I have to admit that I’ve got a new favorite Osteria…del
Bosco. In Italian Bosco means forest,
and it is also the name of a small town just outside of Perugia on the way to
Gubbio.
Luigi is the owner and host of this wonderful tasty oasis
for foodies, Osteria del Bosco.
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Owner & Sommelier Luigi
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I’ve been 4 times now in the past year and it just keeps
getting better.
Inside you will find a kind of old school simply furnished
restaurant, while outside is a classic patio.
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view from parking lot of Osteria
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What’s placed on the tables is what makes it special. While I am usually pretty into the atmosphere
aspect of dinning out, I can leave all that behind when the food and service
distract my artistic eye.
Fabrizio the
chef says that he is lucky because Luigi allows him to use some very high
quality ingredients, which make all the difference in the world. So true.
In every bit you can taste that difference, and also see it on the
beautifully prepared plates.
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Chef Fabrizio
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This was a really nice little
surprise that Fabrizio
prepared for us in the kitchen.
It was a sample of his innovative
new vegan burger,
served as an antipasto
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Luigi is also a sommelier and totally into wine. I have to say that he is a little challenging
to please though. On a recent visit to
Vinosofia I couldn’t find the right wine for him, but his friends all confirmed
that he has taste buds all his own.
These are some of the most interesting moments of being a
sommelier/enotecaria. When having guests
like Luigi, that know what they like, which is not the usual or easy to please,
I just hope Graziano will be at Vinosofia the next time he comes!
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we started the evening off with a nice
Villa Franciacorta Brut
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this was so colorful and delicious
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California girls love these kind of plates
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Carpaccio di salmon with apricots,
peaches and almonds
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Some of these photo’s are from a great dinner we enjoyed for
Graziano’s birthday in July.
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I adore Barbaresco,
and this vintage was perfect
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Fois Gras detail
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When we selected the wine Luigi wasn’t quite
convinced that it was ready yet. So he
called Graziano into the cellar and had him hand pick an older vintage, and it
was perfect.
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fantastic Fois Gras
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A couple others photo’s were from January & May.
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Ummmm Barbaresco
look at that color!
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tartar detail
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Enjoy and no drooling please.
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Octopus detail
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mis en place, inside from May 2014
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Graziano and his digestivo
from the vintage in which he was born!
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a little olive oil tasting on homemade bread
by Luigi's wife, from January 2014
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a little complimentary salumi taste,
from January 2014
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Graziano's Grappa
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nice Pinot Noir from our dinner
in May 2014
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front door of the Osteria
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Franciacorta, homemade bread
and a classic menu
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grilled steak
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salad from May 2014
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Grilled Octopus,
from May 2014
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Grilled Snapper from lunch in January 2014
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