La Veranda – Villa D’Este, Lake Como

October 2nd, 2009 by abbe diaz

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Ristorante La Veranda – Villa D’Este, Lake Como, Cernobbio, Italy

 

hey have you ever had a $40 sandwich? (oh no wait i’m sorry, at the current exchange rate, actually €29.00 = $42.19)

 

i have! and i mean, don’t get me wrong, it was an okay sandwich and all, but i honestly can’t quite fathom where else in the world three very thin slices of roast beef with one leaf of lettuce and tartar sauce (yes i said TARTAR SAUCE. hahaa fuckin italians) on white bread (okay fine, they did cut off the crust) could warrant such a price tag. not even Cipriani would dare perpetrate such culinary chicanery.

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yah yah sure i get it. essentially $42.19 is not buying the beef, it’s paying for the lovely view and the two nice looking italian dudes waiting tables in tuxedoes in the middle of the afternoon.

va bene.

 

 

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2 Responses to “La Veranda – Villa D’Este, Lake Como”

  1. virgo Says:
    October 2nd, 2009 at 11:24 AM

    aauugh. i hate you.

  2. DS Says:
    October 2nd, 2009 at 8:12 PM

    You should also take a trip to Lake Maggiore, about 45 mins from Como. Try Il Sole di Ranco, Piazza Venezia. Beautiful restaurant, my boyfriend used to work there.

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