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Welcome to Arabella! Here we celebrate contemporary Comasca cuisine: deeply rooted in local traditions yet curious, open to the dialogue between cultures and territories. Como is a borderland, suspended between plain, mountain and lake, influenced over time by both the Latin and the Nordic worlds. New ideas have always arrived here from afar — with the Romans, the barbarians, the Spanish, the Austrians, the French, all the way to the aristocratic English and German travellers. Each left a mark, finding fertile ground in a city that managed to turn even a thread of silk into pure art. This craftsman's, concrete sensibility lives on in our kitchen too. At Arabella we don't follow trends, we prefer the essence: dishes that speak little but say much, made of authenticity and originality.
Starters
Trota mantecata *
Whipped trout, ricotta, green apple, multigrain bread crostini.
(1, 4, 7)€18
Manzo all'olio **
Beef round slow-cooked in olive oil with anchovies, capers and garlic, thinly sliced and served warm with its whipped cooking juices.
(1, 4, 9)€24
Mondeghili **
Small Milanese-style meatballs, pan-sautéed white cabbage salad.
(1, 3, 7, 9)€16
Uovo poché
Poached egg, Casera cheese, porcini mushrooms, polenta taragna crouton (corn and buckwheat).
VEG(3, 7)€18
First courses
Tagliolini *
Chestnuts, chanterelles and luganega sausage.
(1, 3, 12)€20
Gnocchi di zucca *
Pumpkin gnocchi, Gorgonzola, toasted pumpkin seeds.
VEG(1, 3, 7)€18
Risotto *
Chestnuts cooked in milk, bay leaf, fresh thyme.
VEG(7, 12)€20
Ravioli di grano saraceno **
Buckwheat ravioli, Casera cheese and bresaola, butter and sage.
(1, 3, 7)€20
Lasagna come i pizzoccheri *
Savoy cabbage, potatoes and Casera cheese.
VEG(1, 3, 7)€18
Spaghetti aglio, olio e missoltino
Sun-dried shad from Lake Como, lemon and herb breadcrumbs.
(1, 4, 12)€18
Main courses
Filetto di maiale **
Pork tenderloin, saffron-sautéed apples, mustard, pan-fried turnip greens.
(10)€26
Petto di pollo ripieno **
Stuffed chicken breast, mixed mushroom duxelles, roasted grape sauce.
(1, 3, 7, 9, 12)€24
Spezzatino di cervo *
Venison stew, potato millefeuille, red berry sauce.
(9, 12)€30
Trota alla comasca *
Como-style trout, lemon and rosemary, potato cream.
(4, 12)€24
Vegetarian
Insalata di lenticchie verdi
Green lentil salad, oven-roasted delica pumpkin.
VEGAN(9)€18
Zuppa di ceci *
Chickpea soup, chestnuts and rosemary.
VEGAN(9)€18
Polenta mantecata *
Creamy polenta, butter and Bitto cheese, pan-fried porcini and chanterelles.
VEG(7)€20
Sides
Millefoglie di patate
Thin layers of oven-baked potato, butter and rosemary.
VEG(7)€8
Verdure di stagione al forno
Roasted seasonal vegetables, Sovrano extra virgin olive oil and fresh herbs.
VEGAN(9)Small €10 / Large €16
Insalata mista e verdure crude
Mixed salad and raw vegetables, dressed to order with Sovrano extra virgin olive oil.
VEGANSmall €6 / Large €14
Desserts
Panna cotta
Uva fragola grape sauce.
(7)€8
Crostata di frolla al cacao
Cocoa shortcrust tart, chocolate ganache, blackberry jam.
VEG(1, 3, 7)€10
Pera cotta al vino rosso
Pear poached in red wine, caramelised walnut crumble.
VEG(1, 3, 7, 8, 12)€10
Tiramisù
Ladyfingers, mascarpone cream, coffee, bitter cocoa.
VEG(1, 3, 7)€8
Zabaione
Cornmeal biscuits.
VEG(1, 3, 7)€10
Allergens
- 1. Gluten
- 2. Crustaceans
- 3. Eggs
- 4. Fish
- 5. Peanuts
- 6. Soybeans
- 7. Milk
- 8. Nuts
- 9. Celery
- 10. Mustard
- 11. Sesame seeds
- 12. Sulphites
- 13. Lupin
- 14. Molluscs
Bread and cover charge €3.
Many of our vegetarian dishes can be adapted to a vegan diet — please let us know your needs and we will gladly accommodate them.
(*) products prepared with raw materials frozen or deep-frozen at the source by the producer.
(**) products made with fresh raw materials subjected to rapid blast chilling.
The menu changes with the season and the availability of ingredients. Please let us know of any intolerances or allergies at the time of booking.