Eighteen, and the bay in front.

An eighteenth at Astragalo begins with a long table. On the terrace, with the sea a few steps away, or in the main hall when there are many of you or the evening is cool: you arrive, put the present down and look at the bay.

The house dishes come to the table: raw fish, mussels, spaghetti with clams and bottarga, fried squid and prawns. Anyone who does not eat fish has the slow-cooked pork fillet, and the desserts are made in house. Allergies and intolerances are told to us in advance: the kitchen is in-house and organises around them.

Before dinner the terraces are for aperitivo: you stand with a glass in your hand, watch the sun drop behind the coast and find each other again. At eighteen it is the moment for photographs, laughter and groups that form and dissolve.

When the light goes, you move to the table. At blue hour the bay turns dark and the venue lights up: lanterns, candles, the low lights of the club rooms.