Lugano is the largest city in Italian-speaking Switzerland, is a city born of the lake. Lakeshore wide, there are benches, there are Lin Yindao, swans will come ashore to find some food in the grass. Separated by a road, across from the Old City, churches, galleries, private banking, commercial street gathered here.

Our guide Cecilia was a local woman of about forty, with a simple Swiss competent, but also with Italians warm and cheerful, always smiling. After we rolled with the Old Town church and the new cultural center, she suddenly some mysterious told us: "We are here to eat dinner, a visit is not one, but go all the way, all the way to eat."

I at first glance, where we did not have any street food stalls, how could go all the way, all the way to eat?

With a little bit of curiosity, and we stopped at Cecilia in front of a local restaurant, Cecilia asked us to put in a small bar in front of the store to wait, she and the waiter said a few words of Italian, so the waiter served a few market eat, and gave each of us a glass of white wine to end. Cecilia toast announce our culinary journey began.

This is several dishes of food, there are local cheeses, traditional brownie cake similar, there is a local sausage wrapped in crisp and hot bread. This cheese, light taste than the German-speaking area, the cake is not as sweet like the French Quarter, as the hot crisp bread, is simply love people of Switzerland buffet special goodwill towards the whole of Asia. I think probably because of Lugano influenced by the Italian food culture, local food seems to be more Chinese tastes, after all, Italy is also the "salty, hot, starch" Well lovers.

Ate and drank and talked for a while, Cecilia took us back journey.

On the way, I am curious to ask her "culinary journey" what is a trip journey. She enthusiastically spoke up: "This is our local Tourism Bureau in November launched a new product, you know, on the street and no so-called 'food stalls', is a full restaurant before, visitors can choose. one of the restaurants dining. and we follow it, you can sit at each restaurant, eat a few mouthfuls of restaurant specialties, then 'moved' the next one. "

It sounds a bit mean. Especially in Gao Ang prices, no street vendors in Switzerland, this tour is actually economical and convenient.

We spoke to our second home. This is an upscale pub, we are here to taste the local red wine and honey. Honey is a whole pot served, looks simple and honest fun, the waiter has served a baguette with ham, put honey spread on ham to eat. This ham than normal number of Spanish ham even more fat. However, when I opened his mouth will baguette slices, ham and honey into his mouth together, it is really a burst of happiness wells up.

Then I see Cecilia kept her write or draw on the book, I asked what she was doing. She said that she adjusted according to our experience this tour line, to fight it in November, more perfect show in front of tourists.

I casually asked this culinary journey whose idea it was, she suddenly raised his voice, his excitement and said:. "I ah," I, too, that she was all the way since the excitement, joy. She said that a few months ago, she had friends travel to Lugano, the way to her house. To prepare for that dinner, she really painstaking, anxious to put all the features of good food are served. Even friends think only a taste, is worth it. After that dinner she had the idea of ​​culinary journey.

Our next restaurant is situated directly in the middle of the street park, specialty here is "corn meal." The ancient practice is to put corn residue in copper pots hanging on the fire and cook until thick corn residue, into a "rice-like." Then in the above doused with butter sauteed mushrooms or other "sundries", both delicious and nutritious.

This liquor store is also very unique, it is with Merlot grapes white wine. This is a black Merlot grapes, wine brewing material. Probably the only person in the world to Lugano Merlot grapes white wine, grapes need to be peeled, seeded, this process is very time consuming before brewing, but also makes this white wine softer.

From here out days have been completely dark, but Cecilia told us that there are "final surprise," so we went to eat at a snack shop in a local lake fish. Meat is tender and delicious. And this restaurant is a real feature of whiskey. This is a walnut brewed whiskey, dark dark. Zuo eat together in the cranberry ice cream, really memorable.

With little tipsy whiskey, and sweet raspberry ice cream, we ended the tour wonderful culinary journey. The lake and the line, Cecilia suddenly serious, and said slowly: "Over the years, I have been constantly asked about Lugano Switzerland or Italy, I always repeat, neither Lugano Swiss German region. French-speaking, it is not Italy, it is the Lugano. and now, I believe I can not answer this question, cuisine can be. "

I do not know why, I suddenly was touched by the tone of the town tour guide assured, proud.