We had a very pleasant dinner in Accursio in Modica, Sicily, last week. Overall a great modern interpretation of classic Sicilian dishes and ingredients. The service was exceptional. The restaurant has just 5 tables with only 2 people working in the service, but everything went incredibly smooth. The staff is attentive and warm but not in your face or pushy. The timing of the dishes was impeccable and a special shoutout to Lodovico, who helped us select a Sicilian wine (Primavera from I Vigneri, highly recommended).
Highlights from the menu for us were the uni/melon sorbet, the eggplant with goat cheese and the lamb with liquid salad. Also easily the best two pasta dishes we ate during our trip.
The only part that didn’t quite live up to the rest were the odd choices for the final 3 courses: I don’t know if there might be some sort of Sicilian tradition involved in this order of dishes but eating a heavy bread “pudding” with onions after the lamb dish felt odd to us. The dish itself was good, but it didn’t quite fit the rest of the menu.
The other criticism we had, albeit a very subjective one, were the 2 dessert courses, which were both cream/foam-based without any solid ingredients and felt a bit too gimmicky in their presentation. I can’t even count anymore how many times I’ve been served a ceramic egg in an egg carton in the last few years. This one felt quite well thought out, passion fruit egg yolk and almond “salt” and all, but personally I prefer something to chew on when it comes to desserts. Same goes for #2: a foamy sorbet of coffee, green tea and fruits similar to tiramisu that you had to “smoke” out of the glass pipe. Great flavor, but also lacking something solid to balance out the foam. The praline at the end almost made up for it, though. Modica is known for its chocolate and this little ball of glory did not disappoint.
Overall, I’d still recommend Accursio without hesitation since the negatives came down to our personal taste.
by Einzelkind90
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Seems like they’re asking for someone to blow rather than drink, did they warn you?
At L’enclume once I had a dish that looked like a pebble, presented in a bowl of pebbles, they very specifically said don’t eat the other pebbles
Seems like they’re asking for someone to blow rather than drink, did they warn you?
At L’enclume once I had a dish that looked like a pebble, presented in a bowl of pebbles, they very specifically said don’t eat the other pebbles