意大利最後一位王子在加州洛杉磯街頭賣意麪

One of the last places you would expect to find a real Italian prince is driving a food truck on the streets of Los Angeles, California. But that hasn’t stopped His Royal Highness Emanuele Filiberto of Savoy, Umberto II, from trying his luck in the American mobile food business.

你不大會想到在加州洛杉磯大街小巷開着食品卡車的會是意大利王子。但這也阻止不了意大利皇室塞沃家族菲利韋託二世在美國移動食品行業小試一把運氣。

With a food truck with fresh Italian pasta that is loved around the world，he painted it in the colors of House Savoy and named it “Prince of Venice”, after one of his would-be titles which are not recognized by the Italian government.

菲利韋託二世的這輛卡車裝着風靡世界的意大利麪，他把卡車漆成塞沃家族的色彩，並且起名爲“威尼斯王子”，這是他原本要世襲的頭銜，雖然意大利並不會承認。

Filiberto says he was mesmerizes by all the “beautiful and colorful” food trucks in Los Angeles, and had his Eureka moment when he realized almost all of them were offering Asian and Mexican food, but none had Italian cuisine on the menu. He hied a chef and started driving around L.A. selling dishes like fettucine with shrimp and clams or linguine with truffles for as little as $15.

菲利韋託說這些“色澤鮮麗”的食品卡車讓他着了迷，他發覺幾乎所有食品卡車都提供亞洲和墨西哥食物，卻沒有一輛菜單上有意大利美食時，有如發現了新大陸一般。他僱傭了一名廚師，開始在洛杉磯一邊開車，一邊賣對蝦蛤蜊意大利寬麪條和松露意大利扁麪條，售價低廉，僅15美元。

Until opening his food truck business in Los Angeles, Filiberto was often spotted on the red carpet and made appearances on various Italian TV shows. But he seems to have turned a blind shoulder to that lifestyle and has dedicated himself to the Prince of Venice food truck. And business is apparently going great.

一直到在洛杉磯開啓食品卡車前夕，菲利韋託一直在紅毯上和諸多意大利電視節目裏現身。但他似乎要背離那種生活方式，潛心致力於他的威尼斯王子食品卡車，顯然，生意很好。

“The 'Prince of Venice' food truck has already become a phenomenon,” the Italian royal says. “Americans like to eat quickly and have their lunch in a park or on a bench. I'm offering them a quality product. And, after all, where else in America can you say that you've been fed by an Italian prince?”

“'威尼斯王子'的食物卡車已經成爲了熱點現象”，意大利王室人員稱。“美國人喜歡快速飲食，在公園或者長凳上吃午飯。我給他們提供優質的食品。畢竟，在美國其它地方，哪裏還有意大利王子給你爲餵食呢？”