May 13 – Olive oil, pesto and focaccia, farinata, sgabeo, and gianchetti… Cinque Terre food preserves the characteristics of a long tradition. Recognized and appreciated in Italy and abroad, Cinque Terre is ready to seduce Chinese palates with a 20-page report published in the Hong Kong “Eat and Travel Magazine.” This week, journalist Venus Purnama toured far and wide the Cinque Terre National Park to discover the beautiful and the tasty products of the land as told by its restaurateurs. With its 4,226 acres, the Cinque Terre National Park is the smallest in Italy, and at the same time the most densely populated, with about 5,000 residents in five villages: Riomaggiore, Manarola, Corniglia, Vernazza and Monterosso al Mare.