Cagliari

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03 — Carta

Menu di settembre

One kitchen, two lengths. The short menu is four plates. The long menu is seven. Both follow the same weather. We do not print a children’s menu; we will cook a quieter plate if you ask when you reserve.

Short €95 · Long €145 · Wine pairing €55 / €85

Apertura

Sliced amberjack with green tomato and sea fennel on dark stone.

€28

Ricciola, pomodoro verde, finocchio marino

Amberjack, green tomato, sea fennel

The fish is cut at noon and left under oil, not ice. Green tomatoes from a plot behind Quartiere Stampace keep their acid; sea fennel is picked on the rocks at Capo Sant’Elia the same morning. The plate is cold so the first sip of Vermentino has somewhere to land.

line-caught amberjack · green tomato · sea fennel · unfiltered olive oil from Alghero · lemon leaf

Vermentino di Sardegna, Tenuta del Sale, 2024, glass

  • Fish
  • Gluten-free
Close-up of Sardinian limestone meeting an oxidized brass fixture in candlelight.

€24

Melanzana, corbezzolo, menta

Aubergine, strawberry-tree honey, mint

Aubergine is blistered over myrtle embers until the skin is bitter and the inside is sweet. Corbezzolo honey is famously harsh; we use very little, with wild mint and a spoon of sheep’s yoghurt if you want dairy.

aubergine · miele di corbezzolo · wild mint · charcoal · optional sheep yoghurt

Vernaccia di Oristano, Cantina Mola, 2016, glass

  • Vegetarian
  • Vegan on request
  • Gluten-free
  • Contains nuts

Mare

Toasted fregola with clams, bottarga, and dark broth on pale ceramic.

€34

Fregola tostata, arselle, bottarga

Toasted fregola, clams, mullet bottarga

The fregola is toasted in the same pan that will take the clam liquor, so the toasted wheat and the sea are one broth. Bottarga is shaved at the table — not for theatre, because it weeps if it waits. This is the dish that tells you whether you are in Cagliari.

fregola sarda · arselle · bottarga di muggine · garlic · parsley stems · white wine from the cellar

Vermentino, Domu de Luna, 2023, skin-contact, glass

  • Fish
  • Contains gluten
  • Contains shellfish
  • Finished with wine
Roasted spiny lobster with myrtle butter and citrus on a dark plate.

€62

Aragosta al mirto, agrumi

Spiny lobster, myrtle butter, citrus

South-coast lobster, split and roasted over wood, basted with butter that has been left on myrtle branches overnight. The citrus is not garnish: it cuts the butter so you can keep eating. We serve this only when the boat has it. If it is missing, the waiter will say so before you sit.

spiny lobster · cultured butter · myrtle · orange · chinotto · chilli thread

Champagne, grower, extra brut — we keep two cuvées, neither of them famous on purpose

  • Fish
  • Contains shellfish
  • Contains dairy
  • Gluten-free

Terra

Charcoal lamb with smoked plum and artichoke on stoneware.

€44

Agnello, susina affumicata, carciofo

Lamb, smoked plum, artichoke

Lamb from the Campidano, hung five days, grilled on the bone. Plums from a neighbour in San Sperate are smoked over olive wood until they taste like the fire more than the fruit. Artichoke is raw and cooked on the same plate, because one texture is not enough for this meat.

lamb shoulder and rib · smoked plum · artichoke · olive wood · anchovy juice

Cannonau di Sardegna, Tenuta del Sale, 2021, bottle

  • Gluten-free
  • Finished with wine

Fuoco

Close-up of Sardinian limestone meeting an oxidized brass fixture in candlelight.

€8

Pane carasau, olio, sale di Cagliari

Sheet bread, oil, harbour salt

Not a basket. One sheet, still warm, cracked at the table, with oil from the same mill as the crudo and a pinch of salt evaporated in basins south of the city. We refill it if you look as if you might still be hungry.

pane carasau · olive oil · Cagliari salt

Whatever is already in the glass

  • Vegetarian
  • Vegan on request
  • Contains gluten

Dolce

Warm seadas with bitter honey, lemon, and myrtle ice.

€18

Seadas, miele amaro, ghiaccio di mirto

Seadas, bitter honey, myrtle ice

The Sardinian pastry, left honest: pecorino that still squeaks, fried to order. Bitter honey and a small ice of myrtle keep it from becoming a souvenir. If you do not eat cheese, we will send grilled figs and the same ice instead.

semolina · pecorino · corbezzolo honey · myrtle · lemon zest

Malvasia di Bosa, Cantina Mola, 2018, glass

  • Vegetarian
  • Contains gluten
  • Contains dairy

A 12.5% service charge is included. Allergens are marked on each dish and again with the waiter. Unannounced substitutions after the pass are not always possible.

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