Osteria degli Assonica restaurant, where the seafood dominates the scene

A location placed near Bergamo, but far from the city chaos

The restaurant is settled in the village of Azzonica, in Sorisole, on a beautiful, sunny hill surrounded by the wild nature of Parco dei Colli, a place where its guests can always find a pleasant and welcoming atmosphere. The seafood cooking has always been the specialty of this restaurant. The chef Silen, who considers the cooking as an art, has always devoted himself to his gastronomic proposal with great passion, since when this restaurant was opened.

Not only is the environment elegant and refined, but it also has some rustic characteristics, that make it suitable for all needs, from a romantic dinner, a business or family lunch or dinner, a meal with friends to celebrations too.

A gastronomic proposal to eat delicious seafood

The gastronomic proposal and the menu focus on the importance of the seafood cooking and on the selection of fresh fish from the best markets of Northern Italy. The simple but not trivial chef tip is the freshness of raw materials and their accurate processing.

But what is the must taste of Osteria degli Assonica restaurant?

The cooked seafood starter and the raw seafood on a bed of ice are the two dishes that have made this restaurant famous in the whole city and they can never be missing. These starters are very delicious and they are two of the many typical dishes of this restaurant. The cooked seafood starter is composed by many delicacies, such as creamed codfish, stewed eledones, calamari and prawns’ salad and baked scallops au gratin; while the raw seafood consists of thinly sliced tuna, swordfish, salmon, shrimps from Mazara del Vallo, red prawns from Sanremo and ostriches.

The rest of the menu is not less important and consist of a varied selection of seafood dishes, such as the traditional spaghetti of wheat form Gragnano with crustaceans and seafood or grilled mixed fish with scampi and grilled calamari, shrimp cooked on a spit, slice of seabass, and tuna and swordfish medallions.

And this is only a little part of the delicious food you can enjoy at “Osteria degli Assonica”.