Lunch on your own ~ Minori, Italy

After a visit to Ravello, a hill town on the Amalfi coast, we returned to Minori, where we are scheduled to have "lunch on your own".

For starters, I chose pistachio and nocciola.

For main course, I stopped into a pastry shop.

I photographed with an Altoids tin to give an idea of scale.  

I'll save some to eat in the airport.  On the way here, nothing appealed to me, so this should be great.

(This is why I always pack zip-lock bags!)

For dessert I was glad to be in my room.  The pear was so juicy that it dripped down my arm.

I have enjoyed the fresh fruit in both hotels.  

Others in the group had lunch in a cafe or trattoria.  I am pleased with my choice!

You may notice lots of food blog entries.  They are easier to do, since it is a matter of selecting just a couple of pictures.  In places like Pompeii, Herculaneum, and Paestum, I must select from hundreds.

Food on Thursday on the Amalfi Drive

I guess I've had enough pasta.  Today's lunch was spaghetti with a red sauce.  I didn't even photograph it.  There was also tossed salad with fresh fruit salad for dessert.

Later that afternoon, I added to the food groups:

That was nocciola.  Nuts are nutritious, aren't they?

I could have chosen pasta or soup for a first course.

I chose seafood risotto instead.  It was delicious, with lots of clams, tiny octopus, tender small slices of calamari, pieces of shrimp.  It was excellent.

For seconds, I chose a cheese plate.

At 12 and 6 are ricotta.  The top one has herbs.  At 9 and 3 are smoked mozzarella.  At 4 is fresh mozzarella.  In the center is fresh pear.

Others chose soup or salad for starters and pork or pasta for main.   Dessert choices were green apple gelato or panna cotta or my choice of fresh fruit.  I asked what the fruit was, and they said banana and mandarin orange.  I thought that was an odd mix, and I wondered how much sugar syrup they would add, but when It came, I saw there was no syrup. . . It was one whole banana and two tangerines!  I ate one refreshing tangerine and brought one back to the room.  The person next to me took the banana.

Tomorrow we go to Paestum.  I am looking forward to the Greek Temples and the museum.