welcome to the city of Romeo and Juliet
I'm in Verona Italy and in one of my
most favorite piazzas Piazza Bra right
at the heart of the historic center
lined with cafes and with the most
picturesque view of the Verona theatre
behind me welcome to Verona
Columba D'Oro is one of my favorite
hotels to stay in Verona it's perfectly
located in the historic center right
near Piazza Bra traditional Italian
rooms doesn't get better than that
if you're looking to do some shopping
via Mazzini is the place to get your
shop on they have everything from
specialty stores to luxury stores and
it's the perfect place to do some damage
well we are in my favorite store in Verona Italy Fazzini and this place has
been around for a very long time a
hundred and twenty-five years to be
exact and I'm here with owner Marco
who's going to show us everything and
anything you'd want to know about Fazzini Marco I love the store thank you very
much
so tell me tell me about the store what
can people find when they come here
oh it's possible to find all
the very special things for the house
not the popular brand we look for the
very special product that the other
people don't have but this is the this
is the chopping blade Wow Wow it's incredible
look at that it's either this or Prada
or Fendi so 1130 but just a set of six
all the people that buy a special blade
we sharpen more than they than the
condition of the blade when we receive
it from from the company this is very
very important thank you for this Marco
and this is by far the most famous
attraction in all of Verona Juliet's
balcony
this tiny 14th century home is said to
be the setting for William Shakespeare's
Romeo and Juliet there are a lot of
tourists but it does not disappoint
another area full of buzz in Verona is
the market which you will find in Piazza
delle Erbe and when you come here you'll
see t-shirts and souvenirs and food
which is why I'm here
the crema fritta is a local specialty
here in the Veneto region and what it is
is basically fried cream or fried
custard rolled in sugar and it's going
to be absolutely delight and you can
only find it around Christmastime mmm
melt in your mouth thank you grazie
bye-bye and one delicious and fun
place to come for lunch when you're here
at the market is Osteria alla Torre where
the food is very tasty and the staff is
even more flavorful it's a great spot
it's magical
this is balsamic yes but always the
cream of the balsamic it is a
classico
very classic cream okay Wow very
good
cheese so it's thicker yes for cheese
for steak excellent ah that's thick
okay a little salt okay great Wow that's
pretty thick
very syrupy it's delicious like a
reduced balsamic very creamy the bread
is fabulous Wow
beautiful oh wow look at that boy that's
focaccia it's a piece of the pizza with olive oil and rosemary and in Germany called pizza brot, it's a pizza bread really for me it's good because little warm and you have the olive oil the olive oil Wow Wow
grazie a look at this
focaccia pizza bread this is the base of
the pizza without all the sauce and
schmooze on top this looks awesome the
crust is crackly and falling apart
crunchy beautifully toasted here with
the semolina flour dusted it all over and
then of course some olive oil on top YUM
we're going right in and then of course
another one of my faves
the Affettati Misti which is the mixed
meat platter with a little Giardiniera
on top this is what you do when you come
to the Verona market here in Piazza
delle Erbe you sit you people watch you
eat you have a drink and you just enjoy
this city for what it is
mmm favorite bread so far incredible
this is so delicious look at the crust
beautiful semolina dusted the top
sprinkled with some fresh herbs dusted
with some olive oil and this thing is
crispy crunchy goodness mmm if you
thought this couldn't get any better
throw a slice of mortadella on it and
you have perfection the perfect
combination of buttery
deliciousness on top of a crispy crunchy
focaccia
I'm good so two things that the Veneto
region is famous for is Amarone wine
and risotto so put it together and you
have risotto all'Amarone which is what
I'm having for lunch today here at
Osteria alla Torre and it looks fabulous
the risotto is a beautiful purple color
from the wine from the Amarone with some
grated Parmesan cheese on top and then
of course the perfectly cooked risotto
but make sure you put your order in for
risotto early
there is no rushing this dish it takes
fifty minutes and it's worth every one
of them
mmm it's buttery creamy risotto flavored
with the Amarone wine and the salty
bitey Parmesan cheese on top piping hot
it's really delicious mmm
and for a sweet ending to the perfect
lunch a little limoncello and my
favorite tiramisu and this is my kind of
tiramisu why because it is loaded with
the cream and it looks awesome dusted
with cocoa powder on top mmm that cocoa
powder gets you right away the cream
melts in your mouth the sponge cake
moist with a little bit of the alcohol
there the coffee liqueur Kahlua awesome
ah the boss hi Bongiorno I'm Mark Felice
nice to meet you nice to meet you excellent
Ristorante excellent this is my second
time here yeah excellent special Italian food
delicioso tiramisu the risotto all'Amarone lasagna no no lasagna but Affettati Misti
excellent grazie
the oldest bridge in Verona is Ponte
Pietra which was built by the Romans in
100 BC it crosses the Adige River and is a
landmark you absolutely have to check
out when you come to Verona
