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stefantalpalaru

> The fact that what you eat before the main course is called the before-pasti makes it pretty clear. The word for meal is basically also the word for pasta.

pasto (plural "pasti") = course, pasta (plural "paste") = dried paste made with wheat and watter

> It's that in many parts of Italy, that's all there is, and they seem to be proud of this limited range.

That's wrong. Regional cuisine in Italy is obviously richer than the cuisine of the whole UK, and if all you can manage to find in a city like Naples is pasta and pizza, maybe you need adult supervision.

Here are some hints for the next time you end up in the area:

- http://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g187785-d669844...

- http://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g187785-d800185...

- http://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g187785-d532823...

- http://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g187785-d483081...

etc.

> dull soap opera

It's from Game of Thrones, not Downton Abbey.

> failing to find a curry in Naples

At some point you're going to need to learn how to cook. The sooner, the better.

> if all you can manage to find in a city like Naples is pasta and pizza, maybe you need adult supervision.

To be fair, he said he was 15km (9 miles) from the center of Naples. Wikipedia tells me that Naples is 117km² (45mi²), which simplifying to a circular city, means a ~6.1km (3.8mi) radius. So, it sounds like he wasn't so much "in Naples" as "near Naples".

Four Italian restaurants. Did you completely miss the point? Of course you did.

Regional cuisine in Italy is obviously richer than the cuisine of the whole UK

I live in a town far smaller than Naples. I have, almost on my doorstep, Thai, Italian, French, Japanese, Chinese, Indian, Pakistani, on and on. Repeat around the country. Britain is far better for food than Italy. I can far more easily access a far greater range of food in Britain than Italy. I bet that violates some ingrained cultural belief, but facts have to be faced.

It's from Game of Thrones, not Downton Abbey.

Game of Thrones is a soap opera.

At some point you're going to need to learn how to cook. The sooner, the better.

That was an immature, juvenile response and you know it. Grow up.

> Four Italian restaurants. Did you completely miss the point? Of course you did.

The point was that Italian food is more than pasta and pizza.

>Britain is far better for food than Italy I guess that this statement summarizes the real root of the problem

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