What’s the best local dish you’ve ever eaten while traveling?
The most amazing local dish was a second in a multi-course meal at a restaurant high on a hill overlooking Positano, Italy. In view was the rock that the sirens dwelled on as they called to Ulysses and his crew. (Ulysses was strapped to the masthead so he couldn’t jump overboard; his men wore earplugs.) Okay, so you want to know what the most memorable dish was? Beans. Yep. Cannellini beans in some sort of secret sauce that the sirens probably cooked up. It was so fantastic, I could have been- should have been the whole meal. I couldn’t tell you about the other six courses. They were delightful. The place was known for its beef, which a giant of a man was cooking behind an open grill. One of the owners served our table. He was wearing tight-fitting linen pants (no panty lines!!) and an open linen shirt, which was also quite a delightful sight. The curtains were furling, the breeze was heavenly, but the beans! Heaven.
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