Lets Go with Michael Petry | Sorrento, Italy
Join us on this journey as we explore Sorrento, Italy, and discover the hidden ingredient that makes Italian food so amazing. We'll also take a peak tour around the beautiful Amalfi coast, Positano, Praiano, Naples, Salerno, and other sights around Sorrento. We will also show you the nightlife, shopping, beaches, places to stay, fishing docks, and more. Don’t miss out on this amazing adventure! For more adventures in Italy, visit https://www.youtube.com/@LetsGoWithMichaelPetry-ln8fl
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00:00 Lexi, did you know this past of course year our Polish director Michael Petri
00:05 spent some time in Italy and he wanted to show it off to us with some highlights from his trip.
00:10 You know Brad I did know that and this time he is looking into the secret
00:14 ingredient that makes Italian food taste so good. It's time to take a trip and
00:18 let's go with Michael Petri.
00:22 So just a little over 6,000 miles away from Phoenix lies a beautiful little
00:29 town called Sorrento. Yeah, Sorrento, Italy. It's located just south of Naples,
00:35 Italy on what they call the Sorrentine Peninsula. Its history goes back past 600
00:41 BC and the area has been the favorite vacation spot for both Roman emperors
00:46 all the way up to the current visitors of today and of course me. Yeah, you see
00:53 this is my second visit to Sorrento and I came back to see if what I had
00:59 experienced almost seven years prior to this wasn't just a fluke and since this
01:05 was my second trip a lot of people of course were curious to know what some of
01:09 the big draws were of Sorrento. Well, Sorrento is known for a lot of things.
01:14 The unique European style oceanfronts, old fishing docks where you can still
01:19 see the fishermen tending to their nets, the history and the interesting sites
01:24 that make Sorrento unique and of course the large piazzas that invite you to
01:31 jump into the bustling mix of visitors, locals, shops and beautiful architecture
01:38 that make it feel just so Italian.
01:51 And of course one of the best-known things that happens in Sorrento and
01:55 actually all over Italy for that matter happens when the Sun goes down. The shops
02:01 and restaurants open and the streets and alleyways become alive with people
02:06 getting out enjoying the cool night air and either relaxing or exploring the
02:12 Sorrento nighttime magic. And you have to love the fact that people are here from
02:18 all over the world and what are they doing? Well, a lot of them are shopping, a
02:24 lot of them are just enjoying the beautiful classic Italian architecture,
02:28 the fact that the ocean is right here with all the boats and the docks. But the
02:33 big discovery most people make when they come to Sorrento is the food. I don't
02:39 know maybe the food and of course the pizza just tastes better here. And
02:45 that's where my little quest comes in. You see I grew up in the Chicago area so
02:51 yeah I'm a bit of a pizza snob. I grew up with a lot of pizza snobs. I mean let's
02:56 face it we grew up eating the best pizza on earth. Anyways, about seven years ago
03:01 when I was visiting Sorrento I just happened to try some pizza at a little
03:05 place called Pizzeria Aurora and I'm gonna admit it it might have been some
03:11 of the best pizza I'd ever had in my life. So now I was back to see if maybe I
03:17 had possibly been mistaken. And looking at their pizza it really doesn't look
03:22 like anything special. Some cheese, maybe a little tomatoes, a little basil and it
03:27 was even kind of runny. But this time when I took that bite again I couldn't
03:32 believe what I was experiencing. It was so good just like seven years ago. I mean
03:38 what are they putting in this stuff anyways? That's what I found Antonito
03:42 and his mama who as I was soon to discover were a part of several
03:47 generations of family members that make this place and the food absolutely magic.
03:53 You know this is the place that I've gone to several times and now we're back.
04:00 We're talking about Pizzeria Aurora. Right? I said it right. This pizza.
04:08 Margherita is the classical Neapolitan pizza. Actually Sorrento pizza. And we take quite
04:16 good care on the ingredients. I would say the secret besides the passion we put in
04:22 doing our job it is like we keep on searching the fresh ingredients.
04:28 Especially the pure.
04:30 I like the mozzarella free.
04:32 Mama she likes them because they are different.
04:36 Especially in this period.
04:38 And there it finally hit me. Right in front of me.
04:40 I think I discovered the hidden main ingredient that I was looking for.
04:44 It was called family. Or as they call it familia. Generations of one family that has been carrying on the same traditions of preparing and serving food for decades.
04:56 Two sisters, two boys.
05:02 Mama, mama, eight children.
05:04 She is the boss, my grandmother. She is the sister of the boss. I'm the third generation.
05:14 And for us the family is the first thing of life.
05:18 He is the last one of three brothers.
05:23 He is Marco.
05:26 And also my mother. My mother is the first of three brothers.
05:36 Now you got everything. Now you have the entire family.
05:41 Everybody let's hear it for our grandmothers.
05:44 And now I think it started to make sense to me.
05:50 After meeting the whole family and eating what might be some of the best food on the planet.
05:55 There was no way they were going to let us leave.
05:58 Yeah, they fed us some more food of course.
06:00 And then Marco couldn't wait to show me how they create the pizzas right there off the main street.
06:06 And then of course Mama insisted on showing me some more of their fresh food that is made from ingredients found right there in the Sorrento area.
06:14 Yeah, I was in heaven.
06:16 And now I finally realized that maybe it was little places like this and families just like this that make Sorrento one of the most beautiful places in the world.
06:28 And maybe, just maybe, it's why the food seems to taste just a little bit better in Italy.
06:37 Oh my, well if you want to see more of Michael Petri's Italian videos head to his YouTube page.
06:45 Let's Go With Michael Petri.
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