For my birthday dinner last night, Mom, Zia, Erik and I
headed into Termoli’s antique section to Ristorante Federico II, an open air
establishment that specializes in pesce (fish). We had an array of seafood,
including soglia locale (local sole), calamari, polipo (octopus), paranza
(prawn), scampi (shrimp), gamberi (crawfish), cozze (mussels), and vongole
(clams). Some was with pasta, including Erik’s Rigatoni Federico II which came
in a hot clay dish and was served by the waiter. For dessert at the restaurant,
we split an order of crema catalana, which is like crem brulee but they also
heat the outside of the dish leaving a mix of cold and warm custard inside. To top
it off we stopped off for some delicious gelato on the way back to the car.