sergio valentini
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This is the latest addition to the José Pizarro portfolio, and, in my opinion, an incredibly good one. It is an all day affair, serving breakfast, brunch, lunch, dinner, the concept being to give you what you want, when you want it, without being forced to miss out if you missed THAT DISH you wanted to try but it is only on the ( delete as applicable) the dinner menu, or the lunch one. The space is tastefully decorated, very luminous and with some outside seating as well. The service is incredibly good, they know the menu inside out and the staff is really nice, you can see they enjoy talking to their guests and genuinely recommending the dishes that suit their taste. Now the food : I had the devilled eggs with anchovies, and I also ordered the gran Riserva cantabrian anchovies. Both great, the devilled eggs could have had a bit more punch by adding some chillies but were still very nice. The gran riserva cantabrian anchovies were amazing, they came with 2 types of bread, and a little mini concoction of sliced red onions, parsley, lemon and olive oil, totally worth the price. I come from Salerno, and one of the best places in the world for anchovies is Cetara, a few kilometres from Salerno, world renowned for their anchovies and what is called “colatura di alici “; those cantabrian anchovies are on a par with that kind of stratospheric quality. After those starters I had the cuttlefish, squid ink and white rice, probably the star of the show, the complexity and depth of flavour was just perfect, and I could have had 3-4 portions of it; in fact, I suggest they should do an option of having this dish as a Main course, doubling the quantity of it ! I also had the 5J pork with apple and toasted hazelnuts, good but not as incredible as the cuttlefish dish. As desert I had the chocolate mousse with peaches and vermouth ( divine !) and, because I am greedy, plus I have a fear of missing out, and I love desserts, I also ordered the Torreja, a type of dessert I was not familiar with. I am very glad I ordered it as it was spectacular as the previous one! I really enjoyed everything and I’m looking forward to go back to order the rest of the menu! Thank you guys !