Ears of wheat, jungle details and warm colors: setting foot into Eclipse Bistrot & Restaurant, with the last rays of the sunset that cross the windows of the outdoor dehors surrounded by greenery, you are involved in a typically summer atmosphere. The restaurant in via Mameli in Cagliari – which in recent years has become one of the city’s reference points for those looking for a modern and curious cuisine accompanied by a first-rate drink service – has decided to furnish its location “to the rhythm of the seasons”. At the beginning of June, the summer setting was inaugurated, made of warm and Mediterranean atmospheres.

Seasonality: this is the key word of Eclipse, a place that has always been committed to the search for an elaborate cuisine. The new summer menu is the result of this commitment. The raw sea and land, which has always been the cornerstone of the bistro’s appetizers, are declined each time in new forms starting from a raw material of indisputable quality. Like tuna, the protagonist of strawberry tuna tartare with honey and lemon sour cream.

Definitely “foodporn” the beef tartare carbonara. The most famous Italian dish in the world becomes “garnish” of a beaten Sardinian beef in purity: egg yolk cream, crispy bacon chips, and pecorino waffle. A sprinkling of black pepper and the taste buds are ready to explode.

Who like us at Vistanet Food knows and has been attending Eclipse for several years knows that it is one of the restaurants in Cagliari where fresh pasta is the absolute protagonist. The chef’s tortelli, always present on the menu but revisited seasonally according to the raw materials of the moment, are prepared with beetroot dough, stuffed with buffalo mozzarella and potatoes, salicornia cream on the bottom, and Scampi tartare on the surface.

A course, the latter, that only to see it tells a precise and declared philosophy of Eclipse: nowadays a dish is eaten first with the eyes and then with the palate. Speech also valid for this second dish of the sea, a real hymn to summer: steamed monkfish, tomato gazpacho, fennel salad with orange, and sweet and sour onion.

But to fully enjoy a long and relaxed evening at Eclipse, Vistanet Food in Tour advises you to sit down, be pampered by the staff, order a gin and tonic (maybe a Malfy with grapefruit with combined botany) and order a former Baretto cutting board with the best selections of finger food aperitifs: smoked seafood, cold cuts, cheeses, appetizers of sea and land, mixed croutons and homemade sauces. There is no better way to start your summer gastronomic journey.

In un luglio rovente e carico di turisti, Cagliari regala uno spettacolo sorprendente che fonde natura e città in un abbraccio spettacolare. Una famigliola di delfini è stata avvistata mentre nuotava nelle acque del porto, a pochi passi dal cuore urbano, tra navi, banchine e passanti increduli.

Foto di Gianluca Asunis

A immortalare la scena il fotografo Gianluca Asunis, che con il suo obiettivo ha catturato l’eleganza di questi splendidi cetacei nel pieno centro del capoluogo sardo. Le immagini raccontano una danza marina inattesa e affascinante, capace di fermare il tempo per chi ha avuto la fortuna di assistervi dal vivo.

Foto di Gianluca Asunis

In quale altra città si può ammirare qualcosa di simile? È questa la magia di Cagliari: un luogo dove la natura non è relegata ai margini ma si manifesta con forza anche tra cemento e traffico portuale. Il passaggio dei delfini non è nuovo per chi frequenta la costa, ma vederli così vicini, quasi a portata di mano, è un dono raro che parla di equilibrio e convivenza. Un invito, forse, a rispettare di più il mare che ci circonda e le meraviglie che custodisce.