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Buca di Sant'Antonio
Lucca, Italy
Recommended by Antonio Carluccio and 11 other food critics.
4.6
1.2k
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Soup, Italy
Minestra di farro
Recommended by Antonio Carluccio and 4 other food critics.
"In Lucca, north of Pisa, on the Mediterranean side, Buca di Sant'Antonio is good for typical Lucchese dishes such as vegetable soup with spelt."
Antonio Carluccio , Italian chef, cookbook author, restaurateur, OMRI (Italian order of knighthood) recipient, OBE (British order of chivalry) member and known as the godfather of Italian gastronomy (1937-2017)
Recommendations
"In Lucca, north of Pisa, on the Mediterranean side, Buca di Sant'Antonio is good for typical Lucchese dishes such as vegetable soup with spelt."
"Here they make a dessert with a local delicacy that is more than tasty: buccellato semifreddo."
"Their specialty is zuppa alla frantoiana: a delicious dish with vegetables, pancetta and stale bread, you have to try it."
on Frantoiana
"Dessert fans will love the Buccellato farcito alla crema di sottobosco, which is a Lucchesian cake filled with ice cream and served with a wildberry sauce."
"The elegant menu has been designed to showcase traditional Lucchese dishes such as zuppa di farro which is almost always one of my choices. But don’t stop there, that’s just il primo. Undoubtedly it will be one of your top dining experiences during your travels."
"Buca di Sant'Antonio has prepared the best traditional dishes in town for centuries. Among these you can still taste the farro soup, one of the oldest foods in Italy."
"To try the best of traditional Lucca cooking, we suggest La Buca di S. Antonio – you have to sample the spelt soup."
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