noun
Colloquial term for Italian cuisine, often used in casual conversation or restaurant names.
See also: イタリア料理
今夜はイタ飯にしようよ。
Let's have Italian food tonight.
あのイタ飯屋、パスタが絶品なんだ。
That Italian restaurant has amazing pasta.
Standard, formal term for Italian cuisine; イタ飯 is a casual abbreviation.
Abbreviation of イタリア料理 (Italian cuisine), replacing 料理 with 飯 (めし, 'meal/food') to create a casual, slangy term.