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Alessandro Borghese in the Riviera dei Fiori – Italian Cuisine

During the week of the Sanremo Festival, Alessandro Borghese takes us to the Ligurian west in search of the best family-run restaurant

Start the Sanremo Festival: what better chance then for a jump in the Riviera of Flowers? Let's do it in the company of Alessandro Borghese that, in the episode of 4 Restaurants broadcast this week, takes us among ancient villages, sea, sun, music and recipes handed down from generation to generation, in search of best family restaurant of this area of Liguria.

The 4 restaurants of the Riviera dei Fiori

Tuesday February 5th, at 9.15 pm on Sky Uno, the journey of Borghese to the west of Liguria will start right from the entrance of the Ariston Theater of Sanremo to then go to the discovery of the premises that will participate in the episode to win the title (and the special bonus assigned by the chef for the best Brandacujun, a traditional Ligurian dish). Here are previewed the 4 restaurants in the race.

RESTAURANT FROM NICO '- TRATTORIA DEL PORTO SINCE 1935 – SANTREMO

The Da Nico 'restaurant is located in one of the main squares of Sanremo and is one of the oldest in the town. Opened more than 80 years ago, today it is conducted by Raffaele and is a point of reference for the festival's nightlife. The cuisine proposed here is traditional, based almost exclusively on fresh fish and Ligurian cuisine: among the more particular dishes of the menu are, for example, the "Sea Waterfall" with shrimps and raw fish, and maltagliati to black and green with clams and red prawns of Sanremo in guazzetto.

RESTAURANT HOME & BOTTEGA – DOLCEACQUA

The Casa & Bottega restaurant was opened 5 years ago and is located in the main square of Dolceacqua, a very suggestive place in the Ligurian hinterland. Managed by Valeria together with her husband Fabrizio, her ex-husband and son, the restaurant looks like a restaurant & shop where the customer can buy what he sees and taste .. The predominant style is industrial and fresh with many items purchased around markets and fairs.

MARCO POLO RESTAURANT -VENTIMIGLIA

In Ventimiglia, which has been owned by the Pani family for almost 60 years (it was opened by grandma Maria as a simple place on the beach), the Marco Polo restaurant is now run by the young Diego who represents the third generation of the family. His father Marco and his mother Ivana, who takes care of the desserts, work with him. The furniture is dominated by wood (it almost seems to be in a 50s yacht) and there is a dehor on the sea, a private garden on the beach and a beach.

DA U TITTI – RICCARDO AND CHIARA – Lingueglietta

Chiara and Riccardo are Milanese, they have known each other for four years, they are married by one and together they lead the restaurant from U Titti, to Lingueglietta, one of the hundred most beautiful villages in Italy. The restaurant reflects in all respects the personality of its owners: it looks like a colorful and intimate restaurant with special recycled furniture, curated mise en place, soft colors and fresh flowers.

Alessandro Borghese arrives in the Monferrato – Italian Cuisine

We discover the locals in the famous Piedmont hills that, in the next episode, will compete on the best tasting menu

Where can you taste the best of Monferrato? Find out in the next episode of Alessandro Borghese-4 Restaurants, on Tuesday January 22nd at 21.15 on Sky Uno, when the chef arrives in the famous Piedmont area to savor the dishes of the four local protagonists of the challenge and decree the one with the best tasting menu. Meanwhile, waiting for the episode, we begin to know the restaurants and restaurants in the race.

4 Restaurants: those who challenge themselves

RAW MATERIAL – MAZZETTI D'ALTAVILLA

From Romagna, Sanzio, owner of this restaurant, arrived in Piedmont to pursue his passion for the world of wines and spirits. The local cuisine uses local products and combines traditional dishes with more modern and innovative proposals. The tasting menu includes 2 starters, 2 first courses and 1 second choice, and finally a dessert, as well as a small distillate and a glass of wine served between one course and another. The restaurant is housed in an ancient convent dating back to the 1700s, from whose watchtower you can enjoy a splendid view of the Monferrato hills.

