Vissani - Baschi

[cinghiale]

A few shots of the restaurant from my October, 2002 visit. I also have food porn, but they wouldn't be very interesting without descriptions, which are buried in my trip notes somewhere.

I drove past the entrance to the grounds (on the road from Orvieto to Todi) several times. I think it's easy to miss. The gate is marked with a plain brass plaque, with a button to summon someone to the intercom to activate the gate:

Entrance to the restaurant:

Only interior shot I took, from the sitting room/library:

We sat in the rear room, which has two windows looking in on the kitchen and the pastry kitchen, respectively. Save for a Japanese wedding party, we were the only guests for lunch. Suddenly, about 2:00 PM, a TV crew and some entourage rolled in to occupy the front room. Chef appeared for an interview or two. Weird transition from quiet lunch with over-the-top frocked service (an little upholstered footrest-thingy was even fetched on which to rest my wife's purse) to Italian TV mayhem.

[robert brown]

cinghale, thanks so much for sharing your pictures. Since I didn't take any, your recaptures some good memories for me.