Bottega Prelibato (Shoreditch)

• Are chalked up on giant boards and brought around to your table with great ceremony
• A table is available in half an hour and we are ordered to grab a drink in a nearby pub so had to oblige
• Starters we chose sea scallops with spring onion
• The menu style is a little awkward as they place large blackboards on the table in Italian then go through dish by dish explaining them
• My smoked mozzarella starter was a little bland but the veal tortellini main was absolutely divine and worth returning for alone
• Their menu is rarely the same
• The ambiance of the place is also great
• One of the best Italian in London
• We had pasta with mushrooms and truffle oil
• We started with the vegetable sharing board
• We were hungry and the restaurant was crowded and the sharing board from the counter menu indeed arrived very quickly
• A generous dish with dressed rocket
• Large portions of pasta for both of our mains were served very al dente
• I had the sedanini (similar to penne) with lobster and courgette
• The pasta underneath was dressed with some sweet sauteed cherry tomato finished with a little cream
• My companion's order of spinach tagliatelle with lamb ragu was not quite as exciting
• I think ragu is just a boring thing to order in a restaurant
• A two course dinner for two with service came to £
• It probably is a good spot as well for dinner before heading out into shoreditch

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