Modern Italian dining The Italian Greyhound can be found in a calm spot on Seymour Street, usefully just round the corner from loud goings-on on Marble Arch, Edgware Road and Oxford Street. The restaurant’s aim is to cook food that is both familiar and innovative, using ingredients from sustainable, high-quality producers and growers. We went […]
Christmas Italian Style at Spagnoletti
Spagnoletti is a striking and colourful venue. Bright yellow spaghetti-like pipework intersects the walls and ceilings, and the playful decor includes a cheese-grater clock and a yellow telephone box. It looks a little like an Italian take on the American Diner, but, as I discovered, the food is so much more!
Porchetta – a Perfect Summer Feast
Possibly the best pork in the world. It’s summer and while that means the barbecue season is upon us, the English weather seems to be increasingly unpredictable. If you are planning to party al-fresco, having a special showcase dish that doesn’t require a barbecue is probably a good idea. I give you porchetta – the […]
Amalfi Restaurant – Argyll Street, London
Easy Italian in London at Amalfi restaurant The pristine interior of Amalfi restaurant, just off Oxford Circus in Argyll Street, is a welcome haven from the hubbub of London’s main shopping district. This contemporary styled Italian restaurant has exposed brick walls and a mosaic marble terrazzo floor. The wooden tables are well spaced out with […]
Bancone – Review
Perfect Pasta in Soho! The last few years have seen a resurgence of interest in pasta with restaurants such as Padella, Lina Stores, Pastaio and the first Bancone gaining plaudits and tremendous popularity for their homemade small plates of Italian comfort food. Restaurateur Will Ellner has now opened a sister outpost to the Covent Garden […]
Italian Date Night – A Valentine’s Menu
Slow-Cooked Venison Shank in Red Wine for an Italian Date Night Dinner This is the second of our date-night menus, which we are sharing just ahead of Valentine’s Day. If your taste is more for British food and an all British date-night, then do take a look at our English Sparkling Wine with Scottish Seafood […]
Italian Beef Casserole with Red Wine
Pairing Italy and Portugal with Food and Wine As summer draws to a close, I crave tender, slow-cooked casseroles with rich wine-infused gravy and meltingly tender meat. Dishes like this Italian Beef Casserole. While I love French-style boeuf bourguignon and British (or is it Irish) beef in Guinness, ale or stout, I wanted to make […]
IT Restaurant Review – From Ibiza to Dover Street, Mayfair
Mayfair meets Ibiza at IT Restaurant London. I wonder if the owners of IT London realise what an It girl is? A perfect fit for this, the third restaurant in the Italian IT group, each with menus from chef Gennaro Esposito, I suspect the name is an abbreviation for Italian rather than the definition I’m […]
Capricci Deli and Restaurant – Review
Capricci on Bankside – Perfect Pre-Theatre Dining: Less than a minute’s walk from Tate Modern on London’s Bankside, Capricci is both a deli and a restaurant. At lunch and dinner time it is a restaurant in a deli. It is particularly chic in the evenings when the lights are low and the surrounding glass-fronted office […]
Pasta Nostra – Old Street’s new restaurant for pastaficionados
Mission highly possible: to make the best pasta dishes in town Pastaficionado – what else do you call someone who loves pasta? And who doesn’t? It’s no surprise that Italian food is officially the most popular cuisine in the world, and this love is led by pasta, eaten in its myriad shapes and sizes. While […]