sabato 30 novembre 2013

Pascalò Restaurant in Vietri sul Mare






Taking advantage of the first sunny day after so much rain, I popped in to Vietri sul Mare, a fishing village at the beginning of the Amalfi Coast, that I described in a previous post. I went there to meet Pasquale Vitale, one of the winning chefs of the cooking competition that took place during the “Buon Pescato Italiano” gastronomic event.
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Pasquale Vitale has been running the Pascalò restaurant since 2006. The restaurant has recently moved a few steps from the beach of Vietri sul Mare
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to an historical building that still preserves its original character.
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This new location features ceramic panels designed by Francesco Raimondi, an artist of Vietri, that portray fabulous and fascinating underwater scenes
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and even the ceiling is a blue wave in which bright fish swim.
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In this setting inspired by the sea, the fish-based cooking offered by Pasquale Vitale to his guests perfectly fits in. Every day a menu based on daily fresh products is set beside an a la carte menu. The strong point of the Pascalò restaurant is the exclusive use of high quality ingredients and products of excellence.
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Everything is cleverly combined and reinvented by the experienced chef who travelled both Italy and the world in top class restaurants before coming back to his Vietri sul Mare and opening a restaurant.
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For my lunch Pasquale Vitale delighted me first with a series of hot and cold appetizers
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Squid soup with chickpea and prickly lettuce

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Spelt and octopus patties with potatoes

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Raw Cod with broccoli

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Sea bream roll 

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Aubergine classic parmigiana
then with a dish of wonderful Setaro pasta
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Linguine with clams and broccoli

finally with a variety of homemade cakes, tasty and delicate, all hand made.
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Tangerine tiramisù, peach and ricotta pie, cracker cake and white Capri cake
No wonder that the Pascalò restaurant in Vietri sul Mare has just been awarded the “Premio Buona Cucina 2014” of Touring Club Italiano, congratulations!
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English version by Maurizio de Santis
Special thanks to David Strong

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