Ristorante Orazio Cordai freat & food

16 Best Restaurants in Sicily for Mount Etna Sunsets, Local Wine, and Next-Level Street Food | Condé Nast Traveler

"In a nondescript, hole-in-the-wall space in Catania, where the decor will never win awards, this tiny spot embodies the Tavola Calda Catanese culture that makes the city’s street food legendary. Once you’ve done the cathedral, fish market, and museums, it’s all about places like this, where specialties are churned out for locals while many tourists shuffle off to TripAdvisor darlings. The crispelle here are the stuff of legend: Sicilian pastries said to have been discovered by Benedictine nuns, made from semolina dough with honey and citrus peel and stuffed either with ricotta (in ball form) or anchovies (in long shapes), then fried in seed oil or lard. After working up an appetite at the nearby Collezione di Pupi Siciliani, you can grab one of the terrace chairs to dive into these crispelle or the dense, crispy arancini, which are also wildly tasty." - Rosalyn Wikeley