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Cuisine of Isole Pontine for gourmets. Places for dinner - best restaurants

The cuisine of the Pontine Islands is typically Italian. However, if you want, you can search the menu to find the dishes of other countries. Thanks to the large influx of tourists, everyone will find something to eat. If you decide to try Italian business lunch, which is sometimes called the "menu turistico", then be ready to get a first course or a salad, a second course, a dessert, and a drink for a not very high price.
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The main part of popular hotels is concentrated on the island of Ponza. Grand Hotel Chiaia di Luna enjoys unchanged popularity. It’s situated in a beautiful area, close to the Bay of … Open
Note that here, as in the rest of Italy, the "first course" and "soup" are not synonymous at all. For the first course you will be served pasta or risotto, and afterwards – meat or fish with vegetables. Here, oddly enough, they eat soup for dinner. The most popular liquid dish here is minestrone, which is rather complicated in the preparation. It is made of seven kinds of seasonings, meat, and vegetables. The light vegetable soup is also popular, but you have to be careful with it, as it is difficult to predict whether it was made from the fresh ingredients or from a frozen mix.
Of course, one of the central dishes of the Pontine Islands cuisine is pasta. Here, as well as throughout Italy, you can find many varieties of this dish. Macaroni can be short and long, stuffed and not, round, flat, and even painted in different colors. Do not forget that in the Italian cuisine the choice of the right sauce for the course is very important, and pasta is not an exception. Therefore, pay attention not only to the choice of the type of pasta and meat or fish to them, but also the preferred sauce – garlic Pesto with pine nuts, fish Ciambotto, and Fonduta cheese sauce with truffles differ greatly from each other. Copyright www.orangesmile.com
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The Pontine Islands are not the place where you can see a large assortment of branded things. For clothes and footwear from world manufacturers, it is better to go to continental Italy, it … Open
Pizza, another traditional local dish, is sold here at almost every step. Interestingly, many islanders eat pizza right on the go, as a fast food. They often put here two pieces of fresh pizza together, with stuffing folded to each other so that it will be more convenient to eat it, holding such a "sandwich" with your hands. There are a lot of pizza varieties on the Pontine Islands. "Margarita", "Pepperoni", "Mason", vegetarian "Karena" – a variety of fillings is limited only by the imagination of the cook. Here you should pay attention to pizza with seafood, as in Ponza and Ventotene they amazingly cook fish, mussels, and cuttlefish.
In salads they often use this or that combination of fresh or stewed vegetables and cheese. Sometimes they add grissini, breadsticks. Almost all salads are filled with olive oil. Another popular kind of dressing is vinegar. If you want, you can try a cipolle ripiene – onions, stuffed with eggs, cheese, greens with the addition of meat broth and spices. The main type of meat used by the cooks of the Pontine Islands is lean beef and pork. Be sure to pay attention to local cheeses, especially Parmesan, mozzarella and gorgonzola. Seafood in a majority of variations are prepared in coastal restaurants but not only there. Fish, octopus, mussels, and cuttlefish here are boiled, fried, and added to salads, pizza and pasta.
Guide to Isole Pontine sightseeing - things to see and to visit
Isole Pontine is the archipelago of volcanic origin located in the Tyrrhenian Sea, off the coast of Odysseus. Many amazing legends are associated with these picturesque islands. In the era … Open
The desserts here are mostly fruit. Those, who like sweets, should try a local tiramisu, a rum cake and do not pass by the ice cream. Please note that portions of cold delicacy here are large, and can reach 400 grams. Coffee fans will definitely like it here – they like to make it on the islands and they know how to. Cappuccino, incidentally, is not customary to order after dinner, and the espresso is so strong that it is served along with a glass of water. Latte, macchiato, and many other varieties of this drink here will be cheaper if you drink them at the counter, but not at the table. From alcohol, in addition to the excellent wine, it is worth trying a strong Limoncello, infused with dill finocchietto, and grappa.
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♥   Restaurant 'Eea' Ponza. Type - Modern cuisine. 20.4 km from the center. On the map   Photo
♥   Restaurant 'Orestorante' PONZA. Type - Seafood. 20.5 km from the center. On the map   Photo
♥   Restaurant 'Acqua Pazza' PONZA. Type - Seafood. 20.6 km from the center. On the map   Photo
♥   Restaurant 'Gennarino a Mare' PONZA. Type - Seafood. 20.8 km from the center. On the map   Photo
♥   Restaurant 'Il Tramonto' PONZA. Type - Seafood. 21.7 km from the center. On the map   Photo

National cuisine of Italy

As an appetizer before the main meal, Italians often eat smoked meat, pickled vegetables, capers, seafood. Another popular dish, served as a snack - fried bread "antipasto" with tomatoes, spices and olive oil. The choice of the first dishes in the country is huge, except for the world famous, and in the local restaurants you can find a variety of steaks, seafood dishes, and chicken. An unusual taste is "carne cruda" - a dish made from minced hand-ground beef. Bollito misto is a stew made from different types of meat. Italy is home to the world's most popular desserts: tiramisu and panna-cotta. Tiramisu is cooked from the most delicate cream based on mascarpone, and panna cotta is an airy cream with berries or fruits. … Open
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Cuisine and restaurants in the neighbours of Isole Pontine

Isola di Ischia
The locals are rightly proud of their pastries. Even if you are indifferent to sweets, do not pass by a rum cake with a lemon liqueur. You can’t find this cake in such a form anywhere else in the world. The taralli, a delicious dessert from strips of dough with almonds and pepper, are good for a snack. They usually sell taralli right on the streets. For those, who like ... Open »
Procida Island
Particular attention should be paid, of course, to pizza – it’s not for nothing that Italy has presented this dish to the whole world. It is interesting that here pizza is often sold as a snack "on the go", while two pieces are piled with fillings to each other in order to be more convenient to eat. Pizza can not only be with meat, but with fish, and even vegetables as ... Open »
Naples
In the daytime the restaurant is filled with visitors with kids who love speciality sandwiches and refreshing drinks of the eating house. In the evenings the restaurant attracts many local people, that is why a table should be reserved in advance. One of the most romantic gastronomy establishments of the city is considered to be the Tartufi che passione restaurant offering ... Open »
Lazio
Despite of the fact that popular local food is cooked of the most affordable and popular products, it may seem exotic to many foreign visitors. The main secret of local chefs is the ability to combine ingredients that may seem to be completely incompatible. A striking example is stracciatello that consists of eggs beat up with cheese, which are then boiled in broth and served ... Open »
Capri
Buffalo’s milk is used not only for great mozzarella, but also for wonderful cottage cheese, curd and savory cheeses. In addition to dairy products, chestnuts remain popular national treats. There are lots of interesting sweets and desserts cooked with these nuts. The simplest delicacy is roasted chestnuts; every sweet tooth has to taste candied chestnuts that are sold at ... Open »
Sorrento
Continue tasting local food in the restaurant Re Foods, which in addition to the original menu attracts customers with pleasant prices. Visitors can stay in the elegantly decorated room or on the spacious terrace, which overlooks the beautiful surrounding area. In addition to fine restaurants travelers are recommended to pay attention to little cafes and bakeries, as a ... Open »
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