thedonkeycentrehalf
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I’m with @BrightonCottager on this one. I always eat pizza with a knife and fork but in my case, it is partially because I can’t have cheese on my pizza so there is no goo to hold it together.
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[Food] Restaurant 2024 thread
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BrightonCottager
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Well, when I was in Rome eating pizza the night before Fulham's game in the Europa League, I looked around the restaurant and it was half cutlery and half fingers (& no, the cutlery contingent were not other Cottagers). So in answer to your question, half of Italy!
Well, when I was in Rome eating pizza the night before Fulham's game in the Europa League, I looked around the restaurant and it was half cutlery and half fingers (& no, the cutlery contingent were not other Cottagers). So in answer to your question, half of Italy!
The deviant half
I used to live in Italy and, you're right, some people do indeed use cutlery. I may have even done so myself on occasion. Tacos are definitely a hand to mouth job though.
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Last week we went back to Cin Cin in Hove for a midweek lunch. I posted a while back about how expensive it was when we last went on a weekend evening however sticking to the lunch menu, avoiding extra sides and going easy on the drinks the meal came to £90 for two of us which was very reasonable. I thought the food was great but my wife was less impressed as the lunch set was quite restricted to pasta and risotto (which she isn't a massive fan of). We had been on holiday to Sicily a few weeks ago and I appreciated the Sicilian influence in quite a few of the dishes, like the Panelle starter which is a chickpea fritter Sicilian street food, and pasta all norma (aubergine pasta) which is one of the most common Sicilian pasta first courses. It's got a nice relaxed feel in there and seemed a bit busier than some of the Hove restaurants we have visited for lunch recently.
Finally got to Fallow in London yesterday. Fairly hyped since it opened and I like the owners jib having seen them on Saturday Kitchen a few times. No waste concept, as much made in house as possible - they even have a ‘mushroom room’ in the restaurant where they grow a variety.
Great food & service, enjoyed sitting at the counter top overlooking the open kitchen. All the beef is ex-dairy super interesting taste / colour to it. Didn’t have it but watching the smoked cod’s head being finished and served was an experience ! One for HT perhaps …
Wasn’t to spendy considering the location, we didn’t have it but their set lunch for £40 looks excellent value. They’ve just opened a sister restaurant ‘Roe’ in Canary Wharf, bit more focussed on casual eats - flat breads etc but the same no waste concept.
Great food & service, enjoyed sitting at the counter top overlooking the open kitchen. All the beef is ex-dairy super interesting taste / colour to it. Didn’t have it but watching the smoked cod’s head being finished and served was an experience ! One for HT perhaps …
Wasn’t to spendy considering the location, we didn’t have it but their set lunch for £40 looks excellent value. They’ve just opened a sister restaurant ‘Roe’ in Canary Wharf, bit more focussed on casual eats - flat breads etc but the same no waste concept.
This restaurant, and that dish especially, is very much on my radar for next time I’m in London. I have read and seen a number of reviews and everyone speaks highly.
Machiavelli
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Went there for my birthday with our 17yo, and it worked really well. Lots of sharing plates, interesting largely northeastern flavours, lots of grilled stuff and more from a pizza-esque oven. Nice vibe. We all enjoyed it, and would go back but it's a restaurant for certain scenarios and not others. Favourite dishes include the smoked molasses pumpkin, apricot tandoori cauliflower, chicken thigh, flamed sea bream and flat bread. The lamb cigars have got a lot of attention and, as pleasant as they were, I wouldn't rave about them.
Went back to Fourth & Church the night before and had yet another great meal and spent far too much money on some utterly stunning wine (Equipos Navazos Manzanilla, Boillot Macon and a Spatburgunder if you want to get involved). Despite the cost of the meal (or wine if we're being more accurate), it's still way way cheaper than their equivalents in terms of quality.
Went there for my birthday with our 17yo, and it worked really well. Lots of sharing plates, interesting largely northeastern flavours, lots of grilled stuff and more from a pizza-esque oven. Nice vibe. We all enjoyed it, and would go back but it's a restaurant for certain scenarios and not others. Favourite dishes include the smoked molasses pumpkin, apricot tandoori cauliflower, chicken thigh, flamed sea bream and flat bread. The lamb cigars have got a lot of attention and, as pleasant as they were, I wouldn't rave about them.
Went back to Fourth & Church the night before and had yet another great meal and spent far too much money on some utterly stunning wine (Equipos Navazos Manzanilla, Boillot Macon and a Spatburgunder if you want to get involved). Despite the cost of the meal (or wine if we're being more accurate), it's still way way cheaper than their equivalents in terms of quality.