Alessandro e Claudio are true gems and it’s because of people like them that we treasure the small local incredibly delicious small restaurants in Tuscany. Watching them prepare the dishes and watching you eat them bring back so many happy memories. We can’t wait to return!

@PiazzaTalkLucca

2 жыл бұрын

Alessandro and Claudio certainly are. The restaurant is really special. I'll make sure they see your lovely comment.

We love Allesandro and Claudio and their beautiful food! Thank you Enzo and Celia for sharing a slice of heaven with us.

@PiazzaTalkLucca

2 жыл бұрын

I hope you will be here to enjoy it before too long.

Ciao Celia and Enzo! I wanted to thank you for the lovely videos on life in your special part of Tuscany. You have inspired my husband and myself to stay in Benabbio for a few days this fall during our trip to Italy. All of your short trips around the area are inspiring and insightful. We are looking forward to seeing the smaller town/village as you have so thoughtfully shown your viewers. Grazie!

@PiazzaTalkLucca

2 жыл бұрын

Bagni di Lucca area is beautiful, unspoiled a bit like going back in time. Even remote churches have wonderful art. The natural beauty means walking and exploring a pleasure.

Grazie mille Celia & Enzo! We greatly enjoy your videos, and appreciate all your efforts! Thanks so much for taking us along for the wonderful “behind the scenes” look at your daily lives.

@PiazzaTalkLucca

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for coming with us!

Those noisy cicadas were in full working order ... fascinating to see and listen to the two in the kitchen as they prepared the meals. The sheer amount of work in running such a place needs encouragement and one can see why the owner is so motivated to keep going and to maintain standards when sincere commendations come his way. Benabbio is fortunate to have such a focal point for residents as well as those passing through. Quite how anyone does anything requiring either brain or physical power after having eaten a three course meal with wine on a hot summer's day, is wondrous to contemplate but best done in a recumbent position, eyes closed and on the cusp of sleep.

@PiazzaTalkLucca

2 жыл бұрын

The food isn't rich and I guess these guys (men and women) need sustenance and the wine isn't 14% ! They also drink a lot of water.

So good to see behind the scenes of your local Tuscany restaurant, it always amazes me how the restaurant, can cook, serve and source such wonderful ingredients at such inexpensive costs. Truly a devoted family, serving the local ( and some international) community. I especially enjoyed seeing the beef joint dish, preparation. Excellent video, thanks again for sharing this. John , UK

@PiazzaTalkLucca

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you John for you comment. I so agree that these little restaurant do an amazing job and provide a focal point for the community.

Thank you for the great videos of the Bagni di Lucca region and especially this one. My husband is a retired chef and restauranteur. We can't wait to visit your lovely village and Il Cavalino Bianco. Please make more videos about the food and food shops in town. You're great!

@PiazzaTalkLucca

3 ай бұрын

Bagni di Lucca is a forgotten gem in decadence with its grand villas. The spa establishments are starting to be restored and the nature and art even in the tiny villages is world-class. Sadly Cavallino is closed at the moment as Claudio and Alessandro have retired. We hope the restaurant will find a new owner with the same passion.

Myself and my husband are moving to Capannori in three weeks from the UK. We cannot tell you how addicted we are to your videos, you have given us so many ideas of places to explore and Enzo is helping us fill our recipe book with his wonderful Italian cooking! Bravo!

@PiazzaTalkLucca

2 жыл бұрын

Welcome to the area and if you see us around say hello. Thank you so much for your wonderful comments.

@helenclements708

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! We will, although we may be too star struck! 🤩

@PiazzaTalkLucca

2 жыл бұрын

too funny, don't make us laugh !!!!!

Fantastic. Don’t give up. This is real Italy. The Italy I will be moving to soon enough. I will be in Umbria but still, close enough.

@PiazzaTalkLucca

4 ай бұрын

These two have just retired. We wish them every happiness but will miss the restaurant. Luckily they are friends so we still get to enjoy Claudio's cooking. Umbria is a beautiful part of Italy.

Hey Guys. Your videos are wonderful. You do a great job of reveling the magical beauty of Bagni da Lucca. I am definitely putting Cavallino Bianco on my list this fall when we return to the area! Thanks for all your hard work.

