Pasta Al Dente

Venture into Pasta Al Dente and on the left you'll find wood-fire oven number one with its mountain of crusty panini, olive ciabatta rolls and half-moon mezzaluna loaves (just to name a few). To the right, wood-fire oven number two pumps out freshly made pizzas to take away.

But the heart of this store is its freezers filled with gourmet pastas. If you can get past the plastic packaging, the five kilogram bags of frozen ravioli and tortellini will have you set for weeks. This haven for the time-poor is not just about pasta though – find hand-made arancini, pizza balls and meatballs all ready to take home and pop in the oven. There’s even a deli so you can pick up some prosciutto on your way out. Bonus: The Alba Cheese Factory is just down the road.