The famous pasta
The Italian restaurant ”Siesta” is so famous that when people want to eat pasta in Wakayama, they say ”Eat here!”. The restaurant is always filled with customers, and is very busy.
It started as a cafe 9 years ago. When they started, the pasta dishes were the most popular, so they reopened as a pasta specialty restaurant. Certainly, once you try the chewiness of fresh pasta, it is to crave for.
The sauce which uses a lot of local ingredients from both the ocean and the land, is also part of the appeal.
Ultimate sweets made from local ingredients
Next to the pasta restaurant, there is a dessert specialty shop, ”Astro Siesta”. Their cheesecake is very popular. People make long lines to buy this cheesecake, so you have to go very early in the morning and line up or they will be sold out. It is the same when they sell at famous department stores.
It is thick and quite sweet. But it is not heavy. This taste comes from high quality ingredients acquired locally, such as free range eggs from Makiba ranch in Oishi plain, honey from mandarin orange flowers of the Nishibayashi apiary, and thick milk from Kimura Ranch. This store is a must visit when visiting Wakayama.
