[Dec. 2024] After enjoying the cathedral in Amalfi, a tourist destination in southern Italy, we found a narrow staircase on the side, not the front staircase.
Going down the staircase, we found a restaurant called Il Chiostro.
I had a vivid memory of being ripped off at a restaurant in this area when I first visited Amalfi a long time ago, so I was quite hesitant to go in, but when I went in, it was completely different, so I was relieved.
Even in Italy, which seems to keep a long history, restaurants and shops seem to go through the ups and downs.
It seems that Il Chiostro is definitely a restaurant for tourists, and the other customers were Japanese families, American families, Asian women, etc.
It can’t be helped, since it’s a tourist destination.
Here, I took stuffed zucchini flowers for a starter and shared them with my husband.
They were stuffed with squid and potatoes and fried.
Very well cooked and they were delicious.
For the main course, I had stuffed squid.
It was stuffed with sausage and an unidentified green vegetable.
The combination of squid and sausage was new to me and good surprise.
There was a layer of potatoes underneath that were too creamy to be called mashed potatoes.
I could taste a hint of liquorice, which I don’t like, but it wasn’t too strong and was just a secret ingredient.
It was presented like a flower, and it was definitely an elaborate dish.
My husband’s main course was prawn gnocchi, which he said was a good and unsurprising dish.
We had Falanghina wine by the glass.
It was poured generously.
And coffee, which came out to about €93, not cheap but not too expensive either.
