by Ian D’Agata
L’Angolo di Rosina
Piazza Caduti, 5
12060 Novello
Tel.+39 0173744016
The dishes
Novello Snails in green sauce (Lumache di Novello al Verde)
Fassona beef tartare with black truffle (Battuta di fassona con tartufo nero)
Fried porcini mushrooms (Funghi porcini fritti)
Tajarin al ragù
Apple tart with Chantilly cream (Tortino di mele con crema Chantilly)
L’Angolo di Rosina has been one of my best dining discoveries of the last year: anyone who likes Barolo and visits the area should make it a point to stop for lunch or dinner there. Located right in the heart of pretty and arguably underrated Novello (one of the only eleven communes allowed to produce Barolo) you have more than just one reason to go there, given that l’Angolo di Rosina is not just an outstanding restaurant but also a comfortable, well-equipped bed and breakfast (with four rooms and one suite) and a cooking school. (I would also add that a must-do when in Novello is a visit to the local Enoteca, a bright space where you can taste Barolos, Nebbiolo wines and others from the different local producers and especially their Nascetta wines, made with the local and rare white grape of same name that is the Langhe’s only native white grape.)
The Angolo di Rosina was opened in 2010 in the home of Rosa, a well-known Novello citizen known by everyone there as Rosina; after extensive renovations, the building was turned into the dining and vacation destination it is today.
