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I am reviewing the restaurant at A Pignata, where we had an excellent lunch.||From where we were staying a journey of 1h15 on windy and uneven roads felt like a long one. But it was worth it. ||A Pignata has a covered outdoor restaurant area with wide and outstanding views of the surrounding countryside. Booking is essential, as is knowing that what you’ll get is a fixed price menu with five courses of Corsican cooking. There is virtually no choice, but I question whether you’d need it unless you’re vegetarian…in which case choose a different restaurant.||For the first course there was an alternative, Butternut squash soup or the charcuterie. The helpful chap in charge suggested that we have two bowls for one portion of soup then we could share the charcuterie, and sample both. The soup was excellent, and the home made charcuterie the best I’ve had.||For the next course again an alternative. Each ‘main’ was accompanied by cheese filled cannelloni, and haricot beans in a sauce that contained meat. The alternative mains were 7 hour slow cooked lamb shank, or what I can best describe as a savoury meatloaf in a rich mushroom sauce. We ordered one of each of the mains and shared. All delicious, and copious in quantity. ||Next was cheese and fruit. Local goats and sheep’s cheese, as much as you want, and a fruit basket to accompany. Next doughnuts with grappa. Tear with your fingers, soak in grappa, and just enjoy! Then finally coffee.||I can see why the have rooms here, you would naturally want to lie down after all that.||At 60 Euro a head this was exceptional value. All the dishes are made from produce grown on the farm, and all are beautifully cooked.||A great experience, and superb food.