@PiazzaTalkLucca

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you and lovely to know somebody else is passionate about our area

This is exactly why people need to subscribe! You both do a wonderful job interacting with the chefs & they were so relaxed answering the questions! The food looked so delicious!

@PiazzaTalkLucca

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your interesting comment. We need subscribers , likes and comments so we get picked up by google as we love to share with our viewers the wonderful people in our community that make being in this area so special, especially the countryside. The village restaurant is a perfect example of this.

I found this to be a very enjoyable and informative video and I'll have to remember to visit the 'white horse' on my next visit to Lucca. Thanks so much to everyone for this!

@PiazzaTalkLucca

2 жыл бұрын

You won't be disappointed if you're looking for honest simple fare

Cavallino Bianco is a wonderful Restaurant and the lunch menu is exceptional value, never disappoints.

@PiazzaTalkLucca

2 жыл бұрын

Totally agree.

Wow! Everything just looks amazing! Thank you for sharing!

@PiazzaTalkLucca

2 жыл бұрын

Honest genuine food. You can't beat it!

Thank you for posting this. I have been visiting Italy for many years, and lived there for a couple. However, I’m not familiar with the specific cooking of this region and so really enjoyed this. Thanks again.

@PiazzaTalkLucca

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your lovely comment. This restaurant is a gem cooking, wonderful meals in our small village using the local ingredients. We might like some of our other cooking videos. .

Thanks for another lovely video Celia and Enzo. I'll add Il Cavallino Bianco to the "To do list " for next trip to Lucca. ( next year all being well!)

@PiazzaTalkLucca

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching the video. Fingers crossed for next year!

My husband had picked out this restaurant, Locanda Il Cavallino Bianco, a few weeks ago. He said he wanted to try it next time we visit. He was pleased when you stopped the last time. So, it’s definitely on our list for November. Pasta with peppers, sausage, onions, tomatoes and garlic is one of my favorite dishes to prepare and eat! The farinata discussion from last week…I responded with my family’s Tuscan Farinata with cavolo nero recipe but it never posted. Chestnut polenta with warm wine (farinata) is a dish my husband has heard of but never tried. I’m sure my husband will have questions about that dish and would certainly try it if Alessandro and Claudio prepared it. Italian men are great cooks! I grew up appreciating this quality. I had to point that out since Enzo shares that quality as well as my husband and father and father-in-law.

@PiazzaTalkLucca

2 жыл бұрын

I'm sorry for the missing comment. Looking at the thread I could not find it. It is not the first time that comments unfortunately go astray. I'll tell Alessandro & Claudio of your wonderful comment. Saluti.

@patstats1

2 жыл бұрын

@@PiazzaTalkLucca the comment went astray, but you did receive and reply to the invitation to dine on farinata with us in Tempagnano di Valdottavo.

Another wonderful video! Thank you so much for doing these videos for our enjoyment as they are so encouraging to visit Bagni di Lucca. I am hoping to be there in March of 2024 and visit some of these places you so kindly share with us. I am sorry to have missed this restaurant but we all need to retire eventually.

@PiazzaTalkLucca

8 ай бұрын

The nature of Bagni di Lucca and the area is often undervalued but in the Renaissance and Belle Epoque it was the place to be. I love the area and the way of life here. It is so sad to see Alessandro and Claudio go but we will be lucky enough to still share a table with them now and again.

so interesting to see family run places rather than corporate chains great video just subscribed so keep the videos coming x

@PiazzaTalkLucca

2 жыл бұрын

It is these little restaurants that give an amazing dining experience. Thank you for supporting us.

This is real food.

@PiazzaTalkLucca

7 ай бұрын

It really is. Sadly Claudio and Alessandro retired at the end of September. A great loss to our village. We are lucky that in the hills there are still restaurants serving genuine local food

What a lovely video. Makes me want to visit the restaurant

@PiazzaTalkLucca

9 ай бұрын

Sadly the restaurant closed on 30th September as Claudio and Alessandro retired. We are all missing them but wish them all the best for the next stage of their lives.

Now this is my kind of trattoria. Good food and great chefs. Alessandro e Claudio tanti auguri from Franca in Australia. God Bless you all. 💖💖

@PiazzaTalkLucca

11 ай бұрын

This restaurant for us sums up the joy of eating out in Italy. Saluti da Bagni di Lucca.

