– Good Mood Food –
Mediterranean cuisine with inspirations from around the world
Our cuisine has a biovicious heart and an indomitable spirit. Our roots are in the Mediterranean, from southern Italy to the Middle East, but we love to travel the world of flavors. Some influences, like those of Asian cuisine, are part of us. Others, like Peruvian cuisine with its ceviche, are touches of freedom. We take the best from around the world and put it on a plate. Like all travelers, we are naturally curious, but we also know how sweet it is to return to the flavors of home.
We use organic, seasonal ingredients, and mouth-watering recipes. Our dishes have a botanical touch, paying special attention to the wonderful world of herbs and spices. We use seasonal ingredients and promote low-impact foods like plant-based meats. We closely follow the new frontiers of clean food.
Live Organic
ViVi is organic by vocation. From vegetables to meats to wines, our raw materials come from the best organic suppliers, with whom we share a vision of food. We know that organic, besides being healthier, is also tastier and more sustainable. More flavorful, more delicious, a food that was loved by the Earth to grow.
For us, organic isn't just a way of eating, but a way of living. Healthy, flavorful, attentive to nature, and intelligent. Living and eating with love, because Mother Nature gives her best fruits to those who ask for them kindly.
The delicious ViVi flavors, but with something extra
The botanical touch
A botanical touch is the signature of our dishes. For us, greenery isn't just decorative; it's a key ingredient in our cuisine. Vegetables, but much more. Spices and herbs naturally and healthily enhance the flavors of the organic food we cook with love. Offering botanical cuisine also means embracing the seasons and learning to cook Mother Nature's most fleeting fruits.
The low temperature
Among the great innovations in our cuisine is low-temperature cooking. This extraordinary cooking method, incredibly healthy because it's fat-free, technologically advanced, yet traditionally slow. Low-temperature cooking is, in fact, a slow method that allows you to enhance the natural flavors, and even colors, of raw ingredients. A new frontier of flavor for all bio-addicts!
Dryings and Ashes of Delights
To capture the essence of flavor, we follow ancient methods: we dehydrate organic fruits and vegetables to garnish our dishes and to munch on them like chips; we grind capers, olives, and tomatoes to enhance the flavor of the ingredients and add even more flavor to our recipes. Our botanical cuisine embraces the natural taste of the earth's most ephemeral ingredients.
– Brunch at Le Serre –
English Breakfast
Breakfast + lunch: for those who want to multiply the pleasures of lunch and breakfast, add sweet to savory and not give up anything.
Some ideas? Scrambled eggs with bacon, pancakes with maple syrup, toast with avocado and salmon, yogurt with honey and granola, organic coffee, and a variety of freshly squeezed juices. Don't miss Le Serre's legendary brunch, in true Anglo-Saxon style.
When? Every day. What time? Typically late morning, but we're always ready to serve a delicious English brunch, to share with friends or enjoy alone, curled up in a good book.
FOOD FOR THOUGHTS
Sustainability – The future of food is green
Food isn't just what we eat, it's also what we use to nourish our thoughts. And a well-nourished mind knows that the future of food is green!
Today, our way of eating can make a difference in tackling the great challenges of environmental protection. Not all foods have the same impact on the Earth, some foods are cleaner than others, not only from the point of view of our health, but also from the point of view of environmental sustainability – fortunately the two things go hand in hand! They are the Clean Food and ViVi has a huge passion for clean eating.
ViVi is a Benefit Corporation. We actively pursue a purpose related to the common good, beyond profit. On our menus, you'll find deliciously sustainable plant-based burgers and dishes with a very low environmental impact like hummus. In our kitchens, we fight against food waste and use seasonal fruits and vegetables, grown according to nature's natural rhythms. We are committed to seeking out new ideas and inspiration every day to offer an increasingly appetizing and increasingly sustainable cuisine.
GREEN REVOLUTION
IS THE BEST SOLUTION
TO STOP POLLUTION
– Sweet Little Secrets –
Our organic desserts
Led by our legendary Pastry Chef Francesca Cascia, the The fabulous Borboletta artisanal bakery bakes fresh organic desserts daily, always fragrant and bursting with delicious flavor. To delight our beloved biovicious guests, we draw from the world's most delicious pastry traditions: cheesecakes and carrot cakes, vegan chocolate cakes and tarts, tarte tatin, and scones decorated with soft cream, powdered sugar, and fresh fruit. Mouth-watering!
We accompany our desserts with wonderful teas and infusions, organic coffees, fresh fruit juices, smoothies and hot chocolates with 5-star creams, cappuccinos with milk, even plant-based!
We're passionate about breakfast, afternoon snacks, and brunch, perhaps enjoyed at the communal table while reading the paper or working on the computer. Fragrant tarts, cookies, and brownies—come and try our desserts, which we've dedicated an entire menu to!
Delicious Temptations
Biscuits & Co.
Breakfast is a ritual that requires time and good things. Like our homemade cookies, plain or whole wheat, fragrant and crispy, cooked to perfection, baked every morning by our Borboletta bakery, along with our organic jam tarts, delicious cakes, and our fabulous tiramisu made to order. Innocent treats to start the day off right.
Organic Cakes
We admit it: we're incorrigible gluttons! Our organic cakes are the highlight of Le Serre's dessert menu. Created by the fabulous pastry chef Francesca Cascia, our cakes range from warm chocolate hearts to tiramisu, from apple and walnut cakes to lemon meringues. Served warm with gelato, dusted with sugar and cinnamon, and made irresistible with fragrant creams.
Other Delights
Have you ever tasted artisanal gelato, naturally lactose-free, made with organic ingredients and with spectacular flavors? Have you ever bitten into a handmade cookie made just like grandma's? And dug a spoon into a light and frothy smoothie, absolutely delicious even if it's made only with fresh fruit? Le Serre is full of little treats to fill your day with indulgence.
Delights to Sip
Tea and Infusions
Tea Time is all about style: we serve the world's finest teas in clinking cups with delicious homemade biscuits. From classic Earl Grey to Himalayan teas, from the delicate white tea to green tea, our tea selection is a fragrant journey of aromas and spices. For those who prefer fruit infusions or herbal teas, whether relaxing, digestive, or detoxifying, you'll be spoiled for choice.
Juice Bar
Freshly squeezed organic fruit for a vitamin-packed boost. Delicious, antioxidant-rich, classic or exotic, always healthy: our smoothies bring the best of Mother Nature to your glass. Seasonal fruits and vegetables for a moment of well-being, colorful glasses, plastic-free straws, and delicious ingredients: Experience the seasons while sipping the Earth's nectar.
Shot dell'Oro & Co.
Don't miss: the Shot dell'Oro, with turmeric, lemon, and honey, a vitamin bomb; the Golden Milk, with cow's or soy milk, almond oil, turmeric, and honey; our delicious organic coffee and hot chocolate with cream, to be sipped in front of the crackling fireplace in our winter garden; the summer lemonade with mint and soda, for those who believe simple pleasures are the best.
For Bioviziosi Veggies, Vegans and Celiacs
On our menus, you'll find many sweet and savory dishes for those who don't eat dairy, meat, or animal proteins, or for those with gluten allergies. Our plant-based burgers, vegan chocolate cake, and soy milk cappuccinos are second to none!