Khange ndilindele ukuwela uFlorence ngelixa ndisitya inkunkuma yaseJapan.
Njengabatyeleli bexesha lokuqala esixekweni sase-Italiya esine storisi, ndandifika ngoburharha oburhawuzayo be-museum-goer, ndikholelwa ekubeni ukugqitha kuya kuziswa ngokubona ngokobuqu lonke uzuko lwe-Renaissance endakha ndadibana nalo kwiifoto. UMichelangelo kaDavid. UDuomo kaBrunelleschi. UBotticelli Ntlakohlaza . IPonte Vecchio kunye nePalazzo Pitti. Ndichithe iiyure zam zokuqala ezingama-48 kwindawo enamanzi, ndikhonkotha nge-terra-cotta maze kushushu ngoMeyi, ndisebenza kuluhlu lwezinto ezifunekayo ukuze ndenze kakuhle. Ukanti kule gorge-inducing gorge on Medici-era splendor, andinakugungqisa ingcinga yokuba ndenze eyona mpazamo bendithembisile ukuyiphepha: ukubona okuninzi kodwa ndonwabele okuncinci, nditsala umphezulu wedolophu ngendleko yokuqonda umphefumlo wayo.
Emva koko, ngobusuku bam besithathu, kwafika inkunkuma. NdandikwiSant'Ambrogio, indawo eleleyo emaphethelweni eziko eligcwele ngabakhenkethi, ndisitya kwindawo yokutyela encinci ebizwa ngokuba yiCiblèo. Kuvulwe ngo-Matshi 2017, yindawo eyothusayo enezihlalo ezili-16 kuphela ezizibiza njenge-Tuscan Oriental. Akukho luhlu; Endaweni yoko, izidlo zihlala isitya se-tapas esidibanisa i-tapas edibanisa amaJapan, amaTshayina, amaKorea kunye namaTaliyane ngokulula. I-Edamame kunye nee-ertyisi zasendle zasendle zafika zigalelwe ioyile ye-oli yomnquma; I-sliver enamafutha e-soppressata yabelana ngeplate kunye neetapile ezifakwe kwi-wasabi; iiglasi zewayini yalapha zanikezela ngenxa yesiphu. Ukulahlwa kwenkunkuma, kufuthwe ngokugqibeleleyo, ulusu lwayo olucekeceke ukuqiniswa kufakwa inyama yengulube yeCasentino, yafika phakathi kwisidlo sam. Kwakungaphaya kokumnandi, isikhumbuzi sobungakanani bokuluma ukuba uFlorence ungaphezulu kakhulu kokuthembeka okuqaqambileyo. Yisixeko esivulekileyo kwihlabathi lanamhlanje ngeendlela ezimangalisayo.
Kukhetheke kakhulu, akunjalo? Utshilo uFabio Picchi, umnini ka-Ciblèo, ngokubhekisele ekubekeni inkunkuma, nangona ndingathanda ukucinga ukuba uyaqonda ukuba bendinomzuzwana wokutyhila malunga nomzi wakowabo.
Umtsalane oneentshebe ezimhlophe, uPicchi kudala ethathwa njengombingeleli omkhulu wokupheka kukaFlorentine. Iivenkile zakhe zokuqala zokutyela-i-Cibrèo Ristorante esondeleyo kunye nomntakwabo ongacwangciswanga, uCibrèo Trattoria-yavulwa ngo-1979 kwaye yahlala ezinye zezona ndawo zibalaseleyo zokuthatha isampulu kwizibiliboco zommandla kwaye zonwabise amandla aphucukileyo aphumela ngaphandle kweendawo ezinyathelwe ngakumbi zeso sixeko. Emva kwexesha kwafika uCaffè Cibrèo, apho kusasa i-espresso-kunye-khekhe ifiphala kubusuku beChianti-kunye ne-salumi, kunye neTeatro del Sale, iklabhu yesidlo sangokuhlwa apho izidlo ze-buffet zilandelwa yimidlalo yomculo. Kunye noCiblèo, zonke zidityaniswe zijikeleze indlela enqamlezileyo. UPicchi wongamela ubukumkani bakhe nge-panache — ebaleka phakathi kweevenkile zokutyela, ejonge kwimarike ekufuphi ngezithako, ebulisa abahlobo bakudala kunye nokwenza abantu abatsha bazive ngathi bahlala rhoqo
Chef Minjoo Heo eCibleo, eFlorence UMinjoo Heo, umpheki kwindawo yokutyela yaseAsia-Italiya yaseCiblèo. | Ityala: UFederico Ciamei