Gastronomy
Cuisine
 The
most naturally Neapolitan dishes are vermicelli
with clams, mussels, smaller shellfish, ziti
(a type of pasta) with ragu (meat sauce),
Italian style fritters, fritters of squid
and mullet, steamed polyps, oven-baked kid (lamb), eggplant Parmesan,
and buffalo mozzarella.
Without question, pizza is the symbol
of Naples. Naples is known worldwide for this genuine and economical
dish. However, in Naples the pizza is different and no one can equal
the Parthenopean pizza-makers. Whether because of the delicious odor
in the air, in the oil, in the flavor of the water, or for the simplicity
with which it is made, it is certain that in Naples "pizza"
has a special flavor.
 Naples
is also famous for sweets that change
with the seasons: struffoli (cookies with
Strega liqueur, honey, and candied sprinkles), pastiere
(cakes made with ricotta, coarse flour, candied fruits, and orange
syrup), zeppole (cookies made from black
cherry liqueur, fried or cooked in the oven, for St. Joseph's Day),
cassate (cakes made from ricotta cheese,
almond paste, and pieces of chocolate), monachine
(in English, "little monks"), sfogliate
rich with cream and layered high, frolle
(sweet crumbly pastry made from flour, egg, butter and sugar), baba
(made with light flour, eggs, and yeast and bathed in rum punch),
millefoglie (layers of sweet cream and
thin pastry shell) and mimose (Angel Food cake, known in Italian as
pasta di spagna, with cream).
These delicious sweets are always accompanied by coffee
or flavored liqueurs (rosolio, limoncello, nocillo - the latter walnut-flavored).
Restaurants
 While
you are in Naples you will surely want to try the famous Neapolitan
pizza and other local specialties. That is indeed a very smart choice
also for a low budget, as in most places you will not spend more than
15.000 Lire for a pizza and a beer.
Head for the many restaurants around Spaccanapoli and Stazione Centrale
and the area around Piazza Amedeo. Bars, clubs, cafes and live music
venues are also well represented around the Piazza Amedeo. |
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