Second day – started the morning at our hotel with a continental English breakfast; tea, coffee, choice of egg, boiled (hard, medium or soft) or fried, toast and cereal. A full English breakfast has all the aforementioned plus; grilled tomato, sausages or bacon, sautéed mushrooms and sometimes baked beans. Difference in hotel’s charge between continental and full breakfast - £10 more per person plus way higher in calories. Easy choice!
Next we packed up everything and moved from the 5th floor (No Lift!!) to the basement. A necessary move! Kept thinking about Stieg Larson, Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, dying of a heart attack after running up ? floors and 20 + years Rob’s junior. Don’t want to risk Rob missing out on Terra Madre and Salone.
THEN off to Jaime’s Italian restaurant in Covent Garden which totally lived up to our expectations. Shared 1 Meat Antipasti Plank – Tuscan fennel salami, pecorino with chilli jam, assorted olives and shaved root veg with chilli, lemon and mint among other tastes. Next, 2 specials to share - 3 roasted red mullets in tomato sauce and spaghetti with mussels in wine sauce, and a rocket (arugula) and radicchio salad, all unique and delicious with a bottle of organic Sangiovese. £43 Great thing about Jaime’s is that all pasta is made in-house, and ½ portions are available.
Ended the day at Carluccio’s Caffé in Covent Garden with a Bicerin, a traditional drink from Torino – espresso coffee, Florentine drinking chocolate and cream. Served in small jugs for you to mix yourself. If this is a portent of what to expect in Torino, Wow, I’m ready!
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