Travel bites: we visited an amber list country
We travelled to an Amber country: Italy. What to expect and some tips on what you need to do and the costs you need to face.
Aromatic Pasta e zucchine (courgette pasta)
A dish that brings back memories of home.. As a southern Italian, I grew up eating plenty of vegetable dishes using locally grown aubergines, peppers and courgettes. One of the dishes which recently I have often recreated in our London summer is a classic pasta dish whose origins are said to be from Nerano, on the Amalfi coast. Of such dish, many variations of course exist, but the main star of the show is always the courgette, with its beautiful…
A meal at Il Mosaico, Ischia (NA)
***this review pertains to Mosaico’s previous chef*** ga(‘create’, ‘UA-58163900-1’, ‘auto’); ga(‘send’, ‘pageview’); // ]]> When I visit Ischia (usually over a May bank holiday), I tend to mostly eat at local, typical restaurants to savour my childhood flavours and dishes I so seldom eat otherwise. Yet this year, my family treated me to one of the islands’s top restaurant and indeed, one of Italy’s best food destinations: il Mosaico, two Michelin stars venue within the uber posh Hotel Manzi, in…