RESTAURANT ADDRESS

Vicolo dell’arco, 1

Alba, Italy

17 3366 167

RESTAURANT STAFF

Executive Chef: Enrico Crippa

Sous Chef: Antonio Zaccardi

Sommelier: Umberto Del Nobile

General Manager: Manuel Miliccia

OAD HISTORY

Ranked 25 in 2013.

RESTAURANT REVIEW

Despite the fact that his restaurant is located in the white truffle capital of the world, Enrico Crippa’s cuisine is not reliant on the tuber. Rather, Crippa focuses on the lush vegetation of the region. A case in point is his signature salad, titled 21, 31, 41 because depending on the season, it contains somewhere between 21 and 41 different types of vegetables. Enrico lightly dresses the greens with some tuna dashi, then piles them into a dish one might otherwise use to serve an ice cream sundae. When you are done, you wash it down by drinking the dashi that has dripped down from the leaves into a small cup. Even the more traditional-styled dishes have a modern twist to them, like Crippa’s take on ravioli in a Bolognese sauce in which the “pasta” is made of pressed and dried tomatoes.

Caviar Salad
Photo Courtesy of: Opinionated About Dining