It's been a while since we met up with the "local Finns" (Aki, Henna, Mikko and I'll even include Marianne, even if she is very French indeed!) so we thought it'd be a great idea to catch up before the Christmas holidays. So the perfect excuse for a nice lunch, then. Unfortunately, Aki and Henna had already headed off to Finland, so we ended up going with just Mikko and Marianne (and let's not forget about young Aleksi either!).
We decided to go to one of my favourite restaurants in Italy (come to think of it, anywhere!) - Il Giardino, located in the pretty village of Vallebona, just on the Italian side of the border on the Riviera. The concept is basically a set menu, where they serve a rather huge selection of antipasti (7-8 in all), dishes of pasta (3-4) and plates of meat (usually 3 kinds) with fries. And let's not forget about the free wine and desert either! So no surprise then that this is one of my favourite restaurants ;-)
As usual, we had a fabulous time. The food was just as great as ever, and great to catch up with Mikko and Marianne, as usual. The perfect way to prepare for all the eating that Christmas inevitably involves as well ;-)
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