Besides potential appetizers the bread is there to soak up leftover sauce after you finish any saucy dish i.e. pasta.
That’s called “fare la scarpetta” and is common practice in Italy.
But yeah to put it ON bread seems more like a gimmick. Leaving aside the fact that this doesn’t look to be ACTUAL carbonara.
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Besides potential appetizers the bread is there to soak up leftover sauce after you finish any saucy dish i.e. pasta. That’s called “fare la scarpetta” and is common practice in Italy.
But yeah to put it ON bread seems more like a gimmick. Leaving aside the fact that this doesn’t look to be ACTUAL carbonara.