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A Date with @TonyVallone: Sicily dinner, the first in a series of regional Italian cuisine events

“Un giardino in bocca,” Tony likes to say, “a garden of flavors.”

“That’s what an Italian meal should taste like,” he explains. “They call Italy the ‘garden of Europe,’ and when you sit down at the dinner table in Italy, the freshness and the wholesomeness of the ingredients is what sets Italian cooking apart from all the other cuisines of the world. And that’s what my regional Italian cooking dinners are all about!”

When it came down to deciding what region to cover first in Tony’s new series, the first that came to mind was Sicily.

“One side of my family is from Naples, the other from Sicily. We plan to travel all the way up to the top of the boot in this series. But I wanted to start in the place where my love of cooking began.”

“Un Giardino in Bocca – A Garden of Flavors”

Regional Italian dinner series
with Tony Vallone

Sicily
Wednesday, June 26
7:00 p.m.
Ciao Bello
(San Felipe @ Sage)
$75 per person
(not including tax & gratuity)

four courses, five wines

ONLY 30 SEATS AVAILABLE!

PLEASE CALL (713) 960-0333 TO RESERVE.

Tony will be attending and speaking at each of the dinners. And he will sit for each course at one of the three tables (that’s one of the reasons we’re limiting the number of guests to thirty persons).

Wine writer and Italian food and wine historian Jeremy Parzen, Ph.D. (La Cucina Italiana, Houston Press) will be on hand to speak about the wine pairings.

next in the series:

Naples
Wednesday, August 7

Authentic Italian pastas…

Authentic Italian pastas, the way only Tony Vallone can make them!

Chef Bobby Matos works closely with legendary Houston restaurateur Tony Vallone to create classic Italian dishes inspired by Tony’s yearly visits to Italy.

All of the pasta is made in-house using flour and water imported from Italy.

Sweet corn pansoti with Umbrian black truffles for Mother’s Day from @TonyVallone

Please click here for our Mother’s Day Brunch menu.

Lump crab and scrambled eggs for this years Mother’s Day brunch from @TonyVallone

Please click here for our Mother’s Day 2013 Brunch Menu.

Menus updated!

Please click here for current menus at Ciao Bello.

Mother’s Day menu is HERE!

“Ciao Bello’s best Mother’s Day Brunch ever!”
—Tony Vallone

PLEASE CALL (713) 960-0333 TO RESERVE.

Please click here for a printable/PDF version of the Ciao Bello 2013 Mother’s Day Brunch Menu.

Tony Vallone: “Our best Mother’s Day menu ever at Ciao Bello”

Ciao Bello chef Bobby Matos works closely with owner Tony Vallone to source ingredients, create classic Italian cuisine, and design menus that combine the young chef’s talents with Tony’s years of experience in the kitchen. “Our best Mother’s Day menu ever at Ciao Bello,” says Tony.

“Chef Bobby’s cooking has never been better,” says Ciao Bello creator and owner Tony Vallone.

“I’ve been so pleased with the quality and flavors coming out of the kitchen at Ciao Bello,” he noted recently, “I’m confident that this year’s Mother Day’s menu and celebration at the restaurant will be our best ever.”

That’s no small praise from the man who “virtually defined fine dining in Houston,” as Houston Chronicle restaurant critic Alison Cook has written.

This year, Ciao Bello will be celebrating mom’s special day with a $45 multiple-option menu, featuring Italian classics, Gulf Coast seafood, and some of Tony’s personal favorite recipes.

Mother’s Day brunch at Ciao Bello
Sunday, May 12, 2013
$45 per person
(tax, gratuity, and beverage not included)

PLEASE CALL (713) 960-0333 TO RESERVE.