Buca Manzoni

Bologna


‘We only serve proper Bolognese food here, none of that spaghetti stuff’, announces your loquacious but humorous waiter. You’d better believe him. At Buca Manzoni the menu is printed in Bolognese dialect, the lasagne comes verde (green), and those long stringy bits of pasta are called tagliatelle and are nothing – dare you ask – like spaghetti.


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