Eating and drinking in Florence

Florentine gastronomy is famous thanks to the Florentine steak, but it has more to offer:its dishes are born from common people fantasy and that transforms poor and essential ingredients in extraordinaries courses. One of the most tasty dishes is the pappa al pomodoro (literally “pap with tomato”), this very easy recipe includes: oil, garlic, chilli and tomato. Anyway the Florentine steak is the really queen of the table and Florence city dwellers always specify that it must be at least weighing around 1 kilo and rare. As all the red meat, Florentine should be served with red wine, and eveybody knows it, even on the topic “wines” Tuscany has a lot to offer: Chianti, Brunello, Montepulciano… You just have to choose. If you want to know where is better to eat in Florence we’ll just tell you that you should avoid the restaurants of the centro storico. It is enough to move a little away from the centre of the city to find beautiful restaurants, where you can eat very well without making your credit card cry.