The best meal I EVER ate..D'Italia

I suppose I would call myself a foodie, I love to try new foods and I even manage to appreciate the flavors in dishes I would never order again. Gourmet cooking is an much an art as it is a food service, and in my opinion no one has melded food and art together  better than D’Italia at El Dorado Royale. Someday they may lose that crown, but so far in my culinary adventures they are the best!

D’Italia Casitas is a restaurant at the El Dorado Casitas Royale Resort in the Riviera Maya. There are two D’Italia’s on the property, and while I am sure they are both wonderful my favorite meal was in the Casita section.

D'Itlaia Casitas at El Dorado Casitas Royale

There is  a hidden quality to the location of the restaurant. It is located at the far end of the Casita’s section almost to the end of the resort. Three of the walls are all glass and they look out onto beautiful, tropical foliage, and the Caribbean Sea beyond. The fourth wall looks into the chef’s table and the kitchen beyond. If possible I recommend visiting the restaurant after the sun has gone down; the ambience is magical. Once you have been shown to your seat by the wonderful maître ď Alejandro (or who ever is working that night) bread will be brought and wine will be poured. It is then that your culinary experience truly begins.

Be prepared to spend at minimum 2 hours (or in our case, over 3) enjoying each of the five to six courses. This is not a meal to be rushed, but to be savored and enjoyed. Make sure that you order something from each category on the menu to enjoy the full experience. The cuisine is Italian with a modern flair. The head chef Stefan takes traditional Italian dishes such as Osso buco and cooks them to perfection. The food is not only a delight to the taste buds but it is visually appealing as well.

 

By the time you have sampled the breads, eaten your antipasto course, enjoyed your soup, devoured your risotto or pasta, and tasted your main course you will be very tempted to skip dessert, but I implore you to try and make room. Sit back and relax with a glass of wine while your meal digests and prepare your taste buds  to be amazed. While my entire meal, from the Seared tuna with sautéed Italian vegetables,crushed garlic and tapenade to my Shrimp marinated with fine herbs on provenzal tomato and parmigiano reggiano sauce were out of this world nothing prepared me for the dessert course.

 

 

Glazed and Sautéed apples with ice cream and a caramel sauce made me forget all about my previous feeling of being overstuffed and we ate every bite! The next time you find yourself at El Dorado Casitas Royale or El Dorado Royale, and I recommend you find yourself there very soon, you must go and enjoy a meal at D'Itlaia Casitas! It will be an experience you will never forget!

-Crystal

 

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