My wife and I were back in beautiful Salerno on Thurs, March 27th for a 6 day vacation . . our fav Italian location. We were spoiled by the incredible pizzas, cappuccinos, gelatos and arancino during our first visit 18 months ago. Within the first few days we did it all again . . delicious pizzas, calzones, gelato, cappuccinos and amazing pasta. BUT THEN ! I said to my wife we must try the restaurant where we enjoyed fabulous ARANCINO on our first visit. And of course I remembered its name . . Giagiu’ and its location which was just a 3 minute walk from our apartment on Via dei Principati during our first visit. On Monday, March 31st we set out from our apartment on Corso Vittorio Emanuele around 7.30pm to have dinner at Giagiu’.
Trusting my excellent memory 18 months later we found the exact location at Via Fiera Vecchia 3 but no Giagiu’ lit up like a Xmas Tree. Checking on Google Maps we saw it was now called Pizzeria Giagiu’ and had relocated to Lungomare Trieste very close to the harbor . . a much better location actually. HA HA ! We finally arrived here around 8.15pm . . keeping in mind they re-opened at 7.30pm for dinner. Upon entering we met Dario the manager who greeted us in a friendly manner. We had a short discussion about the change of locations and then sat ourselves down at a table. BEER ! A server named Maria brought us iced waters and an ice cold Italian beer I ordered.
In fact I requested the same beer with the matching tall stem glass I enjoyed during our first visit . . Cifra 466 IPA. We had a huge late lunch at a restaurant in Minori during our private limo tour of the spectacular Amalfi Coast. Serves of Arancino Classico and Arancino with Porcini Mushrooms were enough for us. My Italian IPA was going down well. While waiting for our dinner order to come out we struck up a conversation with the male diner at the adjacent table.
Roberto from Rome was demolishing a huge delicious Calzone all by himself. Within a few short minutes our Arancino order was delivered to our table by server Arnest. TOTALLY DELICIOUS ! We buy imported Italian Arancino back home in California but it is vastly superior here. We couldn’t help observing that our new friend Roberto was now tucking into a fabulous looking wood-fired pizza. HA HA ! I asked him how do you do it . . Roman appetite was his reply. We enjoyed our dinner visit here very much. The very next day . . Thursday, April 1st we picked up our rented eBikes from our friend Daniele the owner of Cycling Amalfi Coast and rode from Salerno to Minori. The scenery was breathtaking all the way.
It was a beautiful day to ride and we got to see the half excavated Roman Villa in Minori. After a lovely lunch in we rode back. Later in the evening we walked down here to pick up some take-out dinner . . . Arancino of course. FRIENDLY STAFF ! Thank you so much to all the fun staff we interacted with . . Federica, Peppe, Nazmun, Maria, Arnest, Antonio and Dario the manager. AS GOOD AS IT GETS !
