Today, thanks also to the work of this master pastry chef, to his grown international fame thanks to Netflix – and also thanks to the startling beauty of Noto and of the surrounding countryside – this small pearl of Sicilian Baroque has become a main destination, marked on the map of every food lover. You need a few days to truly discover it, as there are many places where to eat (and sleep) that deserve a stop. Here is a short guide to the best of Noto and its surroundings.

Let’s start, of course from Caffè Sicilia. Our latest visit, a few days ago, confirmed what we already knew. We went for breakfast and chose a classic: coffee granita with brioche col tuppo, and then a marvellous cassatina. The highest quality, but that’s no surprise. In the words of Marialuisa Iannuzzi in the Guida Identità Golose 2022, presenting the new Caffè (after the recent renovation):

"A little below the famous sign you can always find where it started from: it was 1892 and, from that moment on, the story has always continued, like the soft flow of a brook. They have retraced the pre-existent contours, maintained the style of taste, an ode to life, nature, naturalness, because the creative principle of Corrado Assenza’s pastry making starts from the essential and follows a sensible removal of what is superfluous. Harmony between man and topos, agreement between the value of history and the fertile tension towards the future, starting from the present. 
And, then, genuine goodness: the many expressions of almonds, of every fruit picked at the right moment, served in the most suitable shape to enhance it, without additives and without tricks, mosaics of aromas and textures, lively springs of flavour; ingredients which you will rediscover. 
And as for the attitude in the dining room at Caffè, courtesy is not seeming, but a precious virtue, as precious as honey. It’s not a service, but an inviting dance. Pan d’Iblei, Biancomangiare, ricotta and pistachio gelatos, granite, cannolo, Insalata Assoluta. Spend some time at Caffè, spend hours: this way you will pick its unchangeable essence".


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Carlo Passera
source: https://www.identitagolose.com/sito/en/44/31363/dallitalia/our-small-food-guide-of-noto-where-to-eat-and-sleep-well-in-the-pearl-of-sicilian-baroque.html

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