Italy

Squid with squid ink

[Nov. 2012] This is a squid dish with squid ink I ate in Venice. The white thing next to it is polenta, which was whiter than usual. It was rich taste and very good. The…

Italy

Today’s wine

[Oct.2012] The name of the wine I had today in Monza in northern Italy was shocking.It is called 'Hell (Inferno)' .This wine is from Valtellina area, a little more north than Monza.Apparently it is not…

Italy

Source of happiness

[June, 2012] Emilia Romagna region of Italy is famous for its good foods.This time when I went to visit Torrechiara castle, I went to this restaurant called Al Mulino and enjoyed their foods very much.The…

Italy

Japanese restaurant in Italy

[June, 2012] In Italy, Japanese foods are popular, too.I went to a restaurant called ' Kokoro' in Sesto San Giovanni, just outside of Milan.This one serves fusion cooking between Italian and Japanese, run by a…

Italy

Unspoiled Alicudi

[june 2012] I had an another boat trip to visit Alicudi, one of the Eolian Islands off Sicily.When we arrived there, it was just a lunch time, so I went straight to one canteen.The man…

Italy

Representative of Sicilian sweet

[june 2012] The Lipari island is about one hour from the main Sicily by hovercraft.So the sweets there are mainly Sicilian.I had this Cannolo in a small wine shop/restaurant called Essepiu' Enoteche.I looked up and…

Italy

Tuna steak

[june 2012] In the Eolian Islands, off Sicily, I had sea-foods every day.They are so good that I, who regard myself as a meat eater, did not miss meat at all.The photo is a tuna…

Italy

Orange salad

[june 2012] At lunch time, I went into a restaurant, just next to the fish market in Catania, Sicily. Of course the fresh sea-foods were excellent, but for me the orange salad was amazing. This…

Catania

The market which sells snails

[june 2012] This is a box of snails I saw in Catania, the second biggest city in Sicily, south Italy. They are all alive and wiggle continuously. In this market, mainly sea-foods were sold, but…