Artusi (Peckham)

• Jack Beer is a chef with a canny knack of picking the city's very hottest restaurants to work in
• Helping out in that tricky period of time where all the good reviews were flooding in and they needed a few more hands on deck
• Roasted artichokes with bagna cauda"
• House bread is sourdough from Brickhouse
• It's very nearly the best money can buy
• I say 'nearly' because it's only thanks to those guys from Hedone and their annoying habit of making the very best bread in the entire world that everyone else has been pushed into second place
• Mortadella with fried crescentine paired the softest
• Most glorious ham with pillows of top notch crispbread
• Not too chewy but with enough bite to remind you what it once had been
• Golden brown and topped with flakes of salt and parsley
• I only hope chef Beer has no plans to remove these from the chalkboard at Artusi until the artichoke season is well and truly over
• As they really are quite something
• There were more than just a few things wrong with the pasta dishes
• Her linguine was al dente bordering on crunchy
• My braised lamb shoulder was incredibly salty
• Given how battered my palate is after all these years of salty food
• Believe me this means it was very salty indeed
• Because you could tell that underneath all the seasoning the meat was lovely and soft and had a great flavour
• The wine list and the preparation of pasta can easily be rectified what you can't fake is the kind of personality
• T infused with elderflower which was really delightful and refreshing
• We had their tongue appetizer and despite being a tongue was actually delicious
• The presentation of the dishes was also tres lovely
• Perfect for a date or an intimate dinner with close friends
• Nice informal Italian with a small menu
• Updating now daily and inline with what's available and in season
• Peckham's association with Only Fools and Horses is long gone

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