For the first time traveler in Italy, surely they will be amazed of the various kinds of Italian foods abounding the country. In fact, Italian foods have more variety compared to the spaghetti and meatballs. Italy is surrounded by many Italian food specialties which are mostly found in famous Italian restaurants. However, for a change of tastes you can as well taste the Italian’s regional cuisine. Travelers of Italy should experience this new level of visiting the country if you really wanted to experience Italy aside from wandering around its metropolitan area.

On the other hand, the Northern Italian cuisine mostly less used of olive oil, pasta and tomato sauce while they mostly used butter or lard, rice, corn as well as cheeses for the cream sauces. Most of the Northern Italian specialties reflect the pride and culture of the Italian unspoiled countryside. And due to that they are as well included some games or perhaps wild rooster such like quail or grouse. The most famous in the Italian’s coast and rivers and streams are seafood and shellfish, and if these tasty seafood are abundant in such area travelers will surely seen them in the plate.

The region of Lombardy is famous for its rice dishes that include Minestrone alla Milanese which is made of vegetables, bacon and rice. The Risotto alla Milanese is described as a creamy dish of braised short-grain rice mixed with meat stock, cheese and saffron. Other cuisines that you can see in Lombardy region are ravioli with a pumpkin filling from Montova, and some small quails with polenta from Bergamo. While the famous appetizing cheeses of Lombardy are the luxurious blue Gorgonzola, Grana Padana, the gluttonous Mascarpone, and the alpine Bitto creamy Crescenza. Italy is composed of various regions that have various specialty of cuisine as well; these regions are the region of Veneto, Trento-Alto Adige, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, and Liguria.