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Il Bistrot del Portico - Lanzo Torinese (TO)

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The Bistrot del Portico is located in a historical building of character in the center of Lanzo Torinese. The interior has been renovated and tastefully furnished. In the dining room you can see wooden shelves with many bottles, vaulted ceilings and exposed copper ventilation pipes. Matteo Rossatto's cuisine is a real discovery: clean and precise flavors, calibrated to perfection, following to the letter the philosophy of taking away rather than adding, the result of painstaking precision and state-of-the-art technology in the (tiny) kitchen. What arrives in the dining room are dishes with an unmistakable soul and identity, preparations that make you feel all the passion behind them, dishes inspired by tradition but strongly contemporary, with high school citations. Chiara in the dining room contributes to the overall pleasure of the restaurant, bringing each dish to the table and explaining it with grace and competence. The wine list is excellent, thanks to the...

Raffaleo - Torino

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Raffaleo, a "haute cuisine wine bar", is located in the center of Turin, in the so-called Quadrilatero Romano. The father of the project is Gerri Sottile, a restaurant manager with 30 years of experience and co-founder of a group of successful restaurants in Asia based in Singapore. The restaurant consists of three small rooms, one of which has a window overlooking the kitchen. Raffaleo is a treasured address for excellent contemporary cuisine and an equally excellent wine cellar in the heart of the city of Turin. Raffaleo's mission is to prepare each dish with dedication, making everything in-house and combining Italian tradition with new cooking techniques, using the best seasonal products of the area. The result is surprising for the quality and balance of the dishes, which have been given funny names, because good cooking is also a game... Andrea Mauro will be able to explain each preparation in great detail and will make you drink very well if you wa...