Find out what to eat at the newest Italian restaurant in Itaim, São Paulo
The scent of truffle oil is in the air. Even if the retractable roof is open. Maybe because, in twenty days of activity, hundreds and hundreds of phagottini with black truffle (fresh pasta filled with ricotta in truffle sauce, butter and grana padano, R$ 125) have circulated through the halls of Il Carpaccio (@ilcarpacciorestaurant), the newest – and most sought after – Italian restaurant in Itaim.
Carpaccio is nothing more than thinly sliced raw meat topped with a sauce. Traditionally, the star was lean, beef, and the accompaniment was a velvety mix of homemade mayonnaise and Worcestershire sauce, with a touch of brandy and another of lemon. But things evolve. So much so that on the Il Carpaccio menu alone there are half a dozen recipes.
At Cipriani (R$68) paying homage to the Venetian father, the octopus carpaccio proves that it doesn’t have to be meat, not even raw (R$82) and the vitello tonnato (R$76) combines slices of semi-roast raw veal with plenty of tuna sauce, anchovies and capers.
In fact, dishes that are more “wet” than usual are common: the trofie (short, twisted pasta, typical of Liguria) are dipped in pesto and topped with a whole burrata (R$ 125) and the spaghetti with cacio e pepe (R$ 98), usually wrapped in pecorino romano and freshly ground black pepper, arrives over a small tub, before receiving a splash of bottarga and a drizzle of lemon zest.
Perhaps that’s why the rigatoni carbonara (R$96) is the most popular pasta on the menu. It’s followed, apparently, by the black truffle fagottini, which, along with the plin (tiny roast beef ravioli in truffle sauce, R$125), add flavor to the atmosphere.
Speaking of which, since opening to friends three weeks ago, nearly 10,000 people have fought to get there. Starting with the fact that Il Carpaccio is the third location for restaurateur Gianluca Perino and chef Ricardo Dicamargo, partners of the popular Il Capitale and Fiaschetteria del Capitale, in Jardins.
In the new house, however, there is more space than the two older brothers put together, and also more glamour. There is also an additional partner, in this case the designer Cris Barros; there are olive trees over 200 years old; there is marble on the tables and on the beautiful bar managed by the very good bartender Ana Guimieri. Oh, and there is an exclusively Italian wine list. Warning: the sommelier has a list of suggestions from R$725 to R$10,300!
As they used to say in the early 2000s, a place to see and be seen. Once upon a time there was a place of Italian classics, but that does not live only on pasta. Thus, among the main courses there is the filetto à la rossini (tall filet of black angus with foie gras escalope, rôti sauce and mashed potatoes, R$ 330) and, among the desserts, the tartina de fichi, a soft and warm almond pastry filled with wine and fruit compote and served with freshly squeezed vanilla soft ice cream (R$ 55).
The Carpaccio
R. Jeronimo da Veiga, 382, Itaim. Monday through Thursday, 12:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. to 11:30 p.m.; Fri., 12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. to 11:30 p.m.; Sat., 12:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Reservations: (11) 95860-0920.
Source: Terra
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