Pizza and pasta are found all over the world beside hamburgers and sushi: exquisite dishes, but hardly a delight served together on the same table. Bolzano’s gastronomy combines all that is excellent from the unpretentious but tasty Alpine fare, with the fragrant delicacy of Mediterranean cuisine. Both coexist and complement each other harmoniously on the town’s restaurant menu cards. Tyrolean specialities include ‘knödel’ dumplings, ‘Schlutzkrapfen’ (pasta parcels filled with spinach), venison goulash, boiled cured pork with sauerkraut, as well as fresh lake and river fish, while Tyrolean sweets and desserts are favourites the world over – everybody knows strudel, though perhaps kaiserschmarren (scrambled pancake with raisins), chocolate, cream and ricotta cakes and flans are less familiar. Other popular food products include speck (smoked raw haunches of pork) and locally-grown fruit. Few towns can offer gourmets such an amazing diversity and choice compared with Bolzano and its surroundings, from simple eateries, cosy farmhouse inns through to Michelin-star restaurants.