Tuesday 8 October 2013

Ischia Day 2 - Indaco, Lacco Ameno

Indaco has been highly praised at tripadvisor.. so we thought we should drop by while we were there :p 
It has also been awarded 1 Michelin star recently.  


We had a difficult time looking for the restaurant as the hotel has 2 different restaurants and Indaco's entrance is quite hidden. 
There were about 6 tables only.  I think they can extend to the outside on a nice day but we went there on a stormy night..so we sat inside.
I love their automatic door that connects to the kitchen lol - abit like those at the space station as featured in the sci-fi movies lol 

You can tell all the ingredients used were veryyyyyyyy fresh and carefully selected. 
The chef also worked very hard to get the most out of them.
We REALLY enjoyed the dinner and was very tempted to go again on the next day :p 



Lots of different breaddddd 
We love the purple potato crisps at the top..also the oregano crackers 
The butter was from Normandy - very rich 

A little amuse bouche from the chef - Tuna spaghetti.. 
yes.. it is tuna spaghetti!!  not sea urchin :p 
In the middle - it's chopped blue fin tuna, coated with charred spaghetti, served with potato cream.
loveeeeeeeeeeeee it :) 

Starter
Red king prawns and chicken from Bresse with blueberries, rosemary and walnuts 
- The prawns were very sweet, coated with chopped walnut.
Chicken was perrrrrrrrrrrrrrrfect - slightly under so it was soooooo tender and moist.  
On the top left corner, it's not really a walnut but that is actually a piece of mozzarella in disguise :p 

Seafood salad with mashed beans and Provola cheese sauce
- Scallop was sweet and soft. very tender octopus
I prefer this one over the other starter

Main
Ravioli stuffed with rabbit from Ischia with clams and seaweeIt's so cute that they have made it like little sweets! 
The clams were embedded underneath and you can really taste the sweetness of the sea. 
Very small portion though.

Pasta from Gragnano with raw and cooked fish and Barilotto cheese
So you have chopped raw tuna filled in a little pasta hoop at the top, raw squid perfectly dressed with a little piece of octopus at the top, raw prawn at the bottom.  
The pasta there was the best very have ever had! 

We have watched about Gragnano pasta from the bbc tv series - two greedy italian ( from 16.42) and have always wanted to try it out. 
Apparently it costs 5 quid for pack in London :p so we bought a few at the Naples airport for 3 euro to try it out. 


A little pre dessert - looks a bit like a little brown cherry tomato :p 
we can't remember what it was though :p 

Pine nuts creamy pudding with Criollo chocolate, raspberry and soda powder 
It was nice but not very exciting. 

Petit "four"
- My favourite was the fruit tart, the cigarillo and creme brulee pudding at the top.

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