The "Florio" recently opened in the "Charles Hotel" right next to the botanical gardens in Munich. There are two of them: the first is in Palermo. Perhaps that's why you feel as if you haven't stepped through the entrance to a restaurant, but through a door to Italy when you enter the dining room with its mild green walls. The tables are surrounded by olive trees, as if in a garden. And then comes the offering from the kitchen: avocado in a thin pastry coating with a coriander leaf on top. A guacamole with crackers. Sure. But then the nuttiness of the avocado, the fine acidity of the lime and the coriander remain in the mouth. There are flashes of something that could easily be dismissed as purism. But the cuisine at "Florio" follows a philosophy that, strictly speaking, is not purism. Rather an obsession. After all, what could be greater than aiming to bring out the true taste of every single ingredient? At "Florio", they take Italian cuisine seriously. Because they have complete faith in the taste of their ingredients. The star of the beautifully presented menu is clearly the pumpkin ravioli. In a dough that is so thin that it appears almost transparent, yet firm to the bite, they are a pasta dream come true. They are served with truffle, parmesan and tossed in butter. The red snapper is also a highlight. The fillet is beautifully glazed and served on a delicious olive oil and potato purée with wild mushrooms. A visit to "Florio" gives you the feeling that the cliché is true: Munich is the northernmost city in Italy.
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