WAPO NATURAL FOOD, KITCHEN OF BEING IN VOMERO
A different cuisine, that will please those with special dietary needs and that will surprise even omnivores: we talk about Wapo Natural Food, It teaches recently opened in a strategic position on the hill of Vomero.
A project completely dedicated to the wellness cuisine, healthy and gluten-free but at the same time creative and tasty, built by a consortium of partners: the creator Mario Rubino, Paola Gravina, Ciro Cacciola, Simone Cavallo and Alessandro Castellano, the architect who also designed the local design.
Although it located in a strategic location as Piazza Fuga, opposite the Central Funicular, Wapo is an extremely relaxing place.
It is made entirely with 13 different types of wood (from the most known, such as oak, olive and cherry, to the more unusual such as mulberry, mandarino, I get, peach), all enclosed in a panel at the entrance.
On the walls and on the tables are scattered symbols of the I Ching (the Chinese Oracle), while the peculiar ceiling is also functional to soundproofing, to make your stay more enjoyable.
The recipes, we said, are all gluten free, and largely unrealized with the steaming technique (hence the name Wapo).
Lo chef Giovanni Gentile, Herculaneum, He trained in the great school of Vico Equense, He works in an open kitchen from which come original dishes, recipes that blend traditional Mediterranean and Asian, light creations without unnecessary fat and proposals suitable for vegetarians.
Everything is homemade, Also the steamed bread, and it is the result of numerous tests.
Suppliers are carefully selected, to ensure that alternative flours have no type of contamination.
But this painstaking work is not reflected on the final consumer: the average cost of a full meal is around 35-40 Euro, vini esclusi.
The menu is split 15 piatti (di cui 3 vegetarians) and 5 dessert, but there are always out of paper, in base alla disponibilità del mercato.
Of great impact the puffs with tuna tartare and salad, with smoke to applewood, presented under a glass cloche.
Tra gli antipasti, We just have to cry: Onion soup, dried steamed, in Provolone surface of the ripened Monaco 12 mesi; Meatball Truffle: Tartare of sirloin spoon with black truffle shavings Siena (alternatively, with Dijon mustard) and The Good, The ugly, The bad: Trilogy violet artichoke in three firings.
Among the first stands Napoli Beijing-AR: transparent rice Ravioli 'mbuttunati (or stuffed) di tradizione napoletana, steamed and roasted with a torch flame.
For the filling you three iconic sauces are chosen (Puttanesca, ragout, Genovese), while the accompanying sauces are anchovies, mousse with ricotta and parmesan cheese fondue.
The chef wanted to give a crisper font to dumpling eastern to better meet the taste Neapolitan.
Secret recipe noodle Afrodisiaca, fresh homemade pasta with black truffles and Sienese Normandy butter.
Made with a mix of flour, for consistency and flavor does not deviate from a common noodle made of durum wheat semolina and is therefore acceptable even to those who do not have problems of intolerance to gluten.
Ops! ... I fell for the Squid (fresh steamed clam, He fell on his black, with potato brunoise and tears of the Calabrian 'nduja) is a tribute to Massimo Bottura, of which the chef Gentile admirer.
Desserts of the House do absolutely regret the sweet routinely sold in pastry shops.
The coffee is brewed with the Neapolitan coffee pot method, the Cuccuma, with a very special blend.
At the table they drink filtered water and water Telese, the beneficial and curative properties.
The winery assembles the best of Campania.
In Conclusion, Wapo Natural Food's to try, to discover contamination and unusual preparations such as the Liquor Chewable.
Do not miss the news: the Take Away for people in a rush, but still want to fresh and healthy dishes, at neighbor Bar Centrale 4.0, and the WAPranzo, a single dish at the special price of 13 EUR to enjoy soups cooked with seasonal products, meatballs or vegetarian, and a variety of side dishes.
Wapo Natural Food
Piazza Ferdinando Fuga, 9 - Naples
such. 081/2292261
www.waponaturalfood.com
Open Tuesday to Sunday for lunch and dinner, Tuesdays and Sundays only for lunch.
Chiuso il lunedì.