A Taste of Sicily: the Four Seasons Hotel San Domenico Palace in Taormina presents culinary highlights
After several years of renovation, the San Domenico Palace, Taormina, A Four Seasons Hotel is finally ready to welcome guests again! The award-winning chef Massimo Mantarro delights with creative cuisine.
30 June 2021
After several years of renovation, the time has finally come: the San Domenico Palace, Taormina, A Four Seasons Hotel welcomes guests again! While there, visitors can expect an exciting restaurant and bar offering. Award-winning chef and native Sicilian Massimo Mantarro delights with cuisine influenced by his innovative approaches to Sicilian flavors and traditions. Guests and locals alike can discover Matarro's culinary artistry at various locations throughout San Domenico Palace.
A Taste of Sicily
Massimo Mantarro's menus reflect the quintessence of Sicily while completely reinventing themselves. "Tradition drives my thinking in the kitchen and I strive to constantly innovate my cooking technique, always keeping my beloved Sicily in mind," explains the chef.
In total, you can enjoy your culinary skills at four, individual culinary destinations: Principe Cerami, Rosso, Anciovi and Bar & Chiostro. Principe Cerami is the hotel's main restaurant and seats a maximum of 30 guests, who can enjoy Mantarro's contemporary reinterpretations of classic Sicilian cuisine in complete privacy. His signature dishes include his eggplant ravioli, in which Mantarro revisits a classic dish of the Italian south, parmigiana. In Mantarro's version, tiny pieces of eggplant, mozzarella and tomato are encased in delicate pasta dough, giving this traditional dish a whole new texture; light and airy.
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Guests who want to try "comfort food" are in the right place at Rosso - whether you crave Sicilian style with a delicious arancino alla Catanese (fried rice balls with meat ragu) or prefer a tried-and-true club sandwich. At Anciovi, the poolside restaurant, guests can enjoy local, fresh fish in a variety of styles, from "Sicilian sushi" to oysters to the grilled catch of the day. Overlooking the sunset behind magnificent Etna, Anciovi is the perfect place for drinks and social dinners to DJ beats.
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Even more drinks and atmospheric ambience are promised by the Bar & Chiostro in the imposing main hall of the luxury hotel, with an incredibly chic outdoor area in the Grand Cloister, framed by palm trees and subtropical plants. Here, guests can expect exciting cocktails inspired by the hotel's history and Taormina, a destination long known to the international jet set. For example, the menu features "En Plein Air," a cocktail inspired by the works of Wilhelm von Gloeden, a German artist known for his artistic nudes taken at various locations in Taormina, including San Domenico Palace. In this cocktail, citrus oleo saccharum (a citrus syrup), passito (a Sicilian dessert wine), and wild nepitella (an aromatic herb) are paired with Bacardi Heritage Rum for a drink intoxicating with the flavors of Sicily's sun and earth.
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New opening of a luxury hotel
The San Domenico Palace will open this July after a multi-year renovation. This marks the beginning of a new era for this legendary hotel as a Four Seasons Hotel. However, guests will not only enjoy an exclusive stay, but also embark on a culinary journey that has been selected with much love. Every dish, every bite, every dessert has been composed and every drink or wine has been chosen with the idea of showing guests what it means to experience Sicily in the best possible way.
San Domenico Palace, Taormina, A Four Seasons Hotel
Via S. Domenico, 5, 98039 Taormina ME, Italy
www.fourseasons.com/taormina
Tel: +39 0942 613111
