Mr. Pinocchio

"Why is your nose so long? Can I poke?"
"and why are u putting your wooden hands on my lap?"

Pinocchio is a Tuscan word for pine nuts
a character created by Carlo Collodi and every souvenir shops in Rome has Pinocchio
in every size imaginable

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Porchetta Ariccia

Look scary to you? but it was one of the most superb street food I had in Rome
it's called Porchetta Ariccia
Porchetta = the hog, domestic pig
Ariccia is a town 20km away fr Rome
*we had this in Rome, too far to go to Ariccia itself*

and so the hog was deboned, re-structured to be stuffed with layers of fat and meat and herbs
wild herbs such as fennel, rosemary, garlic were used.

then roasted over spit fire for hours...till the meat were juicy and tender
and the skin crackles
*oh yum!!!!*
usually eaten with panini.....and only panini alone
get them to toast it hot
and u select the sauce u want...could be mustard, ketchup...
but we choose this chili pickle that's almost like chicken rice chili sauce
that's heavy in garlic and lotsa lotsa sweet chilis.
eh...psstttt can u see the crackling crispy skin?
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and u press them hard so it's easy to eat :)))))))))
the bread was so rustic with crispy crust
absorbed all the fats from the meat
my kinda food
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JS quietly took this pic of Monkey savouring & devouring her porchetta
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can't ask for more...
yummy street food with a view of a beautiful fountain
will blog bout the fountains soon....it's a very important fountain.

Porchetta Ariccia is so important that it's been declared as the traditional-agricultural alimentary product of Italy.

you can find Porchetta Ariccia at Piazza Navona
However this Piazza only comes to life in the month of December.
I think it cost bout Euro 3.50 per panini.
worth every morsel...

yes I know wat u readers been thinking...
I had it more than once
*nyek nyek nyek*
I m just too predictable :P

Turn down service

I do appreciate turn down service at most hotels...
coz I like favors created by hotels be it chocolates, sweets, jellies and other thoughtful stuffs
and how they folded the bed in such a comfy way :))))))
and also the weather forecast for the next day...

but it was really CUTE and FARNIE when I saw this :P
aiyoo!!!! Berr u got turn down service oso!!!!!!

at the beginning we thought he fell off the pillow...
but then the next day and the next and the next....
He can't be falling down all the time....

I have no idea why the maid turned him down every evening
this was surely an experience for Berr...
i wondered if she cleaned u up as well coz u r so dirty now

anyhow we left the maid wines, chocolates, biscotti and some Euros plus a msg on the day we left Rome....
with a msg...
"Thank you for taking care of our Elefantino :)))"