Now, Puducherry says ‘ciao’ to Italian cuisines
The Hindu
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.

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