The Song Of Sicily

It started life as Absolut, a place of such minimalist chic that people forgot that basically you go to a restaurant to바카라�well바카라�eat! Luckily, for them and us, the Sicilians have been called in brandishing their zucchini blades, twitching their gremolatas, threatening to push you against the wall and feed you with a 바카라�Saffron risotto바카라� and pummel you with a pannacotta served with a deadly infusion of glittering red, Type AB raspberry coulis. Or to put it in plain English, the restaurant, now run (along with the boutique hotel in which it is located) by Priya Paul바카라�s successsful Park group, has been renamed It-Alia. And you know what, people just love it. It바카라�s amazing what a little extra helping of food can make.

People are thronging back here and luxuriating in the gorgeously wicked truffle-scented sauces, luscious pastas and cheese-filled gnocchis that reek of a weekend with Aurelio Zen, the fictional sleuth of the late, much-lamented Irish writer Michael Dibdin바카라�s mystery series, set in Italy.  But if you must try one thing, go for the fish, crusted with sesame, served with pearls of whole wheat and blanched spinach. Ah John, Ah Dory, Oh, to dine in Sicily.