Osteria La Brioska In Gattinara

04/02/2025: Located on the Via Francigena, it is a stop nestled in the infinite expanses of Vercelli's rice fields. The place is well kept, clean, with extremely welcoming and friendly staff. As a couple, we took the menu of the day, consisting of an excellent risotto with toma cheese and hazelnuts, truly of a high standard, and a splendid chicken leg with paprika, accompanied by delicious sautéed "croissants" (green beans). Apparently a minimal menu, but the difference is made by the excellent flavor of the dishes, and the WONDERFUL pair of desserts that we added at the end of the meal: one of the best hazelnut cakes we have ever tried in our lives, and a bunet with typical Vercelli cinnamon biscuits instead of the more famous amaretti biscuits. Truly two gustatory excellences. Without asking, a bottle of delicious house red arrives on the table, which, looking closely at the labels that are beautifully displayed inside the room, is certainly a wine of excellent quality, really good. An experience to be repeated, if only for the desire we still had to try the panissa, made upon reservation or in any case presented on the menu every Tuesday. It is considered among the best in the area.

02/02/2025: A fireplace lit with the scent and noise of crackling wood would have made me give 5 stars to the environment😂 but on the food and above all on the impeccable service, a sign of dedication and love for this type of (difficult) work, the dutiful and well-deserved tips . (We are the Ligurians of Sunday 2 February)