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Tuna Tartare at Tischi Toschi |
We stayed at Bonavita longer than we scheduled, as we had such a great time there.
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Later in the afternoon, we drove to the last destination, Taormina, which is a famous historic resort town. Movie “Le Grand Bleu” (The Big Blue) was shot in this town. Our hotel was situated on the cliff overlooking the ocean.
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Every room has the ocean front view. I wished I could’ve stayed there for much longer, but we were only going to stay for one night.
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We walked around the town and did some shopping.
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For dinner, we had a reseravation at Tischi Toschi, which is a renowned restaurant serving seasonal regional cuisine including top quality raw ingredients.
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Chef Luca Casablanca is a very passionate chef. He gave us a warm welcome and we had a toast with him.
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We started with tuna tartare with ginger confit. The dish was extremely fresh and tasty. With this one dish, I could tell this dinner was going to be amazing. Tuna was followed by different kinds of fantastic antipasti, including the salad of salt-cured cod, vegetable balls with tomato sauce, and albacore salad.
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Fritter of mussels and sardine were so tasty, too.
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Spaghetti vongole was made with local clams, which are very tiny with orange edge. Another pasta dish was handmade carrubo (Sicilian beans) pasta and sardine. I loved both of them!
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I was already quite full, but there was a generous portion of secondi, followed by dessert. The fish was local albacore, and the dessert was Sicilian lemon jelly. They were so good that I couldn’t pass.
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The final dinner in Sicily turned into a real fun party. We opened so many bottles.
2012 Marco Sferlazzo, “Porta del Vento”, Catarrato
2012 Bonavita, Rosato
2010 Uva Tantum, Nero d’Avola-Syrah
2012 Barraco, Grillo
2011 Quantico, Etna Bianco (Carricante 100%)
2010 Bonavita Rosso (DOC Faro)
2007 Tenuta di Fessina, “il Musmeci” Etna Rosso (Nerello Mascalese)
2007 Alice Bonaccorsi, “Cru Cimonaci”
Our Italian wine trip was a big success and so much fun again this year. I am already looking forward to next year…which region should we go?!