By Alexandra Redisch in Umbria
Hello there, Alex here – again.
During my recent visit in gorgeous Umbria, we stopped off for lunch at Agriturismo Il Mandoleto – a farm with apartments and a restaurant near Perugia. It was hands down one of the best meals I’ve ever had.
We were greeted in a winter garden where we had appetizers: prosecco, anchovie sandwiches, prosciutto ham and pecorino cheese. Oh, the cheese…
At this Umbria agriturismo they grow their own vegetables and make their own pasta – which was delicious, by the way, and the portion just the right size.
Sadly for you, I was enjoying my food so much I forgot the cardinal rule of food blogging: Photograph EVERYTHING you eat! I can, however, show you a picture of the spread that awaited us when we arrived:
… and the adorable carver:
We were meant to tour of the estate, but because of the rain this was cancelled. I was a bit sad; it would have been fun to amble about the vegetable garden and seen some pasta making. All in all though, it was a truly delicious meal, the staff was extremely friendly, the surroundings beautiful – in short, a delightful experience. I’m using tons of adjectives on purpose here, because this place was just that good!
A big thumbs up for Agriturismo Il Mandoleto!
Disclosure: I was in Umbria as a guest of the Umbria Regional Tourism Board. However, as always, all thoughts and words are mine, all mine.
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That’s saying quite a lot about a place if it served the “best” you ever had! It certainly looks like a great spot. I know what you mean about taking photos. I almost always forget to take the pics before I start eating. Then it doesn’t look so appetizing.
I forget that, too. Would be difficult to be a food blogger.
Is that the prosciutto he’s slicing? That looks AMAZING!!!!
Looks yummy, doesn’t it?
Sounds great – though I miss a map to show me where exactly I’ll find this wonderful agriturismo (without having to dig too deep down in the link:)
I’ll get on the map, then 🙂
Who wouldn’t fall a little in love with the mustachioed prosciutto czar?!?
Alex thought he was absolutely adorable 🙂
Ah, yes, Italy and food. I’d rather have Italian than French, really. All that pasta ….
It’s a bit easier, Italian food; less formal, somehow…
I almost always forget to take the food photos before I’ve dug in – same with the hotel rooms before I’ve made a mess.
Lucky you – just the sound of the food you enjoyed seems devine.
She had a good first blog trip, Alex 🙂
I seem to forget to photograph everything too! You photos of Umbria show an amazing part of Italy and the food looks scrumptious too. I agree, the meat carver is very cute 🙂
I have to make a very conscious effort to remember.
As a fellow pasta lover, I can relate with being far too concerned with digging into the food to take a picture. But you seem to have gotten a few in! Looks and sounds like a fantastic meal. I’d love to try it some day.
🙂
This looks like the perfect day in the perfect place. Yum!
That’s Umbria 🙂
Sorry to hear the tour got canceled, but it looks like the eats more than made up for it:)
Looks like it did.
Wow what a delightful experience you had! The pasta looks really good! I hope I was there too! 🙂
Thanks for stopping by.
Hahaha we are ALWAYS halfway through our meal before we remember to take photos of the food! Not great when you have half of it missing on your plate 🙂
Doesn’t look quite the same half eaten, does it?
That looks like my kind of eating. Mouth watering piece!
I imagine there’s lots of mouth watering eats in southern Spain, too, Robin 🙂
It happens more often that you think, Alexandra. Sometimes the food is so appealing, the first thing I think about is eating! The photos you got are lovely.
Alex is busy travelling, so I’ll say thank you instead 🙂