Caffé Torino, Stresa
Friday, November 28th, 2008I’ve been pretty unkind to Stresa. It is a fabulous location for a quiet holiday and I spent just a few Autumn days there. Plenty of boating, walking, cycling, even snow skiing a brisk 4 hour walk uphill away. But I ate out at a few places in the town and mostly found it poor reward for my day’s exercise.
One notable exception was Caffé Torino where a superb meal for two with a bottle of wine cost only £1,340,056, or €54.30 at today’s exchange rate. The antipasto (below) at €8 is one of the best value plates I have ever seen.
The Italian menu said Tagliere di Salumei di Mottarone which I translated as Viande Sechée or Succulent wind dried mountain pork and cheese from a nearby ski resort. However the local linguist settled for the dreadfully American Cold cuts which turns this simply beautiful display into a CSI murder victim found in the cellar of a lonely spinster.
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