Toscana Mia is near the centre of the village so the trip there involved traversing a lot of sidewalks and cobblestones. Debby wanted to walk when she still had the light.
Wonderful. They brought us bruchetta as soon as we sat down. Then our focus was seafood. For appetizers, Debby had mussels in a wine sauce and I ordered a seafood soup. Both were wonderful and tender. We shared.
Then came the main course. Debby ordered a seafood pasta. The pasta was homemade and the seafood was a mix of everything in the area. The sauce was a red creamy wonder.
I ordered Octopus with baked potato. When it arrived it seemed an entire octopus was nestled on the plate. The arms spread out and surrounded the potatoes and salad. When we counted, there were only four tentacles, but the head was snuggled up against the lettuce. It was grilled, with a slightly smokey flavour, was cooked just right and was delicious. Neither Debby nor I were able to finish our main course, but they happily packed it up for us.
For dessert, we shared an exquisite Tira Misu. Then as we were preparing to leave, the brought us a complimentary shot of orange liqueur. They called us a taxi and at the door the waitress came out to thank us and give us a hug. Wow.
The next day, I went to Mark's restaurant to order a caesar salad take out. I stopped at Pannino's bakery and bought a fresh chipotle ciabatta, then came home to prepare dinner. The leftover seafood pasta went into a pot to steam. The octopus was cut into bite size pieces and fried gently with olive oil and water. The result was every bit as good as in the restaurant. I was a bit worried that the seafood may be a little bit rubbery the second time around, but it didn't happen.
After one trip to the restaurant, we ended up with two amazing gourmet dinners.
For dessert we went out to a mexican restaurant called the Little Bull for Tequilla pie. It looked like key lime pie, but the taste was new and delicious.
On the way home we stopped at another mexican restaurant so Deb could get some True Soup. The chef Abraham gave us instructions and tips as he was working. It was for lunch the next day. We wrote down the instructions as soon as we got home.
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