I'm a fan of the culinary travel show Somebody Feed Phil.

Phil Rosenthal is a funny guy (Everybody loves Raymond) and apparently also likes good food.

He has been traveling the world for Netflix for 6 years, to make new culinary friends and to delight us that HE can eat something delicious again.

What I like about this series is that you can find seemingly fun stories and culinary gems in every big city. He visits them and by making happy noises and pulling funny faces, the viewer is made enthusiastic about what HE is eating AGAIN.

So each episode is based on a city.

Last year I was in Nashville for half a day (passing through to The Jack) and ate at a nobody place. Only afterwards did I see that Phil had been in Nashville and that I could have eaten something nice....

On our way to Sweden we stopped in Copenhagen, and I had done my homework there. We stopped at a recommended street food place. It was delicious. But we had just eaten amazingly in Fiskebaren. Nothing can beat that.

New summer, new opportunities.

Venice was on the agenda.

And yes, Phil made friends there too.

The recommended Boutique de Gelato turned out to be permanently closed, but luckily Da Arturo was open.

Vini Da Arturo is a small restaurant that has been around for 50 years, and has remained unchanged for 50 years. The biggest stars of the world are customers, and according to Phil, they have unparalleled pork schnitzel.

When I told my (step)children that we were going to eat at the restaurant where Tom Hanks and Leonarde Di Caprio also eat, they let out an enthusiastic cry.

To then ask who they were.

Reality check.

Luckily, Kim and Chloe Kardashian also turned out to have been there (with photo album as proof)

Check, good safe.

Queen Fabiola had also been there twice.

“Who?” asked those – from now on – bastard children?

Through the narrow ancient streets I found my way to Da Arturo. You can't make a reservation so I feared a full restaurant. Fortunately there was no cat present, so we had time to talk extensively with the owners.

It looked exactly like it did on TV. The owners too. It was like being on a movie set

and that Phil could come blowing around the corner at any moment.

We sat down at a slightly too small table for 6 (2 + 4 mini) persons.

Glass was colored Venetian glass.

Wine from a red - almost plastic - glass.

There's something strange about it.

We order the well-known pork schnitzel, to share.

The secret ingredient is vinegar and you probably knew it.

The piece of meat is really gigantic. As big as a large pizza.

Sufficient for 4 adults.

But you only order the meat, and you have to order the sides separately. All on that too small table.

Tastes differ, and if vinegar is not your thing I would choose something else, because it is still very present. I understand that Phil likes this by the way.

The sides were all simple but good. Up until now I wasn't really left hungry (pun intended) but the flower had to come... and it came...

In the broadcast you see Phil also tasting some other dishes and one of them is something with aubergine that has been preserved for a week.

I'm personally not a huge fan of eggplant, but I had to try it anyway.

...and what I tasted was a true delicacy. I even had to shed a tear. That's how emotional I was. That's what food can do...

Never thought I would react this way to an eggplant.

Then the owner thrust a booklet under my nose.

Text, no photos. Booklet was probably 50 years old too.

The recipe.

My challenge now is to make this and barbecue it.

because I definitely want to eat this again.

Da Arturo.

I would never have discovered it without Phil.

It was an experience.

It was delicious

The eggplant was an absolute discovery.

The bill was horribly expensive. Too expensive.

Am I going back? Yes.