With this tiny, new restaurant, I put a cheeky Florentine spin on the better-known Cibrèo and with a light-hearted wink, take a bow before all my Eastern friends

—Fabio Picchi

Ciblèo

Tuscan Oriental Food

In 1988 Fabio Picchi fell desperately in love with a small, extraordinary restaurant in Kyoto.
From that moment onward, he started to gather the many gifts of 5 years of working in Japan and the whole of the Far East became part of his identity as a chef. Starting from Korea with its astonishing dishes and China with its ancient knowledge, until he finally understood that all the languages in the world have their place inside a kitchen.

Ciblèo Tortelli e Ravioli is the name of this new adventure. Only 16 seats, 8 of them at the counter, where Fabio works every day with two extraordinary chefs following the steps of the great masters he met in the past and from whom he learned, tempted by their extraordinary food, to dance at the rhythm of this alchemic “profession”.
Being born and bred in Florence, our Far East begins in the all-Tuscan areas of Mugello and Casentino and only ends where our heart leads us.

  • Piatto caramellato orientale
  • Cuoca asiatica mentre prepara il dessert
  • Dessert asiatico con semi di sesamo
  • Gamberi all'orientale
  • Cuoca asiatica mentre prepara i ravioli
  • Piatto di Tartare del ristorante Cibleo
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The trick is made by mixing together Italian ingredients and eastern cooking and preparations, with a clear Japanese and Korean influence, although we cannot exclude the possibility of other experiments in that direction.

The most delicate and refined oriental cuisine meets the savoury Tuscan tradition we call our own and demonstrates how Florence always looks at all corners of the world.

When ethnic influence is “evasive” instead of invasive. It’s fusion, but the other way round. It brings a touch of Tuscany into typically oriental preparations and accepts a spoonful of extra-exotic tastes on the recipes developed under the Dome of Brunelleschi or just a few steps further.

Not a spelling mistake nor a misunderstanding, but a tribute to the Far East seasoned with a hint of irony by the most Florentine of all the chefs that works on either sides of the River Arno. The explanation: a new corner opens within the already quite complex Cibréo to host a menu which greets and merges the influence of the Far East cuisine.

Ciblèo 

Tortelli e Ravioli 
Tuscan Oriental Food
Via del Verrocchio, 2r
Florence, Italy
Tel +39 055 2477881

Opening time:
Dinner from 7.00 pm
Closed on Monday and Tuesday

How to reach us
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