Mangiamo

For lunch on Tuesday we stopped by an Italian restaurant on the second floor of the Yoly Hotel called Don Vito Pizzeria & Ristorante which, by far, serves the best Italian food in Ethiopia I've had so far. Right away, we were brought a bread basket with bread sticks and twists, as well as a plate full of tiny flat-rolls with a circle of tomato paste spread on top along with a dish of finely chopped, mildly spicy green peppers covered in olive oil. The menu was full of delicious looking primi piatti so we ordered two dishes to share--the spaghetti alla carbonara and the day's special, cannelloni de ricotta--along with a mixed salad with big wedges of tomato and black olives with a vinaigrette dressing. The chef prepared the dishes expertly and even put half of each order on two separate plates for us as requested. The spaghetti was wound around fluffy bits of yellow egg and fresh bits of ham, while the cannelloni was packed with ricotta cheese and bits of dark green spinach, all covered with a rich tomato sauce and crumbled parmesan. After we finished eating, we couldn't help but to order a cappuccino and comment on how amazing it all was.