed Tuscan meats with beans. My wife ate a seafood pasta, which was of course of much higher quality of that served up in the Florentine cafés.
We washed the perfect food down with a bottle of Leonardo da Vinci Capolavori Chianti Vergine Delle Rocce 2021. This wine went down so well with the meat dish and even with my wife's pasta. Of course it tasted of cherries and spice and identified well with the region and was the perfect wine to go with Tuscan food. When you travel it is best to stick with food and wine from the region, but of course Chianti and Italian food travels well;so you can eat good Italian food,anywhere in the world, if you can find the right restaurant - even in Singapore.
Our waitress, Beatrice, spoke English so well that I could not believe that she had never visited an English speaking country; her word order and use of adverbs was perfect. She spoke English better than some native speakers that I meet in restaurants and pubs. No doubt her Italian is perfect too. It was a pleasure to talk to her.
You can buy our wine for about £16 a bottle in the UK so it represents very good value for money. The wine will also improve in the bottle. You cannot go wrong but it is probably best to go to Pisa and visit " Il Capodaglio" to eat authentic Tuscan cooking with your Chianti.
https://ristoranteosteriailcapodaglio.it/
