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Text Tabitha Lasley, Rowena Carr-Allinson
Il Santo Bevitore
FLORENCE
66r Via Santo Spirito, tel. +39 055 211264, www.ilsantobevitore.com
Florence is a city obsessed with food and its residents’ high standards mean it’s that much harder for a restaurant to secure a firm local fan base. Yet Il Santo Bevitore has managed to do just that in a relatively short space of time, mostly because it does consistently good food at fair prices. It helps being in western Oltrarno – it’s hard to find good food at sensible prices near the Duomo – but a proper, grown-up restaurant serving plates of pasta for just €7 is still unusual south of the river. Aside from the prices, there’s plenty to like about Il Santo Bevitore: a menu packed with brawny Florentine classics such as ribollita (black cabbage thickened with bread) and beef tagliata in parsley sauce; a cavernous, dark-wood dining room with lots of space between the tables; and a long (and predictably reasonable) list of rich Tuscan reds. Expect to pay around €35 for three courses without wine. TL
Aphrodite
NICE
10 Boulevard Dubouchage, tel. +33 (0)4 9385 6353, www.restaurant-aphrodite.com
Tucked away in a chic residential district of Nice, Aphrodite’s plain exterior belies the surprises served inside. The restaurant’s proprietor and chef, David Faure, is an exponent of ‘molecular gastronomy’. Think Heston Blumenthal’s creations – part science lesson, part magic show.
The 11-course tasting menu kicked off with a smoking champagne cocktail. Next up was a mousse cooked in liquid nitrogen with ‘virtual caviar’, followed by gravy masquerading as macaroni, celery purée, pan-seared foie gras and truffle ice cream. Dessert was a fried egg ‘cooked’ tableside; a fascinating combination of coconut panacotta with mango sauce. As for the grand finale… well, that would be telling. Expect to pay around €100 per person. RCA
Foodie corner
Don’t miss… A Taste of Stockholm
Fans of Scandinavian food – think clean medicinal flavours such as juniper, dill and aniseed, and plates of salmon, herring, potatoes and rye bread – should head straight to the Taste of Stockholm festival this month (3-7 June), based in and around Kungsträdgården. Festival-goers will be able to sample more than 200 different dishes from the city’s most famous restaurants and see some of Sweden’s best known chefs go head-to-head in the Chef’s Theatre, which will host daily cook-offs.
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