Restaurant Il Portico, Appiano Gentile

​Just over half an hour from Milan, in Appiano Gentile, there is a kitchen to try, the Restaurant Il Portico, chef Paolo Lopriore, Gualtiero Marchesi school.

​On Sunday lunchtime there is a very interesting proposal, a quite unique ‘brunch’ because each diner becomes a bit protagonist and, based on the raw materials brought by the Chef, you can create your favorite combination with the quantity you desire and then share the various portions that arrive at the table with the other guests, with gestures that remind home.
At the Restaurant Il Portico in fact the concept of 'conviviality' and 'sharing' becomes the real philosophy of the gourmet experience and you will find yourself exchanging saucers and bowls to test various combinations.
 
The first two parts of Sunday Brunch are the same for everyone.
It starts with puff pastry pizzas; rolled puff pastry, custard, raisins, anchovies and anise; bitto pancakes, buckwheat and matcha green tea accompanied by a handcrafted peach juice.

​In the second part salted cake with onion, sunflower seeds and parmesan; smoked lucioperca fish, bread crouton and salted butter (I loved it!), egg with marinated washing eggs; scapece zucchini, pine nuts, raisins and mint.

​The range of choice will then make you decide among different solutions (fried torpedo fish in tempura with vegetable pinzimonio, beef frayed with fried zucchini, omelettes, chard and fregola ripated in a pan).

​The wine list not very rich but you have the possibility to chose organic productions and varieties that well match the proposal offered in paper on the menu.