Cul De Sac Rome

Do you know what is “Cul de Sac”? Sitting with my Spanish friend inside Enoteca Cul de Sac Rome, she suddenly asked. “Cul de Sac” literally means a lane or street that will lead you to nowhere, a “dead end”, explained by my friend. “Funny thing is, this is Catalonia slang, which has nothing to do with […]
Cacio e Pepe alla Romana

Ciao, my friends! As promised, I’m back here and want to talk about Cacio e Pepe alla Romana with you this weekend. I don’t know Cacio e Pepe until I put my feet on those little square shape “San Pietrini” in Rome. Surprisingly, over the growing time I’ve spent living here in Rome, I found that […]
How To Cook Artichokes Like An Italian

Springtime! The Italians always cook and eat as the season moves on. We do, too. I’m so glad to receive many requests after my Instagram story about cooking Italian artichokes (“Carciofi”). So, I decided to share the easiest of all Italian artichoke recipes to try at home. First of all, if you don’t know what […]
Where to eat in Rome, September Edit

Instead of where to eat in Rome, it might be better to consider as to where to drink in Rome. Yo, it’s a bit late for this month’s happy delicious where to eat in Rome list. Sorry guys, I am super super busy in the past one and a half weeks between working on the […]
How Italy feels, September 20

https://www.gustobeats.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/how-italy-feels-september-20.mp4 Isn’t it amazing? On the last day of August, we had a full rainy day, and the temperature dropped below 20 degrees in Rome! Mother Nature is telling us, “if you haven’t enjoyed much this summer, be hurry because I’m going to change the season soon.” Earlier last month, we had a quick trip […]
Where to eat in Rome, August Edit

My summer days in Rome: drinking Spritz, eating seafood, drinking frozen limoncello, or taking a midnight walk to our favorite Gelateria. If you ask me where to eat in Rome, I’m not able to finish the list in a single post. I’m seriously self-doubting my every-two-day gym routine won’t work well with my growing human-pancetta. […]
How Rome and Italy Feel, June 20

https://www.gustobeats.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/gustobeats-how-rome-and-italy-feel-photo-diary-june-20.mp4 Hey, how are you? It’s been quite a while since my last MOTW update. I’m coming back this weekend, with some of the best and meaningful moments of Rome and Italy. I have this idea to create a simple visual diary, to show you my Rome life and some awesome hidden places in Italy […]
9 Best Books About Rome

Today, let’s talk about books. I mean, firstly, the best books about Rome, but not a travel guide book. Moving to Italy means many things to me. The biggest one is lifestyle change. Living in Asia, I’ve even no time for an audiobook or a 15-minute podcast. I’ve spent nearly 10 months communing between Orte […]
Lockdown Benefit: Discover Those Hidden Rome Street Art

Rome is slowly stepping into the post-lockdown period, and surely the almost two-month lockdown in Rome city changed many people’s life opinion. However, 2020’s pandemic and lockdown don’t bring us absolute negativity, for example, the recovering earth environment in a big way. In a much smaller way, I do discover a lockdown benefit personally. I […]
Exploring Italy with the best 44 Italy tourism Instagram accounts

Whether you are exploring Italy as an expat or a local, or you are actually planning a trip to Italy on your own, we have the same question, where to go in Italy? Italy is not a big country, however, it has a very diverse regional landscape to see and culture to experience. Thanks to […]