Plenty to Eat

Ristorante Birrificio Artigianale Oktoberfest

We have to say something about the food in Sicily. It wasn't just pasta and ice cream (which were very good). We stayed a few days at Cefalu, a fishing village on the north coast of the island and tried a couple of restaurants there. The first night we didn't go hungry - here's my starter, a meal in itself, at the Oktoberfest brewpub. Something a bit German in the middle of Sicily - but it was good fare and good value! The beer was certainly Germanic, but they brewed a fair range of different styles on the premises - I had a fairly hoppy San Salvador, advertised as 5% but it seemed a fair bit stronger.

Grigliata mista!

And the food was excellent, it came in large portions - the first photo is of my starter, a mixed antipasto. Feels a bit odd taking photos of our food but restaurant critics do it all the time. Look here comes the main course - a mixed grill and another pint to wash it down. We decided to miss out on the dessert, especially after Vicky finally managed to wolf down the rather large four quail that had been sitting on her plate. Oktoberfest is in an odd part of town - we had to walk away from the village along a highway for a mile or so and it's not going to attract most of the tourists who amble round in the evening looking for somewhere to eat. However this place was busy so word has clearly got round that there's good grub to be had here.



Just to add to the pictures of Italian police cars I posted last month, I mentioned that the Carabinieri have some snazzy looking cars, this one is a bit more functional:

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