Aside from the classical pasta and pizza, the south of Italy has a lot to offer in terms of food.
Here is a little compilation of the delicious things I saw and/or ate recently…

In the order:

The chefs working hard in the rosticceria “Zio Pietro” in the lovely village of Cisterninio. The concept of this kind of restaurant which is very popular in Cisterninio, is that you choose your fresh uncooked meet at the counter. And then they will cook it in their oven for you… I would recommend to go there early as the people are coming from all areas to eat meat there. Obviously, Vegeterians, please stay away from these restaurants, not only you will see meat everywhere but also they have just one green salad accompanying all the dishes.

The only thing I didn’t ate from those pictures, but it looks delicious doesn’t it?

An olive tree like this one will produce the little brown olives which are commonly served before the meals in aperitifs.

The “Bocconotti” from the caffé bar Florien in Martina Franca, which can be filled with either Nutella, cream, or cherries, great for breakfast! They also have amazing ice cream!

Looking at the menu from the “Zio Pietro” while our meat is being cooked

Delicious roasted potatoes from “Il Sagittario” in Martina Franca, were I ate the best steak of my life, deliciously cooked in a traditional oven

The Italian way to end a meal…

The Fico d’India…

Buon appetito everyone 😉

Sorry for the lack of post during the last few days but as you can see, I have been very busy!

While on a weekend excursion between Porto Selvaggio and Taranto, I decided to set myself a few ambitious tasks such as jumping from a rock without screaming. Objective which I did fail, over and over again! I believe that the fishes are still recovering from my high pitched yet very irregular sounds…

After this unsuccessful but very entertaining project, I decided to dedicate my time to a more ecological cause such as discovering the underwater flora and fauna hoping to share my findings with the National Geographic magazine… This time the task being, not to be scared of fishes (and algae even if it’s quite embarrassing to admit…) As you can imagine, my second objective was royally missed! Obviously it was much harder to scream under the water but I could still managed to emit some kind of noise while wriggling like a drunk octopus..! I think the fishes got more scared than I was…

I must say, I might have been wrongly influenced by the police as for them all suspects are guilty,  for me, all fishes are in fact piranhas ! (Or related but in any cases very dangerous!)

Following those two life changing exploits, I decided, for the rest of my weekend, to focus on some more relaxing and less scary experiences such as eating, sleeping and reading. For the french speaking readers out there, I would highly recommend you this book below: “Fourrure” by Adelaïde de Clermont-Tonnerre. I have not finished it yet but I think it’s the perfect holiday book, which will transport you into the Paris from the 50s and 70s… Very well written, never boring and sarcastically funny..!

Swimsuit from Etam / “rock friendly” shoes from Speedo / Sunglasses: Ray Ban

Have a lovely holiday everyone! xx

During the summer it’s not uncommon for people to escape their busy city for the closest coast or water point around. Last Sunday, I too decided to escaped the city for a day. I went to Santa Margherita (no, I’m sorry, this is not the place were the Margherita was invented;).

Located on the coast and only two hours away from Milan this little town on the sea host some really lovely sights, and an amazing architecture. I especially loved their “trompe l’oeil” mural details.

After the beach, the tradition has it that you must take a walk to Gepi, also known as Gelateria Gepi…. For a traditional and more importantly,  a delicious hand made ice cream!

I was wearing a dress from 55 Diesel, sunnies from Rayban, sandals and necklace bought in Ivory Coast.