Tarantella (Chiswick)

• Tarantella opened in spring 2007 and is a simple local Italian restaurant serving pizzas as well as a variety of conventional Italian food
• What sets it apart from any number of places like it is the care evident in the cooking
• Pizza dough is freshly rolled out and made to order
• A basic bruschetta to start was made from pizza dough
• Toasted in the oven and covered with diced tomatoes and fresh basil
• More elaborate dishes going to nearby tables were well presented
• On a previous visit I tried unusually good garlic bread and a simple dish of sizzling prawns with garlic and chilli had a pair of good prawns cooked in their shell
• Tender and with a lively dressing (12/20)
• At a recent meal I enjoyed very good rigatoni with spicy susage (13/20)
• Another good pasta dish is spaghetti with spicy Calabrian sausage
• A main course of sea bream with roast potatoes and peas was a simple dish but everything was properly cooked (12/20)
• At a recent meal I enjoyed very good rigatoni with spicy sausage (13/20)
• The premises are fairly tiny
• The pizzas are prepared in full view of the dining room
• The pizza chef is from Naples
• The venture is co owned by three chefs from Italy
• A chocolate fondant was capably made
• Was very pleasant with good coffee flavour
• My last stop was a small authentic Italian restaurant called Tarantella
• The calzone part with the nduja was superb
• Even thought that in some parts of the calzone was only dough with no filling
• We enjoyed the food so much that our next three dinners were from Tarantella

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