Tastes and flavors of Italy are delighting the region of Kanto: 2019 is a milestone for the project “Arigat-EU, the authentic deli meat from Europe” ready to expand its range of action in the cities of Yokohama, Maebashi, Saitama and Chiba, after the great success of last year in Tokyo.The three prestigious Italian deli meat, Mortadella Bologna PGI, Salamini Italiani alla Cacciatora PDOand Cotechino Modena PGI, promoted by the campaign Arigat-EU, have arrived in September in the kitchens of 200 restaurants in the cities of Kanto. A unique occasion, until November, to discover the prestigious products in the menus of selected Italian restaurants, where the chefs develop original recipes with the PGI and PDO cold cuts. In some of these restaurants it is also possible to find the Italian gastronomic excellences in the distinctive bento-boxes, for a quick and delicious lunch break.
Located southwest of Tokyo with plenty of attractions, the Kanagawa Prefecture is hosting the project Arigat-EU in its capital Yokohama. A dynamic city with the largest population in Japan and a cosmopolitan vocation, with the first port to open to the international trade, which has already been chosen by the campaign Arigat-EU this year for the annual workshop and a gala dinner. The original PDO and PGI products have arrived here in 75 selected Italian restaurants, 7 of which offer the Italian products for lunch in the bento-box.
(Find all restaurants in Yokohama: http://www.arigat.eu/restaurants/kanagawa-prefecture).
Among the restaurants participating in the Arigat-EU campaign in Yokohama, there are the four Pizzerias of Salvatore Cuomo, the guru of the Italian cuisine in Asia. In his Pizzerias, that offer authentic Neapolitan pizzas and Italian dishes, the three-deli meat are featured in original and exquisite recipes. From Naples to Rome, at La Tappa Fissa, a restaurant that offers a menu of Roman dishes and highly values the Arigat-EU products in its menu. To immerse in the traditional Tuscan cuisine there is the restaurant Via Toscanella, for the pasta lovers the numerous locations of Kamakura Pasta that offer freshly-made noodles, while for high-quality Italian handmade products Obicà Mozzarella Bar, the casual and contemporary restaurant found in international gateway cities among which Yokohama: also in all of the above mentioned restaurants Mortadella Bologna PGI, Salamini Italiani alla Cacciatora DPO and Cotechino Modena PGI are protagonists in exclusive recipes and menus created by their chefs.
For those instead who must take a short break for lunch, there are the restaurants that offer the special bento-boxeswith the PGI and PDO deli meat, such as Aquila volans, a typical Italian restaurant that guarantees the freshness of their excellent ingredients, or Posillipo Napule, a pizzeria and trattoria where to enjoy pizza and pasta, highly rated by Italians living in Japan.