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to encourage top-quality supply in Italy and<br />

abroad.<br />

Though many of the companies visited<br />

and analyzed achieve good or adequate<br />

scores, only those with a very high mark can<br />

exhibit the Ospitalità Italiana logo, which<br />

is assigned only to enterprises providing<br />

genuine excellence.<br />

The Ospitalità Italiana certificate aims to<br />

provide current and potential customers<br />

with an objective assessment of the level<br />

of service offered and guarantees, both for<br />

entrepreneurs and tourists, visibility, clarity<br />

of image, guaranteed quality, ease of choice<br />

and a system of shared values between<br />

supplier and consumer.<br />

The Pizzeria and Trattoria Domenico can<br />

also boast this logo. Situated in the Savassi<br />

zone of Belo Horizonte, the State capital<br />

of Minais Gerais, it is located in a period<br />

building with wooden furniture and a<br />

large balcony. There are 150 places and<br />

the major player is the pizza, with names<br />

recalling Italian towns and ingredients<br />

evoking the zone of provenance. The Pizza<br />

Treviso, for example, includes radicchio,<br />

The “Ospitalità Italiana”<br />

(Italian Ospitality) certificate<br />

aims to provide current and<br />

potential customers with<br />

an objective assessment of<br />

the level of service offered.<br />

More information<br />

on www.tastingsicily.it<br />

the local red lettuce. Bruschetta, caprese<br />

[Capri-style salad], cold meat cuts and<br />

Italian cheeses are among the other dishes<br />

offered by this restaurant, which has a<br />

highly international wine-cellar.<br />

Also in Sao Paolo is the Girarrosto,<br />

a recently-opened Sicilian restaurant<br />

named after the revolving wooden oven<br />

brought in from Italy and used for slow<br />

roasting. Bearing the Best Emerging Italian<br />

Restaurant award, the restaurant has had<br />

Taste ambassador<br />

Tasting Sicily n.01/2013 49

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