da u titti - Riccardo & Chiara — Restaurant in Cipressa

Amazing food experience! We both had the menu for 85 Euro per person with sevencourses plus two desserts, so nine courses in total. It was described to us as "more creative" and it really was! Some of our personal highlights included a pumpkin ice cream with fried sage as appetizer, grilled quail with shiitake and corn plus an amazing sauce, a grilled brioche with duck ham and truffle sauce and port wine sauce and the chocolate mousse with coffee ice cream and banana bread on passion fruit. All courses were explained to us and you could really taste the craft behind coming up with such an interesting meal as well as cooking it with skill. Every meal had a complexity in its taste and multiple layers which you could explore bit by bit while eating. When reading the menu, we did bot think that we would like one of the courses that much because of squid as an ingredient and they were happy to switch it out for us and suggested an alternative. It seemed like they don't usually do this because of the effort it takes, which makes sense, but if you really don't like something it most likely won't be an issue. Also, we were surprised how good everything tasted even though we were not sure about some of the courses before. So I suggest to give it a go and let yourself be surprised - maybe, like us, you'll find out that you like something that you would not have expected. We really trusted the process and the experience of the chefs behind every meal and for us it was the right way to go. Since my partner did not drink this evening, I ordered two separate glasses of wine - one white and one red. I asked for a recommendation for each one without looking at the wine menu and the waiter suggested two amazing wines! Both fit the menu very well and enhanced the whole experience. It was a real treat to experience this menu and we definitely recommend it for a special evening! Three more remarks: 1) I would highly recommend to book a table in advance (we did it two weeks in advance). 2) They also offered an all-vegetarian menu with five courses for 55 Euro. 3) The whole dinner lasted more than three hours for us, so it's really an event for the whole evening, if you plan to go with a bigger menu.

All in all, we highly recommend coming here for a remarkable...

I had a really lovely meal here tonight. The presentation of the terrace dining area, and my table at the edge, overlooking the valley all the way to the sea, set the perfect backdrop for a delicious dinner. Being a vegitarian can have it's complications when dining out, but I find that any chef who knows flavors can accommodate vegitarian diners quite easily. I had the ravioli stuffed with cheese and aubergine with a nice curdled cream sauce that has a fancy Italian name. Flecks of grated vanilla along with marigolds petals were sprinkled on top. I was very interested to see how the vanilla would play out among the flavors and it was amazing. This dish usually comes with prawns but were left out for me. I'm not sure how the vanilla would taste if they were still in there. They make their own bread which was very tasty and there was an mini appetizer of these little cornbread like nuggets that has orange peel in them. These were also delightful. For dessert I chose the white chocolate, campari, strawberry rose and it was the only thing that was a bit off. What came out was a slab of thick, cream cheesy, custard (tastes good) with some kind of sweet, crunchy, pink crumbles, (also good) and drizzled with campari, topped with a small blob of strawberry ice cream. We're still doing ok at this point until this very bitter and weirdly flavored white sauce/topping, much like a half whipped cream in consistancy. I wasn't sure what part of the dessert tasted off so I took a bite of each component separately until I knew what it was and then tried to eat around it. Overall a 4 1/2 out of five. The view and the affordably might bring it up to five but the nerve wracking goat trail you have to drive to get there brings it back down. Would be excellent for a date night...

Abbastanza soddistatto, ma non esaltato. Locale accogliente (sebbene siano stati prediletti pannelli fonoassorbenti monocromi alle pareti anziché quadri), servizio molto presente. Ho preso parte ad un compleanno in cui sono state offerte cinque portate. Devo tuttavia ammettere che la creatività (con tocchi di cucina molecolare) ha un po' sconfinato nella sperimentazione, a mio avviso non sempre perfettamente azzeccata. La palamita cruda con granita di caffè e cardamomo è stata coperta completametne dal sapore amaro del caffè, con un cardamomo troppo poco presente (adoro il caffè al cardamomo mediorentale, ma qui eravamo lontanissimi da questi sapori). Lo stesso non mi ha esaltato la triglia su purea di patate e crema di piselli con mousse allo zafferano: mousse troppo invadente, triglia non deliscata, quindi piena di spine che è stato noioso rimuovere. Ho apprezzato invece molto sia i ravioli di pecorino con miele e emulsione di sedano, sia il tuorlo d'uovo croccante con tagliatella di seppia e creama di acciuga (per come l'ho riconosciuto, ho perso la presentazione del cameriere). Due note molto negative: il mio piatto con la triglia era freddo (caldo quello di mia moglie) così come quello dei ravioli (freddo anche per mia figlia). Secondo, trattandosi di compleanno con torta finale, l'apparecchiatura era sbagliata: l'abbiamo mangiata usando il cucchiaio da minestra posto accanto alla forchetta, e non tramite forchettina posta al di sopra al piatto, come di norma dovrebbe essere. Giudizio finale, tra discreto e buono, per il livello preteso, ma a mio avviso c'è da migliorare il servizio (piatti SEMPRE caldi con pietanze calde!) gli accostamenti di sapori (!), e senza dubbio la cura per...