There are endless opportunities to taste many delicacies: trattorias (small restaurant), wine-bars and restaurant dot every part of the town and its surrounding: pick the one that suits you best.
Tomini elettrici (white cheese with spicy sauce), agnolotti al sugo d’arrosto (pasta filled with meat, in a roast sauce), fritto misto alla piemontese (a blend of fried meats), the great bollito misto (boiled meat with boiled vegetables) and the highly original bagna caoda, a sauce made with garlic, olive oil and anchovies, which is eaten with local vegetables: a trip to Torino is a trip … trough taste. The tables of the region are in fast sumptuously laid with dishes not to be missed: local hors-d’oeuvres, tasty first courses, cheeses, salami, (salami and cold pork meat), excellent quality meat and desserts that have made history.

The Turinese know how to enjoy life! Just observe them at “aperitivo” hour: groups of friends, colleagues leaving the office, couples and families … they all join this joyful ritual in wine-bars, cafés and their terraces. You must also sip a glass of wine or a cocktail with many savoury delicacies, for a snack before dinner to discover the flavours of the areas: “tagliere di salumi e formaggi” (board of salami and cold pork meat and cheese) to be eaten with “grissini rubatà”, vegetables pies, grilled peppers, “acciughe al verde” (anchovies with green sauce) and “vitello tonnato” (meat with tuna sauce), an unusual blend of meat and fish that has become a classic.

Your visit is right occasion to savour famous Piedmontese wines, such a Barolo and Barbaresco and the excellent DOC (Registered Designation of Origin) wines from the region: Carema, which comes from the steep mountain slopes, the fresh and fruity Doux D’Henry, dry or sweet Freisa, Bonarda, Cari and Erbaluce, the first white wine to received this acknowledgement 40 years ago, Ramie and finally Caluso Passito, a well-balances and velvet toast for the best desserts.

Filled pralines and perfumed cakes, original little biscuits and tasty drinks … those who love sweets will find heaven here: no other place can boast such a depp-rooted tradition, craftsmen so creative and such a widespread passion for chocolate and pastry-making.

Come and enjoy delights that have become famous all over the world, including the “gianduiotti”, that originated in Napoleonic times from the balances blend of cocoa and “round and gentle” hazelnuts.

Go into one of the many historic cafés under the arches or into the gracious little squares, imagine you are an elegant dame from the nineteenth century or a character from the Risorgimento and enjoy a bicerin (coffee with chocolate and milk cream), the drink officially recognized as “traditionally Turinese”, but also a hot chocolate with cream or the tantalizing zabaglione. You can savour them with locally produced biscuits, like the tiny Nocciolini from Chivasso, Torcetti from Lanzo and the Canestrelli, with different local variations all over the province. If you feel like savour a very special treat, taste the Focaccia di Susa on the mountainside and the Focaccia di Chieri on the hillside.