Convivium

Lunasia is the gourmet restaurant of the Plaza e de Russie Hotel in Viareggio, about which lemilleUnanotte publishes a rich Reportage. Its name has roots from Etruscan and means quiet and serenity. The rectangular-developed dining room, which occupies most of the hotel's ground floor, boasts a distinct personality in its décor and offers a choice for every desire, from traditional tables to seating on the long sofa that runs along an entire side wall to the secluded small table sheltered from prying eyes for a romantic tête-à-tête. Chef Luca Landi is the author of a great cuisine of which you will appreciate the aromas, textures, wonderful mastery of the raw material, fish in particular, and a great taste for the arrangements and compositions, which are true paintings, meticulous down to the smallest details. A particularly titled chef thanks to his experiences in prestigious U.S. and Japanese tristate restaurants, which sharpened his love for the vegetable world and a very ...

Casa Buono is the little gastronomic gem of Antonio Buono, for 6 years Sous-Chef of Mauro Colagrego at Mirazur in Menton, and his wife Valentina. The restaurant is located 10 minutes by car from Ventimiglia, on the Colle di Tenda state road, in a strategic position near the freeway junctions of western Liguria and the French Riviera. Crossing the threshold of the entrance, you will find yourself in a single room with 18 seats with informal-chic tones, which ends at the bottom with a design counter and an open kitchen, and you will admire the original raised cellars and a beautiful cheese trolley. Dining at Casa Buono means paying a visit to a Chef who in 5 years, directing the synchronized work of twenty chefs under his command, has been able to bring Mirazur restaurant in Menton to the roof of the world, achieving the third Michelin star and the first place in "The World's 50 Best Restaurants" classification. Having clarified this detail, which far from belittling ...

Il Cascinalenuovo, starred restaurant owned by Walter and Roberto Ferretto immersed in the Asti countryside, member of Le Soste since 1995, boasts more than 50 years of activity. Since 1968, the years in which the Ferretto parents worked, many things have changed: the drastic reduction of seats has been added to the total renovation of the rooms, to offer a superior quality service and a refined gastronomic proposal. Light colors, parquet floors, beautiful designer chairs, contemporary art on the walls, the white console with guides and publications: a tasteful entrance, worthy anteroom to a large and well-kept dining room, furnished with the same criteria, illuminated by large , original floral fabric ceiling lights. Assisted by a well-selected and prepared team, Chef Walter Ferretto is the author of a refined regional cuisine in which the great Piedmontese classics have the space they deserve but are also flanked by creative and fish dishes interpreted with class and skill. A C...

Da Francesco restaurant is located in the heart of Cherasco, a beautiful medieval town born in 1243 on the Pianalto at the confluence of the Tanaro and Stura rivers, on the first floor of the ancient Palazzo Burotti di Scagnello overlooking the central Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II. The magnificent dining room is decorated with frescoes by Pietro Paolo Operti, dated 1772, and with important Murano glass chandeliers. The parquet floors, the perfectly calibrated lighting, the rigorous shapes of the modern chairs and the elegant but minimalist equipment perfectly perform the function of lightening the overall visual impact of the rooms, which are perfectly balanced, creating a pleasant and relaxing atmosphere. Directly on the frescoed room, born as a ballroom, there is a second smaller room with an open kitchen. At Da Francesco Restaurant you will experience a modern and thick cuisine that combines respect for tradition with more exquisite dishes with exquisite taste, all prepared with th...

La Ciau del Tornavento, a true institution of Piedmontese haute cuisine, is based in Treiso in the building that housed the town's nursery school, a typical lictorian-style building from 1931 overlooking the splendid panorama of the Langa hills. The building next to it houses four beautiful rooms available to customers who intend to enjoy this Maison of great cuisine for longer. The restaurant is discreet, elegant and well-finished from the outside. Just in front of the living room opens the large and elegant dining room, which overlooks the hills in front with spectacular windows; tastefully furnished, it has fine hardwood floors, a modern design fireplace and large well-spaced tables. The environment is classy, relaxing and pleasant. We have known La Ciau del Tornavento since the distant times when the headquarters were in San Secondo di Pinerolo; since then Maurilio Garola has come a long way that has brought him to the top today. Today La Ciau del Tornavento undoubtedly b...

The restaurant [b: ur] is located in Milan in the central Ticinese area, heralded by an entrance with a red door.His name is the phonetic transcription of the surname of Chef Eugenio Boer, which in Dutch means "man of the Earth", "Farmer". Once inside, you'll be struck by the personality of the place, designed by Mario Abruzzese, architect of kick.office: the gold-colored carpeting is a tribute to the typical furnishings of the Great North, walls and ceilings are painted Prussian blue, except for a portion covered in wallpaper with references to Delft ceramics and the East India Company, the support furniture and the central column-mobile bar recall the style in vogue in the Fifties. The large full-wall windows overlooking the street are decorated with long curtains. Visiting the [b:ur] is impossible not to be impressed and fascinated by the strong personal imprint of the Chef that you breathe there. Every detail is designed for this purpose and contribute...

