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In the hills of Barbaresco, following the initiative of two people with a passion for their land and its products this restaurant opened its doors in 199. The atmosphere is charming with a great cellar with exposed bricks and sail vaults. After Francarlo’s passing, Emanuela, who’s also Carlo Arpino’s (one of Langa’s great cooks and bakers) niece, has decided to go ahead and make their dream come true. One of their specialties is the “bourgeois vitel tonné”, the meat tartare salad, their extraordinary royal finanziera with rooster, bull and rabbit offal as well as the tajarin with sausage ragout, plin ravioli, “bagnet” farm raised rabbit which is prepared according to the old Alta Langa recipe. Mushrooms and truffles are available when in season and their fruit aspics are not to be missed. Rondò also produces wines such as Nebbiolo, Barbera and Barbaresco. There’s a tasting menu available a € 45, if you order from their à la carte menu you’ll spend a bit more but experiencing Langhe traditional cuisine paired with great wines is well worth the expense and trip. You eat at tables with white tablecloths, in the evening you eat by candlelight and during the summer you can have your dinner in their open air space with a full view of the Langhe. They also offer cooking courses if you wish to learn how to prepare the dishes from their menu.

This restaurant is located inside a country house that has been elegantly refurbished, surrounded by the sweet rolling hills of Alta Langa. It was opened by an Italian-French couple Charlotte Launay, who welcomes the clients in a bright polished hall and her husband Jerome Migotto, who takes care of the cuisine. The gastronomic offer is based upon products of the territory, in accordance with the seasons and with their own cultivation of vegetables, herbs and fruits. Two menus are on offer, one called of the “discovery” with four courses at 35 euro, except for wine, and the other one called “tasting” with six courses created by the chef at 52 euro or at 70 euro with four glasses of wine. Attractive appetizers like crunchy Cherasco escargots or breaded frogs legs with cream of carrots and ginger; among the first course dishes the traditional plin agnolotti with the rabbit variant and gourmet risottos. Among second course dishes need to be tested the “Rossini” pigeon with crunchy polenta and the lamb crust with herbs. Special desserts created by the chef with seasonal fruits like harvest pears or the attractive Monte Bianco meringue cake, with always different sorbets. The list of wines has a broad range with attention dedicated to the best products of the Langhe and Roero. In the same structure is located a 4 stars hotel with 10 rooms to relax and be pampered.

In Cioccolocanda you can experience emotions, entering the world of Silvio Bessone, a master widely experienced confectioner and chocolate maker, who dedicated his life to the precious seed of cocoa and wants to share his passion telling his experience searching for the best qualities in the locations where cocoa is cultivated and intertwining the social and environmental aspects. In the structure is located the Chocolate Museum, where are shown the various stages of preparation of the “food of the Gods”, the restaurant, where it is possible to taste the “emotional” menus based upon typical products from Monregale and surrounding areas contaminated by cocoa in all forms. In the inn there are six thematic rooms where can be found intriguing suggestions like melting night or chocolate shared bath or choco-massage. Quite interesting is also the pastry course where the dark chocolate cupcake that is prepared in the afternoon is enjoyed during the dinner. The menu offered at 45 Euro, includes a visit to the museum and the pastry course, among the dishes to taste the small cocoa Butter fried fish, the cocoa flavoured palette of cold meats, Castelmagno cocoa gnocchi, barolo sausage and cocoa beans, the three temperatures warm cupcake. All dishes are accompanied by a proper wine, with labels from the best Piedmont producers.

This tavern is located in the historic town centre, in a comfortable and elegant environment, with exposed brick surface. Wooden chairs and antique furniture, which immediately make the atmosphere homely. An hospitality that describes itself with the smile of Flavio Marengo, that in the lounge gives advice and accompanies people to discover the delicacies of the Langhe, that Emiliana Morino prepares with her great ability. Its cuisine is based upon zero Km. products of the territory following the rhythms of the seasons. The tastings menu is on offer at 40 euros except for wine, and at 55 euro with 4 glasses of wine, representing a real triumph of Langhe specialties, starting from the typical appetizers like veal with tuna sauce knife cut meat, Bra sausage, followed by the ever present tajarin ai 30 rossi and the delicious beef braised in Barolo; ending it all with the classical bunet from the Langhe. Wide is the selection of cheeses from local producers. Many are recipes containing escargots, that made of Cherasco the capital of heliciculture, and on the appropriate season a menu with mushrooms and Alba’s white truffle. The wine list is rich and well maintained, with wines not only from this area, however entrust with confidence to Flavio who will recommend you the best combination.

The restaurant is in the traffic-free zone of Alba, in the central Piazza Savona, the ground-floor dining room of the Cafè Umberto is modern and bright, a bistro with cosmopolitan offers. The enoclub is in the spectacular cellar with vaulted ceilings and exposed bricks, a preferred destination for gourmets. The dishes prepared with care by the chef Marco Serra are linked to tradition but with creative ideas. Thanks to twenty years of experience the restaurant offers classic local dishes depending on the seasonality of the country products with very short supply chain. Among the appetizers we mention the fondue of fontina cheese of Alpine pasture, creamy and caramelized, the quail roasted with cream and slivers of Jerusalem artichokes, or the hunchback cardoon of Nizza Monferrato, sauce with anchovies and little apples (from 14 to 18 euro). Among the first courses of fresh pasta the noodles with 30 red wines with Bra sausage ragù, or the unusual agnolotto from Asti stuffed with beetroot and goat cheese (15 euro). Among the second courses the exquisite braised cheek flavoured with Barolo (22 euro), the crispy ox tongue with lupins and endive (18 euro), and always at least one choice of fish. Always present classic dishes served with white truffles. Wide selection of traditional desserts. Excellent wine cellar with labels of great Piedmontese and international wines.