Once again a wonderful informative video. I don't know if I can get there but will put it on my wish list! And so pleased you asked about vegetarian options, although I do eat fish. Grazie ❤

@PiazzaTalkLucca

2 жыл бұрын

It is easy to be vegetarian in Italy. We have such great vegetables.

@patstats1

2 жыл бұрын

About 30 years ago, I was suffering from dairy and had substituted with soy products. That far back, I was accommodated in Italy. I even had pizza senza formaggio. Dietary restrictions and allergies can be dealt with easily. A visit later, I was eating pecorino without an allergic reaction. Maybe it was the sheep, the processing, the raising and being in Tuscany, who knows why I had no dairy reaction in Italy afterward.

Very enjoyable episode, thanks for all your efforts, hope to get to Lucca sometime in the future 😀

@PiazzaTalkLucca

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for you comment. We hope you can come to our corner of Tuscany before too long

Such detail…thoroughly enjoyed the prep and the work involved. Will visit Cavalino Bianco next time. And hey! Tell Claudio to add a little nutmeg to his recipes! I’ll be he does that and keeps it a secret! Thanks for this one.

@PiazzaTalkLucca

2 жыл бұрын

I'm sure you're right. Nutmeg is used a lot around here. And he said spices in the video without going too much into detail.

@panarosmith

2 жыл бұрын

@@PiazzaTalkLucca Claudio doesn't need any advice on flavor!

Wonderful to see that these kinds of genuine trattorie are still thriving.

@PiazzaTalkLucca

2 жыл бұрын

I so agree but to run this restaurant requires great passion.

What a wonderful video! The contrast between life in Italy & life here in Australia is enormous. I believe these days people are too afraid to be seen taking a lunch break and only those in high-up positions enjoy sitting down to a cooked meal at a restaurant. Sitting down to a meal like this every day would make work something to look forward to.

@PiazzaTalkLucca

2 жыл бұрын

All the guys in the video (including the women) do very heavy physical work and they need fuel, and much healthier than a Big Mac! Lunch break in this area is still sacred but people work very hard.

L'Arista Ripiena ha un aspetto particolarmente delizioso 😋 It was very kind of Claudio & Alessandro to allow us into their industrious kitchen. Grazie a tutti voi!

@PiazzaTalkLucca

2 жыл бұрын

I'll pass on your lovely message

OMG❤❤❤ we discovered you and your husband this weekend. We have been watching non stop. We have been researching buying a villa in one of the old villages. I would love to private chat if you can. And with grace an espresso in the autumn.

@PiazzaTalkLucca

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for your kind words. Do drop us an email, you will find it in the about section.

Molto carino il ristorante😘

@PiazzaTalkLucca

2 жыл бұрын

Molto tradizionale. Piatti toscani di alta qualità

Lovely to see local, handmade with love! Thanks for taking us for lunch? Nosey from Calabria, out of curiousity, approximately how much was lunch? Would love to know the regional price differences. Appreciate your hard work and look forward to seeing what each Sunday brings!

@PiazzaTalkLucca

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your kind words. It is an exceptionally good restaurant. Set lunch including water, wine and coffee at the moment 15 Euro per person. Menu a la carte with full range of dishes Including some we were showing in the video around 30 Euro but it depends on what you choose and the wine. How much do they charge in Calabria?

@joanneromano1234

2 жыл бұрын

@@PiazzaTalkLuccaWhat a good price! Here in Reggio Calabria fixed menu prices for Antipasto, Primo, Secondo, Contorno, not including wine... start around 25 mid week and average 40-50 weekends per person. I would say a la carte 50 - 70 per person. So quite expensive. But on the other hand can still get pizza for 5 euros each. Ha!Ha! Swordfish is in season now... but so expensive! 15 for a panino from a street food vendor. Good thing I love cooking at home using local ingredients!

One of your best. It made me incredibly hungry !! See you in the summer assuming Easy jet still flying. Regards to Alesandro Claudio and Viviana x

@PiazzaTalkLucca

2 жыл бұрын

Will pass your greetings on and hope to see very soon.