The Most Delicious Sicilian Restaurants

When eating in a Sicilian restaurant, I can promise you one thing: you will soon become suspicious that every establishment has the exact same menu.  I can confirm that you are not crazy; somehow, each Sicilian restaurant puts just enough of a twist on their version of the classics for you to give it another go.  My eating days pretty much went like this: eggplant, pistachios, pasta, fish, repeat. You’ll order the pasta all norma and then swear to yourself that tomorrow you’ll try something new.  Will you actually do this?  Probably not.  Will you still be happy?  Yes.  

In Siracusa I tried pistachio pesto for the first time at Osteria da Seby.  I'm not a die-hard pesto fan normally; however, the pistachio pesto converted me to the pesto bandwagon.  Pistachios are native to Sicily, so it's the star of the show in Sicilian recipes.  I recommend stocking up with jars of it at local food markets.  For dessert in Siracusa, head over to Cannoli da Re. 

In Taormina, make sure to snag a reservation at Vicolo Stretto.  It’s accessible only through a narrow passage (stretto is narrow in Italian), and request a table outside with a view.