Tania L.
Yelp
Oh my gosh, absolutely delicious place. My boyfriend and I tried getting a spot at this restaurant for our 4 year anniversary, but they were fully booked. Fortunately, we managed to get a late reservation for 5 (with some friends) late Sunday at 9:30PM. Highly, highly recommend!!
We started with some apps and sides - the eggplant parmigiana (absolutely heavenly and rich; I swear it had some meat in it), a paccheri ripieni e fritti (a pasta main but we got to share - it was amazingly crispy and flavourful with the cheese and the ragu), scarole (a very interesting bitter green dish with sweet raisins and savoury capers, olives), and fagiolini (we thought it was a bean dish but it ended up being lemony string beans).
We then each got our own pastas, and were each blown away. I got the baccala in cassuola, a salty pasta rule with tender codfish, olives, and capers, and shared with my boyfriend. He got the ziti alla genovese, which had a decent amount of brisket. Despite being lighter, it was quite meaty and still packed good flavour. We also tried the tripe - I found it okay, but it had a stronger offal flavour than the Chinese counterparts - and the penne lardiate blanche - which seemed similar to the cacio e pepe but had a depth of flavour from the lard.
Finally, we ended with three desserts. My favourite was the tiramisu - chefs kiss! It was creamy, coffee-y, but also not too sweet. The torta caprese (pistachio chocolate cake) was nutty but a bit too sweet for my liking. Then we got the pastiera, an almond ricotta cake with shortcrust pastry. It had a strong floral flavour - we thought it was rosewater, but turns out it's orange blossom.
An absolutely fantastic meal, and such good value for money!! We got a house wine, and for all that food, we only paid 137 EUR.