Pizzería Il Fantasma (Via San Domenico, 77- Cagliari) Pizza parlour.
Ristorante da Monica e Ahmed (Vittorio Emanuele 119, C -Cagliari, tel. 070 6402045; average prices €25 - 49)
Trattoria lillicu ( Via Sardegna, 78- Cagliari; tel. 070652970; average prices € 12- 23) Local, Mediterranean and seafood dishes.
Trattoria infinito (Via Santa Gilla 39- Cagliari; tel. 070283261; average prices €22-34) Local and Italian cuisine.
Montecristo (Via Arborea, 4/B, 07100 -Sassari; tel. 079 2016084) Italian cuisine.
Bella bè Ristorantino (Via Usai 8 - Sassari; tel. 079 4816373; www.bellabe.it ) Italian and Mediterranean cuisine.
Trattoria Cavour (Via Cavour 110, Alghero; tel. 079 9738479) italian dishes.
Mabrouk (Via Santa Barbara –historic centre of Alghero) Seafood dishes.
Azienda Agrituristica sa Mandra (Strada Aeroporto, Alghero; tel. 079 999150; www.aziendasamandra.it) Italian cuisine.
La Lepanto (Via Carlo Alberto, 135, tel. 07041 Alghero; tel. 079979116) Seafood dishes .
La Boteghina (Via Principe Umberto 63, Alghero; tel. 079 9738375)
Andreini (Via Arduino, 45, tel. 07041-Alghero; tel. 0799 82098)
Ristorante Pizzeria Daps (Via f.lli Cervi, 16- Alghero; tel. 079950050)
Angedras Restaurant (Bastioni Marco Polo 41- Alghero; Tel. 079 9735078; www.angedrasrestaurant.it; average prices € 27- 86) Mediterranean, seafood and vegetarian delights to enjoy in its outdoor seating. Any meeting business meal is ideal surrounded by delightful views.
Al Tuguri (Via Maiorca 113- Alghero; tel. 079 976 772; (www.altuguri.it/eng/index.php; average prices form € 59- 131) local, Mediterranean, seafood dishes, Italian pasta and imaginative dishes.
Paco’s (Largo S. Francesco, 7, tel. 07041-Alghero; tel. 079 975785) Familiy atmosphere.
Hosteria de Pepi Gall (Via Gioberti 4- Alghero; tel. 079978954)
Ristorante la Pergola Pizzería (Viale 1° Maggio 3- Alghero; tel. 0039079950531; average prices €15--50) Italian delights to feast on in its outdoor seating.
Sardinian culinary glossary
Bakery’s delights: Carasau (a type of thin crispy bread), sponge biscuits and almond pastries. Unlike high moisture bread, the most widespread kind of bread is Sardinia is dry, whose advantage is that it is fresh for longer. The Sardinians prepare decorative bread and pistoccu, simple flour-water bread which was prepared for herders but has stayed in the traditional table eaten with tomatoes, basil, oregano, garlic and a strong cheese.
Cannonau: a very strong red wine.
Culurgiones: ravioli-like pasta from Ogliastra stuffed with potaoes.
Fil'e ferru: an island’s alcoholic speciality whose translation is iron wire coming from its secret preparation in the 19th century. It was in those times buried and its secret place was marked with a little iron wire.
Limoncello: a sweet drink whose main ingredient is lemon rind.
Mirto: an alcoholic speciality combining wine spirit scented with the berries of mirto.
Malloreddus: al dente gnocchi covered in tomato, meat or cheese sauce.
Pecorino cheese: the island’s cheese made from sheep's milk.
Pesce azzurro: a Mediterranean fish which is commonly prepared in a barbecue. Fish markets abound in it. Other traditional fish in the Sardinian table are squid, scampi, tuna, rock lobster, botargo and sardines.
Porcheddu: a hinterland’s speciality... roasted young pig roasted in wood fire and flavoured with mirto.
Seada: Barbagian ravoli-shaped dessert stuffed with melted fresh cheese and lemon rind. It is fried and spread with honey.
Stufato di capretto: casserole whose ingredients are kid goat, artichokes, egg and wine.
Vermentino di Sardegna: wine of low level of alcohol with a strong mineral taste.
Vernaccia di Oristano: Oristano’s wine containing a high level of alcohol, perfect ot accompany pastry.
A traditonal dish is boiled suckling pig and wild boar stewed with herbs and vegetables thicked with bread. Sometimes the meat of these animals is roasted on a spit.
Some tips:
Outside of dinnertime and lunchtime, restaurants remain closed; therefore you may only find some tourist-oriented places in towns where the flux of tourist is high. There they may serve parini, a ham and cheese sandwich.