Plate Restaurants Buon Ricordo

Sometimes the food is so delish that you wish you could ship it home to your friends and family. Well, you can't send home calamari, vongole e cozze, or caponata, but you can literally take a dish home as a souvenir if it's a part of the Unione Ristoranti del Buon Ricordo. Their motto is "Viaggio tra i sapori e i colori della cucina italiana, " or "travel through the tastes and colors of Italian cuisine." What do these places have in common? According to the website, "basically, our common denominator lies on the observance of local traditions, on the unquestionable quality of food, and on professionally warm welcome to make guests feel at home."

These restaurants all serve a specialita della casa (speciality of the house) served on special dish. If you order this dish, you can take home the dish which are hand-painted with a unique design. Some people literally collect hundreds of plates. If you want a great meal in Italy, chances are a Buon Ricordo restaurant will deliver. Here are the plate restaurants in Sicily. There are several more in other regions throughout Italy as well as Japan and Hong Kong. Here are the Sicilian restaurants. Start eating and start collecting. You can order whatever you want, but here's what you must order to get your dish.

Order Treccette at Ristorante Filippino "dal 1910" located in Lipari (Messina)
Order Arancinetto with squid ink at Ristorante Hotel La Tartaruga located in Capo d'Orlando (Messina)
Order Grouper Scalopine Ristorante Hotel Moderno located in Erice (Trapani)
Order Squid-ink cous cous Ristorante La Gazza Ladra located in Modica Alta (Ragusa)
Order Eggplant flan on a bed of tomato puree and mousse and Ragusano cheese at Ristorante La Scuderia located in Palermo
Order Grilled Stuffed Calamari at a Ristorante La Siciliana located in Catania (Catania)
Order beef bocconcini wrapped in lemon leaves and zagara honey at Ristorante Parco dei Principi located in Zafferana Etnea (Catania)