La Tour de Pise en bouteille

J'ai blogué plus tôt sur Avanti, un petit restaurant italien plein de charme situé dans la petite ville anglaise pleine de charme de Wallingford. Il y avait pleins de petits trucs sans importance qui ont retenu mon attention, dont cette bouteille, penchée comme la Tour de Pise, qui d'ailleurs était sur son étiquette. Dans une autre vie, elle a contenu du limoncello. Il faudrabien un jour que je voie la vraie, avant qu'elle ne tombe. Sinon, j'aimerais bien acheter une bouteille de limoncello de cette marque précise, pas tant pour boire du limoncello (c'est pas vraiment plus qu'une limonade alcoolisée), mais pour avoir la bouteille après comme décoration à mettre quelque part. Bon, c'est pas comme si on n'avait pas déjà assez de cossins à la maison, mais c'est quand même une jolie bouteille et ça italianiserait la maison. Ou alors je suis quétaine.

Vesuvio Souvenir

For our wedding anniversary, my wife and I went to Avanti, a little Italian restaurant in the little town of Wallingford. It was a lovely evening and Avanti was the perfect place to celebrate. Like many Italian restaurants, it had many little things that were used as part of the décor. Such as this bottle of what I assume was limoncello, in the shape of Italy and of a booth, called "Vesuvio Souvenir", so probably bought somewhere near Mount Vesuvius. I thought it was funny, this delicate carved bottle associated with a volcano. Anyway, we didn't drink limoncello after the meal, I'm not a big fan of it anyway, but for a moment I almost felt like I was back in Italy. My wife and I agree that we ought to visit it one day.

Limoncello on the house

It was recently the birthday of my wife and to celebrate, we went to a small local Italian restaurant, which we had never tried before, but heard some good things about. It was an authentic Italian restaurant, by this I mean it has authentic Italians in its staff. It was very pleasant experience and we will go back. I mostly behaved myself and did not speak much Italian so as not to embarrass my wife. But okay, I did say a few words, just for kicks. And talking of kicks, as it was her birthday we received a shot of limoncello each on the house. It was the first time I ever tried that liqueur and I have to say, it has a strong kick. I very seldom drink digestives, as I don't think about ordering them. But limoncello might become a new thing for me, I really enjoyed it.