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Easter in Italy is a very big deal, almost as big as Christmas. In fact, it is the second holiday where food appears to be the main centre of attention, around which all celebrations revolve. A famous italian saying goes “A Natale con i tuoi a pasqua con chi vuoi” which roughly translates to “Spend Christmas with…
New Season, new Ingredients, new Flavours… Needless to say, new Menu!
Fellini was right, what would life have been if we didn’t have pasta? Pasta is a staple in the Italian diet and it is truly a versatile ingredient to use in thousands of different combinations. And it is about these combinations that today’s post is about. As you might have noticed our Menu looks a…
As many of you already know, we have a new amazing MENU! This means that you now have many new delicious Italian dishes to try and also that we have a new Early Bird Menu! There is a much wider choice than before, as most of the things from the À la carte Menu are now available…
Have you ever wondered why we have a type of pasta called Strozzapreti, which basically means “priests stranglers” ? Despite this sinister translation from Italian, which makes these pasta twirls sound quite a dangerous thing to eat and not really very appealing, as you would imagine a pasta dish to be, Strozzapreti are indeed innocuous and really…
It is official!! We are very pleased to announce to our clientele, friends and new customers that we are soon to launch our new and improved menu! As you might have noticed it on social media, or in the restaurant, if you paid us a visit in the past weeks, there have been a lot of exciting changes…
More FACTS about Italy… this time are interesting ones rather than just plain fun ones!
We have kept this quiet for a while now, as we have been fine tuning the details, but it has been a project in the making since even before Antico opened its doors in Jesmond. It is no secret to our many friends and diners that Virginio knows his food and Antonio know his wine!…
