carlo from san jose

If you enjoy Italian, Boca de Sicilia, in Morgan hill, is excellent……... the place is a little “rough", but the chef is a graduate of Palermo’s culinary inst. and always does a great job..the lightest tastiest calamari you'll ever have, the Sicilian sea salad is as fresh a salad you'll get this side of the Atlantic...bow ties with chopped basil sausage, fresh daily- lobster ravioli, Braciole Sicilian style of course rolled up), his sauces are very well done, Sicilian wine selection…etc.…..

It came form both the concerierge and the receptionist at our hotel. The receptionist was very enthusisatic about food and according to her the best restaurant was Il Buco followed by Caruso. Apparently there were only 4 restauranst in town worth eating at and Il Buco and Caruso were way ahead of the other two. ← ahhh Caruso's....frankly we thought they had it all over il Buco's..we spent 5 days there last June, we ate at Tasso's our first night, it was, well, good. Next night, we stopped to book at Il Buco's earlier in the day and they were full, Ship was in, when we asked for an alternative, they suggested Caruso’s.....and thank god, we ate there 3 nights out of 5, we did get to Il Buco's but imho, and our friends as well, Caruso’s food was; tastier, the presentation was spectacular ( god how I wanted one of their monogrammed plates, which the always placed very careful with the seal facing you), the osso buco was, well, the glaze was sweet and had a hint of raisin, which surprised me, new taste, but was excellent, not cloying either like some glazes can be. My wife had the salmon in champagne, which I just had to have the next night..anyway,the service was impeccable, the décor is fantastic as well, great photos of Caruso (naturally), they also turned away person in shorts and tee shirts which I liked, (I don’t think I am snobby, just like to dress for dinner)…the desserts , if I could post a pic. I took some shots…....( I had 2 desserts, what can I say)……when we had paid our bill the 3rd night, the matre ‘d insisted on buying us several, actually many, sambuca’s, ( which was a class act considering they might not ever see us again, which they will anyway) we must have sat for another 45 minutes, which in a high end rest. is rare, allowing you to just doodle and on their dime and their drinks..….we finally forced ourselves to leave….its our fist stop next trip. One our top culinary treats all time…….. Oh, and I won't get clinical,but they also had the, cleanest, best appointed restroom in Italy...private too.... After reading the posts here, we will give Il Buco another shot next trip...maybe they had an off night...it happens...

I too ate at Don Alfonso was, agreed excellent.....

we went last June, about 1/4 mile from the National Archeological Museum , large blvd. our driver took us to a place for pizza....well done..I have the darn menu around here some where...