When the temperature is in the high 30s and it’s lunch time, the idea of sitting inside a restaurant with air-con suddenly becomes very appealing.

I was staying for a couple of days at Syracuse on Sicily and just before heading to the airport eight of us had a light Sunday lunch at La Lisca. Their website is minimalist so the link above is to their Facebook page.

Most of us only had one course each, in my case Octopus with purée potatoes and spinach. It was simple and simply delicious. The octopus was perfectly cooked and the purée as smooth as can be.

Picture stolen from their Facebook page!

Beyond the excellence of that one plate of food though, La Lisca offers much more in terms of being a serious food place. The menu is extensive and majors on fish and seafood. The chap in charge was clearly knowledgeable and facilitated the desires of the group with a sense of hospitality, efficiency and good humour and the overall sense is of eating well – at VERY reasonable prices.

My only regret was not having a starter and particularly not having the raw violet prawns from the just over the other side of the sea wall.

Go to Sicily and if you do, be sure to visit Syracuse and eat at La Lisca at least once.