By now everyone knows, the Langhe has been a Unesco World Heritage Site since 2014 and this year at the TTG in Rimini the area was awarded as the best food and wine destination. There are so many villages to visit that we had to split the itinerary in two parts. Here’s the first, with the best restaurants.
Where to eat in Langhe
Where to eat in Barolo
Barolo Friends
Bistro. At the foot of Falletti Castle, in the scene of a bakery that used to produce bread and breadsticks, a well-kept and typical environment with a beautiful dehors on the square. The menu features dishes from the Langhe, daily specials and seasonal recipes, especially in the truffle season. Some examples: egg cooked at low temperature with hazelnut asparagus and Parmesan cream, veal tataki and celeriac, hazelnut cake with zabaglione. Well-arranged wine choice to go with the culinary proposal.
Barolo Friends – piazza W. Mazzocchi, 3 – 0173 560542 – Facebook
Locanda in Cannubi
Restaurant. A beautiful farmhouse with rooms surrounded by spectacular vineyards, an offshoot of the Tenuta Carretta, which provides the wine, produces it and makes it available at the restaurant, along with other renowned labels from the area, Piedmont and Italy. The food menu is centred on local classics and a few well-executed digressions. This season, there is a menu dedicated to truffles. Otherwise, crispy snails with cardoons, Castelmagno risotto with Jerusalem artichokes and chestnuts, sweetbreads and foie gras with pan brioche. Rich selection of cheese.
Locanda in Cannubi – via Crosia, 14 – 0173 56294 – locandaincannubi.it
Where to eat in Barbaresco
Antinè Bistrot
Restaurant. Linear atmosphere with beautiful furnishing and lighting, for the mild season a pleasant terrace. Chef Manuel Bouchard shows refined expertise by dealing with the local gastronomic heritage, mastery and happy intuition by putting together dishes with solid roots, into a menu accessible to everybody. Regarding the cellar, the great local red wine plays the main role, but there are many other interesting labels.
Antinè Bistrot – via Torino, 16 – 0173 635294 – antine.it
Campamac
Bistro. Campamac in Piedmontese literally means “put in some more, give it more” and in fact here the kitchen doesn’t spare itself, and that’s because next to the restaurant there are a shop with very high quality products, a butcher's shop with selected Piedmontese meat and a high-class wine shop. There is great respect for km 0, a lot of attention to fresh pasta, such as the delicious tajarin made with 40 yolks, and reinterpreted classics like the rosy vitello tonnato and the Campamac plin d'oca. Extensive wine list and beautiful open cellar.
Campamac – strada Giro della Valle, 1 – 0173 635051 – campamac.com
Osteria taStè
Trattoria. The restaurant of Stefano Giacosa, chef and owner, stands out for its modern and well-kept ambience inside what was once a primary school. In this setting you can appreciate a tasty local cuisine that focuses on local products and traditional recipes: rabbit tuna with sweet and sour vegetables, onion stuffed with sausage and amaretti biscuits, tajarin with meat sauce, roast guinea fowl with potatoes and Swiss chard, salad with rooster chestnuts radishes onions and Roccaverano robiola cheese. Impressive wine cellar.
Osteria taStè – località Tre Stelle strada Nicolini Alto, 10 – 339 2092019 – osteriataste.it
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