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dishes you won’t find in most
trattorias. Try lolli con le fave
(handmade pasta with broad bean
purée) or pasta with broth and
meatballs. The menu is in Sicilian,
but trans lations are available.
MODICA: Taverna Nicastro €€
Trattoria Road Map E5
Via Sant'Antonino 30, 97015
Tel 0932-945 884 Closed lunch; Sun
and Mon (except by arrangement)
An old-fashioned joint, with
tables outside on a flight of steps
in the upper part of the old town.
Specialities include home-made
sausages and salamis made on
the premises, and ravioli in a
sauce of tomato, pancetta, pork The refined furnishings and warm coloured decor of Duomo, Ragusa
and sausage. For dessert, choose
between a cannolo or a lemon, NOTO: Trattoria del Carmine €€ DK Choice
cinnamon or almond-milk jelly. Trattoria Road Map E5
Via Ducezio 1, 96017 RAGUSA: Duomo €€€
MODICA: La Gazza Ladra €€€ Tel 0931-838 705 Closed Mon in Gourmet Road Map E5
Modern Sicilian Road Map E5 Sep–Jun Via Capitano Bocchieri 31,
Via Blandini 5, 97105 This cheap and cheerful trattoria Ragusa Ibla 97100
Tel 0932-755 655 Closed Mon; lunch is popular with budget-minded Tel 0932-651 265 Closed Mon
Tue–Fri locals and tourists. Bustling lunch & Sun in Apr–Oct; Sun lunch
Located in Palazzo Failla hotel, atmosphere; a good option for a & Mon in Nov–Mar
this smart restaurant features tasty, inexpensive plate of pasta Meticulously sourced Sicilian
creative twists on traditional and a glass of good house wine. ingredients are reworked to
Sicilian cuisine such as spaghetti stunning effect in one of Sicily’s
with anchovies, candied orange, PALAZZOLO ACREIDE: greatest restaurants – it has two
wild fennel flowers, chilli and wild Lo Scrigno dei Sapori €€ Michelin stars. Expect the
onion greens, and a fillet of Trattoria Road Map E4 unexpected – black truffle ice
Nebrodi mountain pork with Via Maddalena 50, cream, or a savoury cannolo
cream of pine nuts and asparagus. 96010 with a dab of caviar. Evening
Tel 0931-882 941 Closed Mon; tasting menus are elaborate;
NOTO: Caffé Sicilia € 2 weeks in Nov there’s a simpler, more accessibly
Gelateria Road Map E5 Delicious, inventive hearty priced three-course lunch.
Corso Vittorio Emanuele 125, 96017 dishes for meat lovers are on
Tel 0931-835 013 Closed Mon offer, such as fettuccine with a
The Assenza brothers, Carlo rich hare and hazelnut sauce, or SCICLI: Satra €€€
and Corrado, create innovative pistachio-crusted pork. In the Modern Sicilian Road Map E5
as well as classic ice creams – evenings pizza is served as well. Via Duca degli Abruzzi 1, 97018
ranging from local almonds Tel 0932-842 148 Closed Tue;
blended with cinnamon to RAGUSA: La Bettola € Sun lunch
lemon and saffron and even Trattoria Road Map E5 In the vaulted cellars of a former
basil, all according to season. Largo Kamarina, Ragusa Ibla convent, this restaurant has great
97100 credentials (the cook came from
NOTO: Corrado Costanzo € Tel 0932-653 394 Closed Mon Michelin-starred Duomo in
Gelateria Road Map E5 This simple, inexpensive family- Ragusa) and a seasonal menu
Via Spaventa 7, 96017 run place with traditional red- featuring innovative versions of
Tel 0931-835 243 Closed Wed checked tablecloths has been traditional dishes. Try handmade
This is one of the best-known cheerfully serving its classic spaghetti flavoured with chilli,
gelaterias in Italy. Flavours Sicilian menu for over 30 years. saffron and wild fennel, served
change throughout the year Look out for the tagliatelle with with sardines and pine nuts.
– try rose petal, jasmine or wild cream and saffron, and maiale
strawberry in spring, or dark ubriaco – literally “drunken pork”, SYRACUSE:
chocolate spiked with mandarin braised in wine and local herbs. Caseificio Borderi €
in winter. Café Road Map F4
RAGUSA: Pasticceria di Via De Benedictis 6, Ortygia, 96100
NOTO: Ristorante Crocifisso di Pasquale € Tel 329-985 25 00 Closed Sun,
Marco Baglieri €€ Café Road Map E5 evenings.
Modern Sicilian Road Map E5 Corso Vittorio Veneto, Ragusa This busy café opens from 4am:
Via Principe Umberto 46, 96017 Superiore 104, 97100 join the queue as the ebullient
Tel 0931-571 151 Closed Wed Tel 0932-624 635 Closed Mon Andrea hands out nibbles and
Carefully sourced ingredients are This is a wonderful pasticceria good cheer while preparing
used in palate-zinging dishes that alone makes a visit to the divine sandwiches and plates of
such as spaghetti with prawns newer (19th-century) part of focaccia piled with Sicilian meats,
and wild asparagus, and rabbit Ragusa worthwhile. It serves the cheeses and preserves. Crates are
with orange blossom honey, wild best ice cream in town, along set up outside as seats, and wine
greens, celery, carrot and peppers. with some decadent pastries. is served in plastic cups.
For more information on types of restaurants see pp206–7
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