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The View Lugano: Diego Della Schiava’s Award-Winning Italian Kitchen

The Chef and the Kitchen

The View Lugano anchors its modern Italian cuisine in the culinary memories of Chef Diego Della Schiava. He draws direct inspiration from his grandmother while gathering wild nettles from the hills overlooking the canton. These local foraged ingredients meet his steady fascination with deep umami profiles and precise technical execution. Guests navigate three structured menus, with the most rigorous option labeled simply as Mente.

Standout Dishes

Starters arrive as structured fingerfood, beginning with a chawanmushi enriched by smoked herring eggs and chive oil. A subsequent wrap layers marinated sardine, toasted almonds, and fresh ginger inside a crisp shiso leaf. This branch of Italian cooking treats humble root vegetables as canvases, transforming them through a crispy samosa shell, a Russian salad roll, and a gentle curry broth. Seafood courses push further into texture play, featuring squid sliced into delicate tagliolini and paired with black caviar, coconut, and lime foam.

Room and Atmosphere

Guests dine across the open-air Terrazza TreCinqueZero, where evening breezes carry notes of the surrounding landscape. The service team guides visitors through a carefully selected wine program that extends far beyond standard vintages. Sommelier Mario Miranda routinely uncorks fourteen-year-old white wines stored in the natural cellars of Monte Generoso. This dedication to aged selections pairs seamlessly with complex pasta dishes like spaghetto tinted by fermented blueberries and topped with scallop tartare.