The national cuisine is distinguished by a huge choice of meat dishes. Tourists will find a great number of them in virtually every restaurant. Apart from rice, meat dishes are often served with such side dishes as beans, corn, and fresh vegetables. Vegetarian visitors will also not consider the menus of local restaurants modest or boring. They will surely find many delicious vegetable dishes and fruit desserts. Dishes made of seafood are also widespread there. Sea bass, tuna, swordfish, shrimp and squid remain the most popular treats in local restaurants. Shellfish may be offered as a separate dish or added to salads. Both variants are very popular here, and are very delicious.
Local restaurants will also be liked by fans of cheese. The most famous and sought-after sorts of the product produced at local plants are Caciocavallo and Pecorino siciliano. Tourists are recommended to try an interesting national dish named arancini. These are small rice balls, which can be cooked with a variety of fillings. Without a doubt, local pizza is certainly worth a try. According to the opinion of great connoisseurs of Italian cooking, there is a huge difference between the traditional Italian and local pizza.
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