Monday, 9 June 2008

all shapes and sizes

When we arrived in Venice in the early morning, I was on a mission to find the nearest cafe that served anything edible. After visiting numerous cafes that were along the roads, I let my sense of smell lead me to a small restaurant that appeared to serve breakfast food, along with salad and sandwiches. As I walked into the foreign cafe, the tiniest glass of white wine, sitting on a nearby table caught my eye. I inched closer to the glass window, which contained the only options for my early lunch. To my surprise everything was tiny. The panini's were no bigger than three inches in diameter, and contained only a slice of meat or cheese in between the tiny circles of bread. They were definitely not the average six inch, thick bread panani's I was used to. But I was desperate, and figured anything would do. They reminded me of the bite size candy bars you get during halloween...only they weren't chocolate! I ordered the first thing I saw, which was the salami sandwich. I felt like a giant as I took a bite out of the sandwich, which was nearly half of my meal. To my surprise, I was quite pleased with my mini panini. The bread was fresh and the salami was flavorful. The advantage of the small panini's is that you can order two different kinds, while still only paying two euros, since each one was only one.

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