Bari is the home of spaghetti all’assassina and it would be a crime to deprive yourself of tasting such a tasty dish. In this article we suggest 5 restaurants where you can eat spaghetti all’assassina in Bari. We could be your guides on this culinary journey through the streets of Bari.
Gli spaghetti all’assassina
This iconic dish is apparently simple. Spaghetti with tomato sauce. In reality, the preparation follows well-defined steps that, if not followed to perfection, risk compromising the final result. The spaghetti should be partially burnt to the eye, caressed by a tomato sauce. When tasted, the spaghetti will be fragrant and the sauce spicy to the right point. The peculiarity of the first course from Bari lies in the special preparation of the pasta that is cooked with the risottatura method. According to the lovers of this dish, the tool with which to cook the pasta is indispensable. It must be strictly an iron pan.
Let’s get to the point, where to eat spaghetti all’assassina in Bari?
We recommend 5 restaurants!
It seems that spaghetti all’assassina was born in the 1960s in the restaurant “Al Sorso Preferito”, so for the first time, it wouldn’t be bad to go to the “origins”, in the restaurant on Via De Nicolò. You’re going to be on the safe side. Let’s move to the center to another historic restaurant in Bari: “I 2 Ghiottoni”. The restaurant on Via Putignani has Lolita Lobosco’s favorite dish on its menu. Speaking of television, there is a restaurant that was judged by Alessandro Borghese in the program “Quattro Ristoranti”. We are talking about “Tabula Rasa”, a restaurant on Via Orfeo Mazzitelli where you can taste the “assassina” dish. Let’s move to Viale Einaudi from “Chez Jo”, here almost at the entrance to Bari, it will be possible to put a good plate of spaghetti all’assassina under your teeth. We close with a brand new opening, a place with an unmistakable title: “Superassassina”. A restaurant specialized in cooking spaghetti all’assassina in all possible variations. There is something for all tastes. This new place is located in Via Orfeo Mazzitelli in the Poggiofranco neighborhood.
Not just “Assassina“
Bari is second to none on a culinary level. Spaghetti “assassina” represent only a small part of the city’s gastronomic offer. At the San Nicola pier (“N’derr alla Lanz” for the people of Bari), every day you will find fishermen selling their products after a night spent on the waves of the Adriatic. For the more daring it is possible to live an ecstatic experience, that is, tasting excellent raw seafood. Walking through the alleys of the ancient village a thousand scents invade the nostrils. The focaccia from Bari nourishes the body and soul because it is so delicious. The fresh pasta made by the expert hands of the true women of Bari. Orecchiette with turnip tops, cavatelli with mussels. The taralli as crunchy as the Bari dialect. The “tiella” of rice, potatoes and mussels. These are just some of the dishes that Bari offers to those who decide to visit it. A delight for the palate not to be missed.
