The combination of art and cuisine works more and more, a perfect formula for lovers of gastronomy and culture. And today it is increasingly easier to have lunch and dinner satisfactorily inside museums. Here the two elements speak and mix, the kitchen is inspired by art and coexists very well. If abroad it has been used for decades, in our country the combination museums and restaurants it has only begun to spread in recent years, but always achieving great success. Last in order of time is "Very Italian” by the Bassetti brothers, who were awarded the bar-bistro service of Galleria Borghese, after the renovation works that involved the spaces of the Roman museum, which began in February 2020. From breakfast to a snack, up to an aperitif, Molto at the Borghese Gallery will be open from Tuesday to Sunday from 9 to 19, and in the evening in the periods in which the museum will remain open. Created in collaboration with the Bolzano-based company SchönhuberFranchi, leader in the contract furniture and table decoration sector for the high-level hotel and restaurant industry.
Very Italian: from Parioli to Galleria Borghese
The brothers Lorenzo and Marco Bassetti have embarked on quite a feat by opening a restaurant in Rome, especially in the Parioli area, with a gastronomic format that revisits classic flavors in a modern key, with an international flavor. Opened in 2006, Molto Italiano in viale Parioli is today a consolidated success which, after two years of the pandemic, is ready to conquer the palates of the art lovers of Galleria Borghese with the new restaurant and cafeteria service. The offer is simple, but delicious, in line with the style of the house, based on Italian spirit and quality of raw materials.
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The menu of Molto at the Galleria Borghese
Il Lots of menu is modern, with Italian raw materials – such as Gerardo di Nola tomatoes, Spanu Brothers bottarga – and most of the vegetables from their own garden, located in the Lazio countryside, to ensure an ethical and sustainable supply chain with 0 Km products. The strong point of the gastronomic proposal is the variety that changes every month and begins with breakfast with croissants and muffins up to the part of biscuits to accompany a careful selection of teas and herbal teas, cakes prepared at home always according to the seasonality of raw materials such as the famous Molto yoghurt donut, the sour cherry tart and the apple pie, vegetable smoothies and yoghurt to compose, while the savory offer is characterized by focaccia, husbandzzi, butter croissants to be filled with salami, cheese or vegetables always made according to the freshness and seasonality of the raw materials and with selected IGP and DOP products. Among the main dishes there is also the chicken caprese. Then it ranges with Sardinian fregola, Fassona beef tartare, veal meatballs cacciatore with olives and capers, artichoke plin with cheese and pepper, saffron sautéed rice, 65° carbonara egg and asparagus or veal lasagnetta tonne. To personalize the list also the "house" wine, "Molto Rosso" Pinot Nero dell'Oltrepò Pavese by Conte Vistarino.
And for those who want to stop for a picnic surrounded by greenery can take advantage of Take away boxes by Molto with ecological packaging, available from the month of May.
