We all started with a little taste teaser of half a chargrilled fig with prosciutto, goats curd and balsamic - you can order individual pieces. Great combination, beautiful produce. Only criticism was that there wasn't much evidence of chargrilling and that would have added a bit more to the flavour.
Of course we shared pizza next. But how to choose? We each picked out top 3 and the most popular two were ordered. We ended up with a Porcini, mushroom and tallegio and a Leeks, pea and gorgonzola. Complemented with a 'with the lot' salad of every leaf under the sun, simply dressed.
The mushroom was simply that, oodles of mushroomy flavour, a little more tallegio wouldn't have gone astray. But the winner was the leek and peas. Bloody fantastic. Braised leeks, nestled in melted gorgonzola all topped with mouth-poppingly fresh peas. Spectacular.
And the salad was everything it should be - crisp, well-dressed, interesting mix that went well with pizza. As did the bottle of Nero D'Avola.
We were seated in the 'courtyard' which was really quite pleasant, but not much of a courtyard in that it is almost entirely closed. But we were quite glad of the patio heaters - it was a remarkably cold January evening.
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