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Sharing courses

Do most restaurants in Italy object to a couple sharing courses? I'd like to try each course but think it sounds like way too much food for me? Thank you.

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Virtually all restaurants won't care. If you want to throw in a little Italian, you can say "da condividere" which means to share. Or you can say "uno per due" meaning "one for two".

Posted by
11852 posts

We share all the time. We find it's nice to order two antipasti because we like them a lot, then split a pasta and each have a secondo or vice versa. We often split a dessert if we have one. Say "condividiamo" which means "we will share".

Posted by
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Just wondering...if you're sharing do you eat from the same plate, or will the waiter supply extras?

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@Alexandra waiters will often have a shared pasta plated separately in the kitchen, which is nice. Shared entrees usually come out with two small plates on which you can serve yourselves. Same with antipasti: serve yourselves.