The restaurant of Michelin-starred chef Andrea Larossa is located in the heart of Alba, a stone's throw from the centre, announced by an unmistakable red door. The first dining room features beautiful barrel ceilings. The second one, heralded by the refrigerated wine cellar set in the alcove, runs the length of the room. At the Larossa restaurant you will experience a modern cuisine of depth, in which tradition is the cue to create dishes with a strong personality, with clear and precise flavors, always balanced. The search for the best raw materials, which are sometimes true rarities, shines through in every preparation. The setting is very pleasant and well-kept, the service perfect. Do you want to post your comment? Make yourself the Critic on the Blog! Post your comment:

Umberto De Martino is the gastronomic restaurant of the Relais Florian Maison, a charming Resort in the Bergamo area whose lemilleUnanotte has created a rich photographic reportage. The restaurant is housed in a modern villa in a panoramic position on the hill of the small village of San Paolo d'Argon, 7 kilometers from Bergamo. The interiors of Florian Maison are striking for the richness and taste of the furnishings. Precious marble, stone and wood have been used and combined in harmony, in the name of a sustainable and environmentally friendly architecture. A few years later, and with a well-deserved Star, we find Umberto de Martino at work in his magnificent location presenting some of his most representative dishes. Both sea and land dishes are very well assorted and impeccably executed, with an absolute quality of raw materials and a happy hand. It does not happen often to find a cuisine capable of arousing emotions, and this one is with absolute certainty. Do you...

The Carignano Restaurant is located in Turin in the prestigious Grand Hotel Sitea , right in the centre, a few steps from the Egyptian Museum and Piazza Castello. Thanks to the winning combination of 2 chefs such as Fabrizio Tesse and Marco Miglioli, longtime collaborators, in 2019 the restaurant was awarded the Michelin Star. The interiors are those of a cozy room, with warm parquet floors, walls with light-colored boiserie decorated with modern works and a few tables, large and very well spaced. Ristorante Carignano belongs to that category of gastronomic hotel restaurants that finally in Italy have been freed from that patina of "aurea mediocritas" in which they had been enclosed for decades. Those who still think that in a hotel it is not possible to live memorable gastronomic experiences, will have to change their mind: the cuisine of Fabrizio Tesse and Marco Miglioli is exciting and stimulating. Thanks to a very well conceived menu, based on a strict selection of ...

After Alice's adventure, the new Viva takes its name from the initial syllables of her starred Chef Viviana Varese. The location is even more dazzling with colors, bold and trendy, unconventional and refined... It fully reflects the personality of the Chef. Viva is a new forge of ideas, a successful, very trendy compendium of experimentation and fun, curiosity and enthusiasm, life, matter, vegetable garden, seasons and products, in a colourful container that instills joy and a desire for conviviality. The large panoramic room that overlooks Piazza 25 Aprile has an open kitchen, a unique piece designed by Molteni to enjoy the dynamics of the brigade and follow its agitated but precise dance. Viva is a new forge of ideas, a successful and very trendy compendium of experimentation and fun, curiosity and enthusiasm, life, matter, vegetable garden, seasons and products, in a colorful container that infuses joy and conviviality. The cuisine of Viviana Varese leaves its mark, starti...

La Locanda di Orta, owned since January 2018 by Chef Andrea Monesi, enjoys a privileged location in the heart of the enchanting village of Orta San Giulio. The small room of the Gourmet Restaurant overlooks the small square below with a delightful balcony. At the Locanda di Orta we have experienced a modern and personality cuisine. The gastronomic proposal of Andrea Monesi is contemporary, elegant, with few well-defined elements and a must of great attention in the selection of raw materials. Banished frills and frills, the search for taste is expressed in preparations and combinations that are never ordinary. Do you want to post your comment? Make yourself the Critic on the Blog! Post your comment:

La Présef Restaurant, which in Valtellinese dialect means the manger, is the gastronomic restaurant of La Fiorida, an agritourism complex and an educational farm located in Mantello in Valtellina, in the splendid setting of the valley floor, where the Orobie Alps meet the Rhaetian Alps at a I pass from Lake Como. La Présef restaurant is the flagship of La Fiorida Farm thanks to a modern kitchen capable of reinterpreting tradition with measure, drawing inspiration from it without distorting it. The chef Gianni Tarabini carries out a gastronomic research with a short supply chain, revisiting the Valtellina and Lombard traditions in a modern key, creating concrete dishes, original but never rash, always perfectly balanced. Do you want to post your comment? Make yourself the Critic on the Blog! Post your comment: