What is that on the menu? Is that eel? Or anchovies? Rabbit? Or squid? Is it a lovely cookie? A delicious salami? Or an intoxicating drink? Or is it soup? Sausage? Or even a cheese?
Do you really know what you are ordering?
Here is a list of the most popular Italian words and phrases with clear, simple, straightforward translations for each.
Never again will you struggle to understand a Italian menu. Never again will you be embarrassed in front of a snooty waiter. And never again will you be surprised by what you are served.