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A meal at Il Mosaico, Ischia (NA)

A meal at Il Mosaico, Ischia (NA)

***this review pertains to Mosaico’s previous chef*** 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 Casamicciola Terme town.  It was my first…

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A (Michelin) star in a dark winter night – Taverna Estia (NA, Italy)

A (Michelin) star in a dark winter night – Taverna Estia (NA, Italy)

On a mild December evening my entire family congregated for a special occasion, a 70th birthday party. Having planned this evening for a while, the choice of restaurant sort of surprised me. Around 30 minutes drive from our Napoli home, in the middle of nowhere in the (not particularly attractive) outskirts east of the city. My first thought was – what are we doing here? And, as we walked out of the stadium parking lot to face the short walk…

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