"Rating: 88/100 pts Fate brought me to Alla Voliga when I was in search of good local food, and the meal certainly did not disappoint. I walked in just as they were opening for lunch, and being the only customer in what looked more like the deck of a ship than a restaurant, I actually wasn 't sure if I was in the right spot until a few minutes of waiting when the owner popped out of the kitchen and led me to a table. We have the best fish soup in Trieste, and the second best in Italy, he tells me proudly. I peruse the Italian-only menu and understand almost none of it. While not confident in his own English skills, the owner patiently gave me a few other non-soup recommendations. I ended up settling on the little of this, little of that seafood combo. Out came a fantastic platter of sardine, barley-mixed octopus, olive-mixed squid, oysters, and about 5 other things that he didn 't know the English for and that I couldn 't identify. Everything tasted like it had been freshly caught that morning. It also came with bread, and a huge slice of polenta, which to this day is the best polenta I 've ever had. Prices were very reasonable, and I 'd definitely go back next time I find myself in Trieste...even if it 's just to try that seafood soup that hindsight tells me I probably should have ordered."
