Contraste
Contraste is one surprise after another, starting when you arrive outside—the only indication that there’s a restaurant here is a small gold sign on the wall, next to what seems to be a residential gate. Once you’re inside, however, this Michelin-starred restaurant offers “wow factor” for both the eyes and the taste buds, serving innovative, playful dishes in an intimate, all-white space. Various tasting menus offer intriguing specialties such as a “donut” alla Bolognese (actually a circular lasagna with a hole), crème brûlée with foie gras, and gnocchi with smoked eel and burrata cheese. Yet one of the many “contrasts” here is that, much as at a neighborhood trattoria, you can tell the wait staff what you’re in the mood for, and the kitchen may just make it for you—one of the restaurant’s mottos is “less menu.”
Contraste is one surprise after another, starting when you arrive outside—the only indication that there’s a restaurant here is a small gold sign on the wall, next to what seems to be a residential gate. Once you’re inside, however, this Michelin-starred restaurant offers “wow factor” for both the eyes and the taste buds, serving innovative, playful dishes in an intimate, all-white space. Various tasting menus offer intriguing specialties such as a “donut” alla Bolognese (actually a circular lasagna with a hole), crème brûlée with foie gras, and gnocchi with smoked eel and burrata cheese. Yet one of the many “contrasts” here is that, much as at a neighborhood trattoria, you can tell the wait staff what you’re in the mood for, and the kitchen may just make it for you—one of the restaurant’s mottos is “less menu.”
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