CASCINA FALETTA – CASALE MONFERRATO

Lorenzo, owner and sommelier of the restaurant, offers 4 types of tasting menus: Vegetarian, Territory, Fish and the special "Menu Faletta 1881". The restaurant is housed in a former renovated farmhouse where stone and wood dominate in large furnished spaces with photographs of the rural Monferrato countryside. The kitchen is open and overlooks both rooms. A large garden with dehor, finally, overlooks the hilly landscape. The farm is also a B & B with swimming pool.

THE RESTAURANT – LU

Owner and cook of the restaurant, Laura has composed her tasting menu with 2 types of starter, 1 first and 1 second choice and 1 dessert. The restaurant is located in the hills of Monferrato and looks like a modern villa where, from the windows of the main hall, you can enjoy a beautiful view of the landscape. The structure also has a swimming pool.

GUBISTRO '- CASALE MONFERRATO

After years of apprenticeship in the world of haute cuisine in which he also worked for Cracco and Cannavacciuolo, Nicolò decided, together with his friend always Maurizio, to open a restaurant of his own, in the center of Casale Monferrato, where to give life to his creations. The tasting menu is surprise and includes 5 courses (2 starters, 1 first course, 1 second course and 1 dessert). The environment, which previously hosted a cinema and a gym, is minimal, informal, young, but at the same time refined and elegant with attention to detail.

Alessandro Borghese on the Po Delta – Italian Cuisine

In the second episode of the new season the chef will go in search of the best restaurant of lagoon cuisine between eels, mussels, clams and pink oysters

The new year has begun, but also the new season of Alessandro Borghese 4 Restaurants! The first episode of the program produced by DryMedia aired on January 1 and was dedicated to the New Year's Eve according to four different cultures (shot in Milan, saw the victory of the Russian restaurant Veranda on China, Eritrea and Cuba).

The second episode

The appointment with the second episode and for Tuesday, January 8 at 21.15 on Sky Uno (channel 108). when chef Borghese will reach with his black van the Po Delta with the mission to find the the best restaurant in the lagoon of the Veneto region.

Then we find a preview the premises that will compete in the episode submitting to the judgment of Borghese and the other restaurateurs who will express themselves with scores from 0 to 10 for location, menu, service and account (plus a special 5-point bonus from the chef assigned for a particular aspect of the restaurant).

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The 4 restaurants competing in Veneto

LA PALAFITTA – Villaregia, a hamlet of Porto Viro (RO)

For over 25 years the Roncon family has been dealing with the production and distribution of fish products. Manuela decided to open her own restaurant inside one of the breeding tanks. The cuisine of La Palafitta is fish and traditional and a particularity of the menu is the eel proposed in several ways: grilled, stewed and fried.

ITTITURIMO IN MARINETTA – Rosolina (RO)

Born and raised in Vincenza, Isi is a woman who has done many things in life, pursuing her passions. Today he realized his biggest dream: buy a restaurant with a group of friends. Marinetta is an ittiturismo that proposes a cuisine of the territory with innovative cooking. Open for a year, it is located on a palafitte built on the lagoon.

OSTERIA ARCADIA – Porto Tolle (RO)

A restaurant that welcomes guests at home: Pamela is the owner and manager of the room, her mother Arcadia is the cook. In the menu dominate the traditional dishes, homemade pasta, fresh fish, seasonal products. And the eel proposal is wild: born, lives and swims in all the Delta area.

CANARIN – Porto Tolle (RO)

That of Canarin, managed by Gino, his wife and son, is a simple kitchen "without embroidery", traditional and of the territory with raw materials of lagoon and sea. The typical dishes have as main ingredients the eel, mussels, clams, pink oysters of the place and many local vegetables.

The locations of the next challenges

In the next episodes the journey of Alessandro Borghese 4 Restaurants will move to Cagliari, in Monferrato, then in the area of the Castelli Romani, in the western Ligurian with the Riviera of Flowers and finally a Cremona.