Little Italy aka Hot Pasta

Zurich – Last week I tried this out for lunch and it was quite good. They serve fresh pasta you can combine with different sauces. You do not order by the waiter but you get a check that you fill in – took a little to get used to….The interior is full of beautiful black & white pictures and the rest quite colourful. Have a look at their website…totally forgot to take pictures. It reminded me a little bit of a diner in the US that sells Italian food but very likeable.

http://hotpasta.ch/little-italy/

Osteria Vista – Marina Lachen

Lachen – Last Sunday we urged for a pizza after all the barbecuing. As we still wanted to sit by the water we went for Marina Lachen. You can also go by boat, they offer a few spaces. The service is very nice and the food is good. On a beautiful day you need to make a reservation. The same complex houses also an Asian restaurant and a steak house.

www.marinalachen.ch/de/gastronomie/osteria

Osteria Antiche Sere

Torino – Very authentic and homely restaurant located in a dark street in the outskirts of Torino. Really sensational food, only locals. The food is simple but very good and you feel like at home at „mamma’s“ table. Toilet is outside in the patio.

No website
Via Cenischia 9
Tel: +39 011 385 43 47

Davide Palluda

Canale – This restaurant was recommended to me from a friend and it was really worth going the way out to Canale, a little town about 30 mins from Torino. The food is delicious Italian elegant dining. The restaurant is not easy to find, look out for something like “Enoteca”.

www.davidepalluda.it

 

 

PanEolio

Zurich – Some weeks ago we discovered a restaurant as we were walking toward Le Cèdre. It looked so nice and lively I knew I must go there. So we enjoyed a real nice Italian, Sicilian dinner. The food, especially the home made pasta was excellent. Only to mention was my fish that had a lot of fish bones. The restaurant could also be one in Italy where you go with your whole family and enjoy and just sit there, equal is the acoustic level inside. Id like to mention specially the waiter that explained every single meal and made our mouth watering before we even saw the food in front of us!

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www.paneolio.ch

Schützengasse

Zurich – This restaurant opened some year ago and got his name from the street it is located. The food is mainly Italian with some Swiss classics. The food is quite good although there are differences. I would recommend pasta first before meat or fish. The wine list is very good assorted.

I visited this restaurant at least 5 times in the evening and also for lunch since its opening. The service is very nice and friendly, only one friend was not very lucky with the timing of her dish that was just being served when we have eaten our last bites already. But they offered some coffee and digestives instead. The restaurant’s atmosphere is that of an old building that had a good renovating and brought back the beautiful mahogany wooden floors, “kassettenwände” nicely white painted and so on. At weekends it can get really loud with party music after dessert….

In summer there is also a nice terrace outside.

http://www.schuetzengasse.com