We visited the quaint fishing village of Savelletri for dinner at La Taverna di Umberto, another restaurant Lee and Ciro have been visiting for more than a dozen years.

Ciro ordered us a mix of crudo and cotto – raw and cooked – antipasto dishes. When I think of antipasto I think appetizers – a few small dishes as precursors to the main course. But here in Puglia the antipasto keeps coming and coming. Shrimp, mussels, clams, anchovies, sardines, octopus, sea urchin and calamari plus mozzarella and creamy stracciatella cheese.

When it’s time for the main out comes the platter of freshly caught fish to make our choice for the meal.

We finished with lemon granita and a walk in the town. So lovely.