Lunch - Piazza Duomo

Our first post to this site was for a dinner at Vue de Monde and while we have been silent of late - the reasons of which are many and irrelevant to this post - we thought we should delve back into blogging with an amazing lunch at the incredible Piazza Duomo.

Pranzo - Caffe Umberto #2

Having found ourselves in Piazza Savona, it's an easy decision to dine at Caffe Umberto.

Pranzo - La Piola #5

Time for another lunch at La Piola.

For starters:

Pranzo - Osteria dei Sognatori #4

We've managed to find another excuse to sneak lunch at Sognatori - it really is one of a favourite spots in town.

For starters:

Pranzo - La Libera #3

We're returned to lunch again at La Libera.

Aperitivo - Akash

We continue our negroni hunt with a visit to Akash.



While the negroni is quite good the aperitivo plate is rather disappointing.



It's a large offering but the quality leaves a lot to desire - for the price I'd head around the corner to Hemingway where you get much better food and a top notch negroni for the same price.

The details:

Akash Bar
Via Vittorio Emanuele 19/e
Alba

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Cena - Circolo del Vecchio Gusto #4

Thursday night dinner is Beef night at the Circolo - various cuts of local fassona cooked on the grill.

Our starters have a good meaty feel to them

Pranzo - Piazza Duomo #2

With an amuse like this, we can only be at one place - the incredible Piazza Duomo!

Cena - Osteria Nuova

As we're nearing the end of our time in Alba we've decided to try a few more of the places we haven't visited - this time we're off to Osteria Nuova.

Cena - Vigin Mudset #2

We're back for another dinner at Vigin Mudset.

Pranzo - La Bergamotteria

La Bergamotteria is a cafe/store that specialises in Bergamont and calabrian produce and we've previously visited for coffee and to get some nduja. Today we're here for a quick lunch.
We begin with crostini topped with nduja

Cena - Circolo del Vecchio Gusto #3

We're off for a late dinner at Circolo del Vecchio Gusto. There's a fixed price menu with white truffle option. In this family run spot, the dad is a trifolau which means you are getting the truffles straight from the source. Tonight there's one dish that is just crying out for white truffle so we've decided to treat ourselves.

For starters we decide to have a misto of antipasto

Pranzo - La Piola #4

While we've visited La Piola a few times for dinner, this is our first lunch time visit this trip. As we are creatures of habit we begin with a couple of our favourites:

Pranzo - Circolo del Vecchio Gusto #2

It's the first weekend of the Truffle Fair and Alba is alive with tourists - we've decided to return to our new found lunch spot - Circolo del Vecchio Gusto. There's a fixed price 4 course "fiera" menu available, naturally, with white truffle option.

For antipasto:

Pranzo - Il Vicoletto

Vicoletto was the first restaurant we tried in Alba last year so we're more than overdue for another visit - this time we've opted for a degustation lunch.

Today it begins with:

Pranzo - Caffè Umberto

We've already visited its sister restaurant Enoclub a couple of times, today we're staying above ground and lunching at Caffe Umberto.

Pranzo - Circolo del Vecchio Gusto

We're still discovering new places to eat in Alba and today we're lunching at Circolo del Vecchio Gusto.

Cena - La Piola #3

After the disappointing lunch we returned to the ever reliable La Piola for dinner.

For starters, Paalo opts for his favourite - Misto di Antipasto

Pranzo - Osteria del Vecchio Gallo

For lunch today we've decided to try someplace new - Osteria del Vecchio Gallo (Osteria of the Old Cock) and unlike our other Alba dining experiences, this one left us a bit disappointed.

The kitchen seemed to be struggling with the numbers - service was slow and the dishes presented weren't quite to the standard as we've come to expect.

Pranzo - La Libera #2

All week we've been enjoying the company of our french "eators" Curtis and Leigh and with  Leigh unfortunately under the weather, we've taken Curtis out to La Libera for our final lunch together.

For starters