L'Approdo di Mappo (Minusio)

Welcome to The Landing Restaurant

Restaurant l'Approdo in Minusio is a public establishment desired by the Minusio City Hall to complement the municipal harbor area located at the end of the magnificent Rivapiana promenade.

Monica Poroli & Luciano Badini have taken up this new professional challenge since July 2012.

Managers in partnership since 1984, running the restaurant Campeggio Delta in Locarno, they continue to carry on the profession of innkeeper with passion.

A craft that Monica has been handed down to her father Carlo Poroli and is now in turn passionate about by his daughter Giovanna.

Luciano on the other hand , comes from the hotel school in Stresa and after years of experience in the world chose Ticino to realize his dreams.

The strength of the Approdo is friendliness. In the choice of employees, the utmost importance is given to smiles , the ability to converse and to please customers.

The kitchen is directed by Stefano Ferola , a cook from Valtellina , with years of experience in San Moritz and Ascona .

Stefano , chooses first quality , local products and customizes them with simplicity without therefore changing too much the genuine flavors .

The specialties are many. From fried lake food to game, fish meat. The rösti evenings, weekly business lunches, food and wine theme nights.

The restaurant is modern and very open. The large indoor room, veranda, and lakeside garden make up the restaurant, creating three spaces to choose from.

The restaurant can be reached by road , a large parking lot of its own adjacent, by lake , berth for 7 boats, with the train ten minutes walk away and the bus stop 1 minute

Our Menus:

Antipasti

Hunter's appetizer; with game terrine, wild boar ham, tête de moine and coleslaw

Foie gras: Our special homemade goose liver terrines with figs and pistachios served with pan brioche and red onion jam

Octopus salad: Ligurian-style octopus, with potatoes, cherry tomatoes and Taggiasca olives

Carpaccio of venison marinated in Vallemaggia herbs and pepper, with arugula, apples and pumpkin chutney

Beef tartare with butter, bread toast and salad bouquet

Our Pastas

Spaghetti with seafood

Fresh gnocchi with walnuts, zucchini and arugula

Tagliatelle with wild boar ragout and pecorino cheese

Malfatti with pumpkin on gorgonzola cream and stewed leeks

Ravioli del Plin on Castelmagno cheese fondue and black truffle

Herb gnocchi with chanterelles and cherry tomatoes

The Meats

Saddle of Roe Deer

Grilled beef tenderloin with sautéed potatoes and vegetables

Beef tartar, toast and butter

Venison salmi with noodles

Venison escalopes with apple and raisins in Calvados sauce

Venison fillet with Vallemaggia pepper on cream of beets and vodka

Fish Dishes

Fillet of sea bass all'isolana with capers, olives and potatoes / or grilled with fried potatoes and vegetables

Blacktiger prawn skewer with white rice, vegetables and tartar sauce

Peppered mussels

Perch fillets with tartare sauce, rice and vegetables

GRAND FRIED LAKE FISH DIFFERENT QUALITIES OF FISH (TROUT, WHITEFISH, PERCH AND PIKE PERCH) MIXED WITH FRIED VEGETABLES, HOMEMADE SAUCES AND WHITE RICE