Food

[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…

[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…

[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…

[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…

[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…

[may 2012] I ate Fondue in Zermatt in Switzerland.I thought I had eaten Fondue before somewhere, but it was not true.Because I did not expect that you put only bread in the melted cheese.The cheese…

[may 2012] In St Moritz in Switzerland, we went to a restaurant called Piz, which was recommended by a staff in our hotel. It was nicely decorated with the fairly tale image of Switzerland, but…

[may 2012] We had a very light dinner, a glass of red wine with assorted ham and salami in Tirano, the border town between Italy and Switzerland. The red one on the right is called…

[april 2012] On the day I went to Lake Iseo in north Italy, I had seafood lunch.It is not quite right to eat seafoods on the lake shore, but it was excellent, so I wanted…