Arnolfo
Via XX Settembre, 50-52
53034 Colle di Val d'Elsa, Siena, Italy
Tel. +39 0577-920 549
BY IAN D’AGATA |
The Food:
Red mullet, cucumber, fermented garlic, black tea (Triglia, cetriolo, aglio fermentato, tè nero)
Lobster, potato, green onion, anise (Astice, patate, cipollotto, anice)
Senatore Cappelli Spaghetti alla Chitarra, tomato, small squid, and herring caviar [Spaghetti alla Chitarra (Senatore Cappelli), pomodoro, calamaretti, caviale di aringa]
Sole, red shrimp, sea asparagus, San Gimignano DOP saffron (Sogliola, gambero rosso, salicornia, zafferano DOP di San Gimignano)
Arnolfo, a two star Michelin establishment since 1999, is one of Italy’s fifteen best restaurants and boasts a remarkable track record of consistency. In fact, I cannot think, off the top of my head, of any place in Italy that has had fewer culinary ups and downs than this one. It is a testament to the professionalism and the extreme passion of the Trovato brothers that Arnolfo is as close to a sure bet in Italian fine dining as there is to be found.
