The 4 Roman Pastas Tasting Experience in Rome

We had the honor of experiencing four incredible adventures with the Local Aromas family, which elevated our entire Rome vacation. We began with the Four Pasta Tasting, led by Valeria, and it felt like we were with family. We learned about pasta, enjoyed it, and shared laughs about various topics. Then, on another day, we took the Roman street food tour with Benny, which was another incredible experience, walking through neighborhoods away from tourist areas and seeing beautiful architecture as we savored delicious food. Benny and Valeria have a passion for sharing their culture with others, which creates an extraordinary experience. A couple of days later, we participated in a Pasta Cooking class with Carla, who again blew us away with her humor and warm welcome into her home. The pasta turned out amazing, and not a drop was left on our plates. A couple of days later, we attended a cheese and wine tasting, which gave us a newfound appreciation for the art and chemistry of cheese and wine. Thank you to the entire Local Aromas family! We will be back, and we will book more! For anyone reading this review, I highly recommend booking one or more of their tours, as it will enhance your Roman vacation.

The whole pasta tasting experience was incredible, but Benny's personality and knowledge really put it over the top! I would give this experience more than five stars if I could. The four pastas were amazing (still dreaming about them now), Benny taught us so much about the culture of Rome, and the location was perfect. I couldn't recommend this experience enough!!

This was a perfect start to our visit to Rome. We learned so much about the four Roman pastas and the ingredients that make them. This is a must do for anyone who loves food while visiting Rome. We left with so many cooking tips; we can't wait to try out hand at making the four pastas at home!

BRAVA !! We are back from Rome 🇻🇦and already miss Benny and " our" Local Aromas family ! We had done their food tours and tastings 😋on previous trips and we couldn't come to Italy without trying the Four Roman Pastas tour , which was extraordinary! If anyone can make eating pasta 🍝 a super 🤓informative and FUN 😁😆🥳experience Benny can! Benny and everyone in the Local Aromas family made us feel safe 😷COVID wise and made sure we all felt comfortable with their precautions. Benny is so warm, fun and knowledgeable and our Four Roman Pastas tastings and experience was such a blast we wanted more ( we kinda begged ) and they were able to graciously accommodate us for a second experience two days later 👏🏻 ! We choose a wine 🍷 tasting, which Benny gives magnificently. Someone in our group prides themselves on being an Italian wine 🧐expert, but with Benny as our guide he admitted he learned a few things in addition to adding a few more delicious 🍾wines to our favorites list. Benny 😊🥰😂is so down to earth, warm, fun and very knowledgeable 🤩 in many areas. 🥰 Thank you for another 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻extraordinary Local Aromas experience ! We will surely add a day or two ( at least ) in Rome for our next Italy 🇮🇹 trip.

First and foremost, all three of us would like to give a "heartfelt" thank you for the wonderful experiences that we had with Local Aromas! All three tours that we shared with Local Aromas was more that we expected. We thoroughly enjoyed every moment shared with all involved. Our first night in Rome, we share the "The 4 Roman Pastas Tasting Experience in Rome," with Chef Eric and Valeria. What a night we had! Eric taught us everything about the Carbonara and how to change the simple pasta into three other Roman Pastas. He also paired the pastas with 3 different types of wine that made our tastebuds sing. Eric was a sure pleasure to meet and we loved the banter that we shared with him. Having this Food Tour the first night in Rome, really prepared us the the rest of our vacation in Rome. Having the background of the pastas made our choices in dinners easy without any guessing as to what to expect. Eric was an amazing teacher and friend that we had in Rome. The "Local Food Market Tour in Rome" was again, an unexpected surprise. Prior to the tour, one sister decided that we should have signed up for another Market tour, so I contacted Local Aromas for make the switch. After a discussion with Benny, we decided on sticking with the "Local Food Market Tour" and did not regret our choice. Jamila was our guide to instantly became a friend. She explained everything about the Food Market and the vendors their with such passion. She translated the conversations between the vendors and us with such a kind heart. The food that she chose for us are still unforgettable. We were also very excited when we saw food that she shared with us in our visit in Assisi. What a day that will always be in our memories. Lastly, our "Olive Oil Tasting and Homemade Family Meal in Rome" was out of this world. To be invited to our Chef's home for a meal was unbelievable. After introductions, Benny gave a complete and fun tasting of different Olive Oils and how to use them. Benny was GREAT! We not only became friends with Benny but we became part of her family and she became part of our family instantly. The laughs that we had with her were not forced but sometimes uncontrollable. Then we had a spectacular dinner made and served by our Chef. What a night to remember. We had good wine, good food, good laughter, and good weather. There was nothing more that we could have asked for. Our only regret was that we did not have more time to take more tours with Local Aromas. All three of us would recommend any tour offered by Local Aromas. The three tours that we had were spectacular and when we return to Italy, we plan on having more tours with them. Our thoughts before going to Rome was "we need to eat" so why not learn about the food culture of Rome while we were at it. We enjoyed every moment with Eric, Valeria, Jamila, Benny, and our Chef! All of them puts their hearts in sharing their love of Roman food and culture. And we can now say that we have Friends/Family in Rome. Thank you Local Aromas for a wonderful Rome Experience!

We had a wonderful experience during our 4 Roman Pastas Tasting with Debora. She was very friendly and it was lovely having a local explain the history and process of each dish. Each dish was so delicious. I highly recommend the guided pasta tasting experience.

I booked the pasta experience for my family of 6 with Valeria and we were so happy with dinner experience. We enjoyed the meal and conversation with Valeria. She talked with all of us and gave us very interesting tidbits about Italy experiences, local foods to try, and recommendations of places see. We really appreciated the experience with Valeria and her knowledge of the Italian customs and culture. She really made us feel like friends having dinner not tourists. It was a fun night and the food was fantasitc. We recommend Local Aromas to anyone wanting to immerse themselves into the Italian culture.

Being from the United States, it was so much fun to experience the cuisine native to Italy. (Rome in particular) Meggy did an excellent job of explaining the history behind the 4 pastas, the "why we do this" for each of the courses we experienced, and included much information about the regions of Rome and why certain foods are connected to those areas. Meggy was the most genuine, pleasant, person to share all of this information with us. Her knowledge made our experience very enjoyable!

What a great experience. We did the Roman street food tour on May 20th and the 4 Roman pastas tour on the 21st. Both tours were fantastic and we can’t wait to use Local Aromas again on our next trip to Italy.

Wonderful experience with Local Aromas on our trip to Rome. We did the walking food tour with Deborah and the 4 pastas tour with Eric the next day. Both persons were gracious, knowledable, and highly engaging. We learned much, ate much, and thoroughly enjoyed our tours.