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 MAX MARIOLA PRESENTS HIS
WINTER MENU AT THE DEER CLUB
FEATURING A GLOBETROTTING TOUR OF TASTE
Rome, October, 2015 – The Deer Club lounge, restaurant and liquor bar at the D.O.M
Hotel Rome reopened its doors on October 1 after the summer break, marking the start of the
autumn season, with a new menu of international breath featuring a globetrotting tour of taste.
Executive Chef Max Mariola has created a brand new menu in which traditional and seasonal
Italian fare is accompanied by recipes that hail from every corner of the globe, starting
from Brazil and then moving on to China, Japan and India, before finally taking in the
Mediterranean with Greece and Italy.
The idea was inspired by the chef’s great love for travelling and his desire to recreate at The Deer
Club the dishes that impressed him the most. The result is a varied gastronomic offering that
takes diners on a voyage of discovery through the world’s flavours as interpreted by
Max Mariola, with the skill and technique that are distinctive features of his cooking.
The new menu opens with the ‘Piatti’ or ‘dishes’ section. This broad selection includes ‘Sea bass
ceviche served with fresh plantain chips’ from Brazil and Chinese ‘D.O.M. - Plings, steamed ravioli
with soy sauce and spicy sprouts’, before evoke Mediterranean flavours with ‘Chicken Souvlaki
accompanied by a Greek salad’.
Then there are some typically Italian proposals made of seasonal products, but always with the chef’s
personal twist on them, and vegetarian dishes like ‘Salad of roots and tubers with bacon, goat
cheese and hazelnuts’, the evergreen ‘Fresh tagliolini pasta with shaved truffle and parmesan
cheese’ and ‘Pumpkin “sformato” with melted cheese and mushrooms’.
The main dishes in the ‘Piatti’ section are followed by Max Mariola’s ‘Fritti’ and ‘Sushi &
Sashimi’.
His ‘Fritti’ section opens with a recipe inspired by the Indian tradition, ‘Vegetable samosas served
with a banana and tamarind sauce’, followed by the Arab classic ‘Eggplant falafel with a salad of
celery, watercress and powdered beetroot’ and, from Malaysia, the ‘Fish-rolls with a sweet and
sour curry sauce’. To conclude, what could be better than some tasty ‘Savory meat and “broccolini”
pastries’?
For his plentiful offering of Japanese ‘Sushi & Sashimi’, like ‘Veggie Rainbow roll with cucumber,
avocado, mango, beetroot, carrot and cream cheese’ and ‘Aburi–Spicy Toro tuna steak’, the chef
use quality Italian ingredients.
The desserts in the ‘Dolci’ section complete the taste tour and, alongside the traditional ‘Mille feuille puff pastry with cream and chocolate’ and the exquisitely English ‘Walnut crumble with
cream and fruit compote’, the chef has looked further afield with the Japanese dessert ‘Dorayaki
with chestnut cream and violet gelato’ and the typically anglo-saxon ‘Banoffee Bread with melted
chocolate, brie ice cream and mixed berries’.
The elegant and relaxed spirit of The Deer Club offers guests a place to spend winter evenings in a
cosmopolitan setting where art and design, both ancient and modern, come together in perfect
harmony, recreating the intimate, relaxed and elegant atmosphere of a private home.
The culinary creations of the chef will be accompanied by a sophisticated cocktail and liquor menu
put together by the hotel’s expert barmen and DJ sets.
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CHEF MAX MARIOLA
Chef Max Mariola was born in Rome but grew up in Nettuno, where he developed his passion for fish and became an expert
on the subject. After studying art, he looked set to follow in his father’s footsteps and take over the family’s restoration
workshop in Via della Vite in the center of Rome. But despite everyone’s expectations, the main influence on his professional
career was his mother’s outstanding cooking. After various stints working for restaurants of the calibre of Il Castagnone at
the Diana Park Hotel in Nemi, in 1994, and the Symposium in Cartoceto, in 1997, in 1999 Max Mariola was hired as
assistant to chef Laura Ravioli on the highly reputed TV channel Gambero Rosso, where he went on to meet chef Fulvio
Pierangelini, with whom he has worked with on numerous private events and ceremonies.
The presenter of the highly popular TV programme “Cucine d’Italia” and a well-known face on the Gambero Rosso Channel,
in recent years Max Mariola has acted as a consultant for various clients in the hospitality sector. From 2010 to 2013 he was
executive chef at the Boscolo Hotels chain in Italy and Europe and in January 2013 he became executive chef at the D.O.M.
Hotel Rome.
THE DEER CLUB
In a setting that matches the styling of the hotel, populated by satin-upholstered sofas, long partition curtains with
nocturnal colour nuances, crystal glass chandeliers, three valuable “Ladies and Gentlemen” screenprints by Andy Warhol
and huge Venetian style mirrors that solicit non verbal communication, The Deer Club lounge and restaurant welcomes
guests every day, from cocktails to after dinner, bringing together art, fine cooking and the atmosphere of a typical New
York liquor club in a unique scenario. The wall over the fireplace at one end of the dining room is dominated by an
impressive hunting trophy in the form of a deer’s head, the symbol of Rione Regola, the storied seventh ward in Rome where
the captivating Via Giulia is situated.
D.O.M HOTEL
Located in Via Giulia, one of the smart streets in the historical center of Rome and strategically positioned between Piazza
Farnese, Trastevere, Piazza Navona, the Ghetto and San Pietro, the D.O.M. is a 5-star hotel in a storied building dating back
to the 17th century. The hotel has the atmosphere of an old aristocratic residence, with a unique mix of the sacred and the
worldly, embellished by holy inscriptions in marble from the Renaissance and numerous designer objects, works of
contemporary art and fine photography. 18 rooms and suites and a spectacular roof garden on the top floor of the hotel,
which acts as the summer home of The Deer Club, offering guests a view out over the rooftops and churches in Rione Regola,
the greenery of Gianicolo hill and the recently discovered ‘Stabula Augusti’ archaeological site, once home to Roman stables
in the first century AD.
The D.O.M Hotel and The Deer Club may have opened only recently, but they have already welcomed important
personalities from the world of cinema, art, fashion and music, including Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood, Vanessa
Beecroft, Stefano Tonchi, Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli, Frida Giannini, Richie Hawtin, Lisa Immordino
Vreeland, Maria Carla Boscono, Malgosia Bela, Riccardo Tisci and Ben Stiller.
Via Giulia, 131 - Rome - Tel: 06 6832144 - www.domhotelroma.com