Locale

 I came to this restaurant with my friend from university, Little Soph. We live very close to each other and I suppose you could say this was our ‘Local’. It is an Italian restaurant in Fulham - I have been here before and always have a lovely meal. Italian is one of my favourite cuisines because I love a big bowl of pasta, especially in the middle of cold winter after a long day!
 

This cosy, little Italian seems to attract a variety of guests from families to couples to friends. It has quite a sophisticated and sexy cocktail bar and romantic lighting, but it is still family-friendly. I have been to this restaurant in the Summer as well and it´s great as it has an outside terrace with pretty flowers and, as it is tucked away down a neighbourhood road, it is quiet and peaceful. The staff are always really friendly and attentive.

The brick wall and the candles make for a very intimate atmosphere. Although it is cosy and intimate the décor is also very classy and chic with dark wood tables, mahogany coloured chairs and stylish chandeliers!

It was a lovely evening, filled with pasta, pudding and a bottle of wine. We paid £32 each so it was quite pricy but it’s a charming restaurant in a nice area of west London so I wasn’t surprised. We were quite lucky, however, as the couple next to us had a spare ‘£10 off’ voucher which they kindly gave to us.

 Little Soph and I thought we should get different meals to make things more interesting but neither of us could resist the seafood linguini – two of my favourite things: pasta and seafood. It was just delightful and included clams, mussels, calamari, octopus and grilled prawns with a chilli and garlic tomato white wine sauce. The only thing we both thought was a bit of a down factor was the portion sizes. We were both still hungry!

So…pudding was a must-have.

I had this scrumptious warm, chocolate fondant. I always feel that I have to have chocolate when I have pudding. I don’t know why. This fondant was particularly good, and when I ordered it the waitress nodded her head, enthusiastically approving of my choice! It was filled with crushed hazelnuts and warm chocolate sauce and went perfectly with the mascarpone cream. Mouth-watering! Little Soph had Torta di Mele which was an apple tart tartin served with cinnamon ice cream. If chocolate fondant wasn’t on the menu I would have gone for this one.
 

I will definitely be going here again because, although it´s a little pricey, it is inviting and convenient!

Pasca x