Paghi il posto , mi hanno detto. Paghi il posto? Ma siamo in piazza Savona (Alba) o piazza Navona (Roma)? No, così, solo per sapere. Vorrei chiederlo ai titolari del vecchio Umberto , ex locale serale diventato da qualche mese una vineria-bar-ristorante. Molto bella dentro, con una parete interamente dedicata al vino, e allargata alla piazza nei mesi caldi. Proprietari, peraltro, che sono gli stessi dell'adiacente Enoclub, la cui cucina già abbiamo fritto . Positivamente.
Vorrei chiederlo, dicevo, perché scorro la lista delle vivande in compagnia di due amici, Mek e il gourmet Luca (detto Il Nonno in anni non sospetti) e rimango some 'there. anchovies and mozzarella, ten euro. Iberian ham, fifteen. Hamburger and chips : fourteen. Sure: the anchovies are the "Sanford 00 Cantabrian ", and could only be buffalo mozzarella. Sure: the ham is Joselito Gran Reserva , and there is no case to state this is rare, so expensive, like fire. Sure, the fries are chips of plantain and cassava (eh?). Just as the honey pie ricotta and acacia (upper case), the real beef is not an orphan, but a son of the butcher Martini Boves. In short, everything is signed. And, by customer, you can afford to send back two bottles of Barolo Ratti Marcenasco (happens on the table behind ours, occupied by two guys winded, in my opinion, pretending to make sense of it and complained about a non-existent smell of cap) without the landlord bait to get you a cone head. But my dish of anchovies with pedigree consists of three mini-mini-mini fillets and slices of three-ine-ine-ine of mozzarella. The carp traditional summer is summer and it is traditional, much acetate (a Mek like it, not to Luke, I am taste) but the portion is parsimoniosissima and presentation, with two layers of lettuce, frankly disappointing.
In essence it seems Umberto that aspires to the reputation of a place to cool , where they invented the hard way. Imagine if I have to say about the painstaking selection of raw materials: they are welcome. The high prices are the children of the quality. However, I must tell you the truth? In Greece, a few days ago, I ate best anchovies, and buffaloes in Italy I've tasted much higher. There ragioniam up, the two friends and I drank a bottle of 2005 Elena Reserve Valentino Rocche dei Manzoni, reviewed long ago by Andrea Scanzi : card making at 25 €, in the wine cellar is also less 15. In wine, I say, not by the manufacturer. Ah, yes: the place pay.
The end of the two dishes of carp, one of anchovies, Valentino, two bottles of water, a sweet three (Luca try the fish soup, macaroons and chocolate : good), three cafes, which do not ; coffee, but were generally Haiti Komet Extra Superior chosen by hand (!). We're going to pay: € 75 . Let me be more specific about how, from 36 +25 to meal and wine, has reached 75 (and a half liters of water and three coffees to 15 euro is the most likely explanation). I can not do that because I do not remember, but received, I want to point out, surely must have been one of my forgetfulness. A mezzanotte, notizia di agenzia, il carpione litigava ancora con lo stomaco dei miei due compagni di merenda a sol calante. Caro oste: ricordati che siamo in piazza Savona. Savona con la esse. A differenza dei miei commensali non ho avuto litigi col cibo: prima di addormentarmi, però, ho ripassato l'articolo 53 della Costituzione .
Voto: 5,25/10
provato venerdì 30 luglio 2010
Ristorante caffè Umberto
Piazza Savona 4
12051 Alba (CN)
Tel. (+39) 0173 33 994
Sito web: http://www.caffeumberto.it/
recensione di Federico Ferrero
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