Numero 28 (Notting Hill)

• On this one street there is more Italian restaurant then I can count on both hands
• I suspect lots of elements of the food are too and even the staff have been flown in to lend a helping hand
• Their English language is conversational at best although it all adds to the charm I say
• So decided to tread carefully and share this orgasmically fresh and vibrant burrata with prosciutto crudo parma ham
• It's all about the ingredients and any Italian restaurant which tries covering it up in every flavour of balsamic glaze going is hiding something
• Here it was served naked and was screaming quality
• Pasta courses turned out to be tasty and fairly pleasant affairs but could certainly do with some improvements
• Gnocchi (who can resist) with mozzarella and tomato sauce
• Here it had a nice flavour and was certainly not tart or acidic
• The gnocchi on the other hand was really very good and was firm to the touch
• More successful was this ravioli stuffed with Gorgonzola cheese and coated in a sage butter sauce
• I'm going to be very picky here because this dish (or similar) is one of my favourite things to order when dining out
• I just couldn't quite work out if the pasta was homemade or bought in the texture just seemed quite tough and thicker than I'm used to
• Either that or this fragrant herb was not fresh enough
• This dish tasted good and was very pleasant
• Its flavour was much too tame for what it was offering
• Glance across the pizza menu and you'll realise things are starting to get serious
• Unfortunately that wasn't possible so we started with a pizza bianche (no tomato sauce)
• It turned out to be one of the best pizzas Notting Hill surely has to offer (the best one is yet to come)
• The bad side of writing about food is that from the moment you tap away at the keyboard
• Pizza was part of the special editions section of the menu and was made up of buffalo mozzarella
• Again the base was still beautifully crisp
• That cream was just something else altogether
• Finally armed with a spoon there was no chance of this creamy classic lasting more than a few seconds after we'd practically inhaled it
• By this point in the evening we were wobbling out and incredibly full

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