The Osteria Francescana was voted the 6th best luxury restaurant in the world in the Michelin Guide and serves traditional cuisine that is enhanced with molecular gastronomy. The luxury restaurant serves some of the most cutting edge cuisine found to be found in Italy. Chef Bottuara is a master when it comes to color, texture and geometry and the results are some of the very best to be found in the world.

The restaurants walls are adorned with some of the very best contemporary art around the globe and each dish is matched with just as much artistic skill. For instance a New York skyline dish consists of Italian meats that have been gently cooked sous vide and stands as buildings among parsley foam which depicts foliage. The restaurant has the nickname of the Jewel of Modena, a nickname that is well deserved thanks to the compelling cuisine served by Chef Massimo Bottura in the 28 seat luxury restaurant.

Massimo has been called the best Italian Chef of the present and the future and anyone dining at the Osteria Francescana will not argue. Dishes to come out of the kitchen have been described as a reinvention of flavors and confound expectations. Bottura has a highly creative take on terroir which is best expressed with a new dish that destroys all boundaries between sweet and salty.

The sweet potato dish is filled with the very best hazelnuts, vanilla foam and lots of excellent black truffle shavings. The dish conveys optimism along with every dish to come from the kitchen and everything is cooked to absolute perfection. The menu and food is just part of the reason why Osteria Francescana has gained the reputation it has today. Art-house dining plays a huge part, it is fun and a great atmosphere to dine in. the staff are attentive and offer an excellent level of service of the very best including escorting you to the washroom, preparing your seat and describing in detail each course of the superb meal.

The motto of Osteria Francescana is simple, nourishment is not mathematical, it is emotional. The chef also believes that certain values should never be underestimated when it comes to the kitchen. One of these values is the continual search for exceptional ingredients along with a 360 degree understanding of technique. Another is the chefs cultural baggage, personal history and traditions.

Any ingredients that pass through the kitchen only do so after they have been studied, smelled, touched, appreciated and greatly respected even before they are used. It is only after this that a technique can be applied to them to find their perfect form.



The motto of Osteria Francescana is simple, nourishment is not mathematical, it is emotional. The chef also believes that certain values should never be underestimated when it comes to the kitchen. One of these values is the continual search for exceptional ingredients along with a 360 degree understanding of technique. Another is the chefs cultural baggage, personal history and traditions. Any ingredients that pass through the kitchen only do so after they have been studied, smelled, touched, appreciated and greatly respected even before they are used. It is only after this that a technique can be applied to them to find their perfect form.

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