Hoarding around The Green restaurant...? (Lounged)

[Michael Palaeologus]

It seems to have turned into a "Snorky psychotherapy session"

[Marmora Man]

Cassius Wrote:

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> Naples isn't Italy - it is one of the few places

> in Italy I haven't felt welcome.

>

> Good Italian food is great - crap Italian food is

> crap.

Naples may not be Italy - but I loved it when I spent time there in the 80's. Noisy, dirty, crowded - the way the Opera crowd will boo a bad singer, give advice to a halfway decent singer and really go wild for a great singer, the pizzerias with two tables, jugs of wine and Mamma cooking in the family kitchen in Pozzuoli, Mozzarella cheese from the hinterland that's so soft and melting - best when served draped in good Parma ham and drizzled with olive oil. The way that all traffic lights and one way signs are merely advisory

Cassius you're right - crap Italian is crap and vice versa. Tho' on average if stuck for an eatery in an unknown place almost anywhere in the world - go Italian it will generally be half way decent. (I except the Far East from this - then go local)