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Buon appetito: Italian ristorante explores Indian taste buds (view pics)

Antipasti is not pasta, ravioli is quite different from risotto and fettuccini and farfalle are two distinct dishes.. Italian food, to many in India, may be synonymous with pizzas and pastas but the discerning Indian



His restaurant, Ciro's Pomodoro, opened a year ago in the trendy N-Block Market in New Delhi's Greater Kailash-I, and he has since not looked back.

His partner, American actor Armand Assante (seen in films such as "American Gangster"), says globalisation, and its easy embrace of Western lifestyles, made it easy for a Westerner to operate in India.

With its authentic food and ambience, Ciro's Pomodoro has become a popular haunt with the young, packing both its floors, including a terrace sitout, particularly over weekends.