Preferiti di Jaffe
OK, it took me a while to put up a real post about our holiday in Italy. Hope you think it was worth the wait (click on the date of the trip to see the pics)...I promised myself when I started this blog that I wouldn't turn it into a diary. So, rather than giving a minute-by-minute description of my two weeks in Italy with Serena and her family, I thought I would list some 'Jaffe favorites':
Favorite restaurant: Vicolo della Neve. This place is definitely worthy of a 'Restaurant of the week' entry. It's on a small street in the center of Salerno, and as soon as you walk in you know you're somewhere special. The tables are packed in as tight as they can be, and even then there were still people waiting to be seated. We went twice - on the first and last nights of the trip - and both times started our meal with pasta e fagioli (pasta with beans), which I'm told is a typical dish from southern Italy. The pasta was a mix of different types, adding to the rustic feel of the restaurant. After the pasta it was time for the pizza, simple and delicious, the Margherita - tomato and mozzarella. Finally, a bit of limoncello (lemon liqueur) to aid digestion.
Favorite town: Norcia. I really can't say why I liked this place so much, because we were only there for a late lunch and didn't even stay the night! Maybe I liked it because it was SO SMALL! Or maybe it was because we had a great meal with Sere's friends, who were a lot of fun. Or maybe I liked Norcia because you could get salami in every shape imaginable, including 'coglioni di mulo', which literally means 'balls of a mule'. Can't picture it? Click here.
Favorite Checchina dinner: Without a doubt - calzoni. Serena's mother made them by hand, and fried them instead of baked them. Amazing.
Favorite dinner: The night we stayed in Assisi we went to a super cute restaurant called Taverna dell'Arco da Bino. The food was really nice, and the atmosphere was even nicer. In the end, we found out that our waiter was going to New York just after the new year! So after our meal we gave him a few recommendations for his trip (and he gave us a nice after-dinner coffee).
Labels: Italy, travel, vacation
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