Osteria La Salita In Monforte d'alba

12/02/2025: A round table for two was reserved for us near the fireplace with an adjacent window overlooking the hills and church of Treiso. Efficient, very professional staff, competent and friendly sommelier. We took two surprise tasting menus: ossobuco and amberjack tartare, lime octopus with Taggiasca olives and beetroot wafer, Parisian-style snails with fondue and fois gras, chicken plin, roast kid with Piedmontese fried side dish, tastings of exquisite desserts. All accompanied by a wine tasting recommended by the sommelier. Finally, visit the spectacular cellar! What can I say...must try!

01/02/2025: Many have told me about it, so you arrive with high expectations in this beautiful place a few kilometers from Alba, with a wonderful view of the hills of tasty Barbaresco. These expectations are immediately confirmed by the kind hospitality, by the well-known wine cellar, supplied with over 67,000 bottles of high quality from all over the world, but above all by the dishes, refined but not too elaborate, which conquer for their quality and flavour, as well as obviously from the beauty of the presentation. Among the different courses, which I had the pleasure of tasting, I was certainly won over by the breaded prawn in the tonda gentile with fried frog legs and green bagnet, Tortello with Neapolitan ragù with smoked pecorino couliss and ginger and lemon crumble, the tasty and varied financier and the finale of cream ice cream creamed with rum, chocolate and coffee. For lovers of flavours, this is definitely a stop not to be missed.