On Monday 15 November our Advanced Italian class took a visit to an amazing restaurant called Abruzzo Lab. Michelle, the founder of Abruzzo Lab, greeted us and gave us an introduction about how her restaurant came to be, as well as giving us some information about the Italian region Abruzzo. She spoke about the food culture, as well as general points about the land itself. It was really intriguing to hear about the culture and then be able to taste some of the magnificent dishes, and it tied in so well with our Term 3 unit of study “La Cucina Regionale” in which we studied the region of Abruzzo before choosing our own region to research and present to the class.

To begin with we were served pallotte cheese balls, crumbed scarmoza cheese and fiadone cheese puffs as a starter. For main we had a taste of timballo (crepe lasagna), chittara pasta and the dish that Abruzzo Lab is most well-known for, arrosticini. There are no other words to describe this food other than delicious. It was even better to be able to sample these dishes while knowing their history and origin. To finish off our trip, we had pizza dolce cake and pizzelle Italian waffles for dessert.

The food was absolutely amazing, and the trip was such a good way to finish off the year. Thank you Mrs Favrin for organizing this, as well as Martina and Francesca for coming with us. It was an amazing excursion.

Leah M 10I