Sardinia, oh Sardinia Part II

After the last post, i realized that I only talked about food and nothing else.

But hey, you guys should know me by now!! and so do I... about myself.


Today, however, I will show you SOME other things about Sardinia, IN ADDITION TO food stuff.
Sorry, can't get away with it.

BUT I KNOW YOU LIKE IT. I KNOW IT. ADMIT IT.

did I just hear roar of "YES"? great spirit kids!

Enough of chit chat now, here are the photos.

After the great experience at Stazzu, we fell in love with agriturismo in general.

But due to the lack of internet at that time (our agriturismo hotel did not have internet OR TV), we couldn't consult with our smartest friend, Mr. Google. So we had to resort to the old fashioned way of searching:  DRIVING AROUND. And one night we stumbled upon this place called: 

Su Barroccu

we were kiiiinnndd of hoping we could score some roasted pigs but they only offered sea food and fish menu that day. "ok why not," though uncertain, we just gave it a shot.

Appetizers: 

Top photo: potatoes with bottarga (cured fish roe of grey mullet, it's a delicacy!), marinated anchovies

Bottom photo: marinated octopus salad, flounder in spicy tomato sauce

Bottom: Pecorino cheese and anchovies wrapped in grilled eggplants

Those were the appetizers. They were very fresh and quite delicious, although I wasn't a big fan of the eggplant dish. Marinated anchovies were the bomb though. Mmmmmm..... 

First course: Fregole with sea food. Fregole is a type of pasta particular to Sardinia. It looks like lentils but has consistency of soft rice... MMMM DELISH

Another first course: Spaghetti with bottarga. It was simple but flavorful.

NOWW on to the second: this huge grilled fish 

At this point, we were pretty worried because we didn't ask the price in the beginning.

Being all dish fish and seafood, we thought it would be expensive but what the heck it was too late! We kept on eating... and eating...and eating

AND 4 huge grilled shrimps and small fried fish and squid. OMG our stomachs were about to burst at this point. There was one more second dish GRILLED SQUID but we kindly declined. 

The waitress that served us were so eager to feed us, I was skeptical that this place might charge us by plate and we panicked. OMG WE ATE TOO MUCH. but oh well, it was too late anyway.

After the whole course ended with fresh fruits, espresso, and digestive, we asked for the check. 

We were too full and fat to run fast enough to escape so we took the check like men.

The total??

30 euros each. WHAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! wow, sardinia, I hail before thee. 

The next night we went back there to eat pizza, not the course. we need to let our stomachs rest once in a while you know. but again, we were faced with feast. 

Barroccu, you are another legend. 

Info Here: http://www.subarroccu.it/ 

Anyways!! I hope you enjoyed my post again with this food porn!! Hope you come back for my next.... OH WAIT, that's right, I promised that I will show other things about Sardegna. Got too excited.

Here are the photos.

The most fascinating part of Sardegna (aside from food) is the landscape I think.

Some people prefer the north east coast called Costa Smeralda since it is a popular vacation spot for rich and famous. It is indeed pretty there but also the rest of Sardegna, which is surrounded by mountain and abundant nature, is something you shouldn't miss. 

Old Spanish town Alghero. Very pretty.

Below is the Neptune's Cave. Discovered in 1400s but been there for millions of years... It was quite magnificent I might say. 

Spectacular interior of the cave

We had an idea of turning this place into a disco club but we thought neptune (greek god of sea by the way) will strike us dead if we do that so i guess not. booo.

random cows in the field. OH did I tell you that we bumped into a herd of sheep led by shepherd dog at NIGHT? it was like 12 o clock after coming back from dinner. It was like legit highway and these motherfu%#ing sheep are like "baaahhhh" in our faces. and after that there was a bull on the side of the road... we quickly drove away in fear of the bull charging us... what a great experience eh?

Agriturismo where we stayed for 4 nights. It was literally middle of NOWHERE. at night their sheep are like "baaahhh." 

Last but not least, the beautiful sea of Sardinia. just forever blue blue bluuuuuuuuuuuueeeeeeeeeeeeee. 

Unfortunately the weather wasn't so great when we were there but I recommend going to the beach if you visit there!!

Alright. Thanks for sticking with me through this lengthy narrative of my journey. I hope you enjoyed/ found it useful for when you have a chance to visit these places. 

What? I can do all that without your help since we have tripadvisor and google on hands??? 

True... 

Thanks anyway for reading!!