Seafood in Sperlonga

Fishermen return to shore from Sperlonga's clean waters bearing a precious cargo.

 Bill and I tasted some of that cargo at one of Sperlonga's little cafes

a place we had associated only with our morning coffee.

At a loose end one afternoon we went back to the Trani Bar and ordered lunch. Under the guidance of the waiter we had a plate of memorable antipasti.

 We also had two plates of sole.

The waiter deboned the fish for us.

 One of the locals made a desperate appeal

for a morsel

of the divine sole.

 Did we favour the appeal? Not telling.

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Another day, on the beach

we tried one of the seafood restaurants recommended by our hosts.

 L'Angelo quickly induced that good food trance.

 The insalata mista (mixed salad) was a meal in itself.

We had been seated by the chef himself who recommended we split a plate of what Bill and I called Luciano's Whim.

Luciano's Whim is spaghetti with octopus, squid, mussels, clams, shrimp, scampi and crab.

William Kimber was a happy restaurant diner

enjoying the Whim of the chef.

 The ice-cold wine on the hot day

 was a perfect compliment to the seafood.

We went back a few days later and repeated the whole experience. Thank you Luciano!