Going out for Sunday lunch is a bit of traditional family thing in Italy and as we like to follow the habits of the locals we're off for a long lunch (and not a negroni) at the Antico Caffé Calissano.
This place has a really beautiful front room which houses the bar and a small dining area - out the back are two larger dining rooms. My little snap really doesn't do the room justice.
We've decided to go the degustation route but with a little addition. Today we saw the first white truffles appear - actually we first noticed a different smell in the city and then we saw them in the shop windows - and there are truffle options available. We've decided to have a little white truffle in our pasta course.
First course:
Rabbit Salad
Second Course:
Carne Cruda
Third Course:
Vitello Tonnato - this has a chunkier tonnato sauce which we both really enjoyed
Fourth Course - here comes the truffles
Tagliatelle burro salvia with white truffles shaved at the table. Simple but oh so sublime.
Fifth course:
Ravioli del Plin with roast meat sauce
Sixth Course:
Brasato al Barolo
Seventh Course:
Bonet
The details:
Anitco Caffe' Calissano
Piazza Risorgimento 3
12051 Alba
Phone:
0173441704
Closed - Monday
Sunday, September 16, 2012
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