Amaro Bar Pasta Tasting Menu
Small starter that wasn’t listed on the menu: fun little thing, very much not fine dinning, meat wrapped around a bread stick.
Spaghetti (marinated anchovies, Calabrian chile & parsley): great, but in the end, I’m not a spaghetti man. I love me some anchovies, though. About as good as spaghetti (the worst pasta) can get.
Bauletti Ricotta (English peas, Spring onion & lemon): very good, and I’m slightly inclined away from lemon pastas. The lemon sauce was very buttery and smooth rather than acidic.
Torchio (pepperonata, Sicilian oregano & Taggiasca olives): ultimately did not like this one, though it’s definitely personal taste. Olives work for me when they’re embedded in a meal well, but I have never had a pepper in a course that hasn’t taken away from the experience. The only course I didn’t finish completely.
Doppio Ravioli (brasato, sunchokes & morels): this was definitely the best in the tasting menu (and not-coincidentally the only one that is also on the a la carte menu). They could have easily done this with mushrooms, but the morels take it to the something special category.
Meyer Lemon Posset (vanilla meringue): delicious. Also really good looking presentation.