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LAKE LUGANO The cuisine of Ticino speaks in a rugged northern Italian dialect: soulful risottos, coarse polenta, braised meats, and busecca, a bracing tripe soup, are among the many specialties the canton shares with neighboring Lombardy. Uniquely Ticinese, though, are the grotti, village taverns whose prototypes were actual grottoes used for storing wines and salumi (cured air-dried meats). Reached by a lulling boat ride from Lugano, Grotto dei Pescatori is completely besieged by regulars. You'll see why as you lounge in the shade of a linden tree, swooning over the setting (granite picnic tables on a terrace that nearly floats on the lake), the wine (vivacious local Merlot poured into dainty ceramic cups), and the food.
The salumi here are the gold standard of rustic charcuterie: dense, musky coppa, pancetta, and wild-boar salami, served with five-grain bread. From a small blackboard menu we order the lightly fried perch with a golden squirt of sage-flavored butter and tiny potatoes, and a dense grainy buckwheat polenta with brasato di manzo (braised beef). Afterward, the exhausted proprietor plies us with his famous walnut liqueur and torta di pane, a moist chocolate crumb cake studded with pine nuts. We contemplate abandoning the car and hiking back to the airport. Leave a Comment Theme: Other
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Antica Osteria Italian Around Town Grotto dei Pescatori Italian Around Town La Tinera German/Austrian/Swiss Around Town Locanda del Boschetto German/Austrian/Swiss Around Town Mövenpick Ristorante Parco Ciani Mediterranean Around Town Motto del Gallo Mediterranean Nearby Dining Osteria Ticinese da Raffaele German/Austrian/Swiss Around Town Principe Leopoldo International Around Town Ristorante Orologio Italian Around Town Ristorante Santabbondio Mediterranean Around Town Ristorante al Portone German/Austrian/Swiss Around Town
MOTTO DEL GALLO For a visual treat, visit this baroque house practically bursting with atmosphere. There's a collection of antiques and the tables are covered with lace. The restaurant is in a 15th-century hamlet that alone is worth the trip--8 miles (13km) from Lugano on the road to Bellinzona. The excellent menu features a selection of homemade pastas, including green tagliolini with scampi. Two types of risotto are offered, one of them cooked delectably in champagne. Fresh fish looms large on the menu, including a selection of "fruits of the sea" gratinée with zabaglione. Main meat dishes are likely to include a veal mignon, veal kidneys cooked with sherry, a mixed medley of meats, or perhaps alpine-style lamb roasted aromatically with fresh herbs. Instead of dessert, such as one of the cold soufflés, many diners prefer to end their meal with a regional cheese of the Ticino. The wine list includes some 500 wines from all over the world. If you're looking for a romantic place to spend the night, there are three well-maintained suites here, which cost 235SF ($129.25) for two, including breakfast. MEDITERRANEAN Hours Mon-Sat noon-2pm and 7-10pm Location CH-6807 Taverne, Nearby Dining Transportation Take the unnumbered bus or local train marked Taverne Reservations Reservations required Phone 091/945-28-71 Fax 091/945-27-23 Prices Main courses 29SF-49SF ($15.95-$26.95); business lunch 55SF-65SF ($30.25-$35.75); menu degustazione 108SF ($59.40); menu gastronomico 135SF ($74.25) Leave a Comment Theme: OtherPrice: US$41 and up » Currency ConverterComparison: more expensive than averageAddress: MOTTO DEL GALLO
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Gasthaus Obermatt Obermatt, Ennetbürgen; 41-41/620-1323; dinner for two $50. Park Hotel Vitznau Vitznau, Lucerne; 41-41/397-0101; dinner for two $100. Old Swiss House 4 Löwenplatz, Lucerne; 41-41/410-6171; lunch for two $50. L'Auberge de l'Onde St.-Saphorin; 41-21/921-3083; lunch for two $100. Le Chalet Château-d'Oex; 41-26/924-6677; lunch for two $53. Jöhri's Talvo 15 Via Gunels, St. Moritz-Champfèr; 41-81/833-4455; dinner for two $225. Grotto dei Pescatori Caprino; 41-91/923-9867; dinner for two $47. The following are also recommended: Veltlinerkeller 11 Via del Bagn, St. Moritz; 41-80/833-4009; dinner for two $73. Authentic atmosphere and good regional food, such as pizzoccheri (gnocchi-like dumplings). L'Etivaz Cheese Cooperative L'Etivaz; 41-26/924-6281. Take the $6 guided tour, and try the aged cheese called Rebibes. Osteria Calprino 28 Via Carona, Lugano-Paradiso; 41-91/994-1480; dinner for two $66. A simple spot with wonderful antipasti, risotto al Merlot, and roast goat. Don't miss the Festival of Wine Growers, a rare spectacular (it's happened only 11 times since 1727) taking place this year in Vevey (July 29-August 15; call 41-21/922-2020 for information). Leave a Comment Theme: Other
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