Now, Puducherry says ‘ciao’ to Italian cuisines

Puducherry has always been rather French. Now, it also offers a slice of Italy. On your next road trip, linger over a brunch of Parisian croissants, then dine on pasta from Piedmont

Antonello Giglio began serving pasta during the first lockdown: Then, he could not stop.

“I started a food kitchen, and would make ravioli, lasagna and other fresh pasta with whatever was available from the farms around us. Soon, there was a long queue outside my door, and to be able to feed them all, I was in the kitchen for eight to 10 hours a day,” he says, leaning over the counter at his newly opened Gastronómica, set opposite the popular Auroville bakery.