A Maidda, Ristorante Siciliano Lentini #Chef a Domicilio — Restaurant in Lentini

A hidden gem on a narrow one-way street in Lentini, A Maidda serves up a wonderful dining experience that I'm fortunate to have stumbled upon.

Beyond the front section and its tables are tunnels which Executive Chef Salvatore says was used by Greeks of antiquity to escape enemies when the city was under attack. Today, they keep wine safe from Sicily's summer heat; a no less important task.

I went with a few friends and left the evening's selection to the Salvatore. He presented a four course meal that began with an antipasto of seasonal vegetables: Pepperoni, caponata, zucchini, and artichoke hearts amongst others. A trio of pasta dishes followed as the primi: fusilli flavored with pesto, pistachio, and eggplant with mint. Sausages of wild pork drizzled with balsamic came out next as the secondi.

Traditional Sicilian cannoli were dessert with a digestif homebrewed by the chef from a native plant that struck me as a cross between wild sage and mint. It was sweet, but strong. Imbibe responsibly. And naturally, espresso was served last because drinking coffee at 11pm is what Italians do. When in Rome I guess.

It was a lovely meal and I intend to return soon to try the chef's speciality, linguine with blood...

A wonderful small restaurant close to Catania. It offers traditional Sicilian meals (no fish however) prepared mainly with seasonal products, so there is no menu, but the currently available dishes are presented to you by the personnel instead. We were there on a Tuesday early evening (which basically means not a busy moment) and we could enjoy fast and wonderful service. We were pleasantly surprised by the persnnel, which was communicating with us in English (still an improvement point for most places in Sicily). We had a wonderful meal and to our perception, not expensive. The personnel was very friendly, attentive and polite. Bottomline - a place which I peronally can...

'A. Maidda' restaurant by local chef Salvo Bordonaro provided us with a delicious culinary journey to discover the lost ancient flavours of Lentini and surrounding areas of Sicily. The restaurant has incredible atmosphere, magnificent sculptures of flowers carved by hand from vegetables, ancient Greek tunnels, wonderful food and wine and staff who really care deeply about your experience in their restaurant. Weekly opening times are on the website. We ate here on both days we were in Lentini and we will return next time we...