Tartufo - No 11 Cadogan Gardens (Chelsea)

• Otherwise I wouldn't get much out of the very excellent Kerb streetfood events occasionally it is nice to be pampered
• Napkins that are magically folded the moment you step up from your table
• A lighting scheme that makes everyone and everything glow with celestial light
• An artfully designed space on the Brompton Road that is very impressive until you try to eat anything
• Great food and a bill that doesn't threaten to reacquaint you with your meal as soon as you set eyes on it
• A basement restaurant just off Sloane Square which is so utterly charming in almost every respect that it's like being hugged by a giant
• In that respect Tartufo are doing everything right
• Yet astonishingly Tartufo is barely a few weeks old
• As unfortunately a mini cheese and tomato amuse was disconcertingly icy fridge fresh
• Pasta dishes were even better
• Were dressed in one of those heavenly veal stock reductions that make me want to glance furtively around the room before mopping it up with my fingers
• Pink inside with a good crust
• It was also topped with a spun sugar "
• Another new restaurant has opened in Chelsea this year with barely no whisper of its arrival
• Bar and restaurant are all very typical of Chelsea
• A quick drink in the gorgeous wooden paneled bar where some of the finest cocktails I have had are mixed up you'll soon fall in love with the location
• Mirrors and a sleek table setting this is fine dining in case you haven't noticed
• A restaurant of this calibre in the area the menu is very competitively priced
• A plate of creamy goats cheese and tomato gazpacho encased in a pastry tart was first to be scrutinized
• The filling was far too cold and a little safe in terms of skill in the kitchen
• The starter of heritage tomato salad with mozzarella granite and basil was not at all what we were expecting
• Cooked to perfection were as soft as butter and expertly cooked
• Accompanying the scallops was a crunchy fennel
• Radish and orange salad then finished with some toasted pine nuts and coral juice
• Cooking pasta is definitely Tartufo's strongest point
• I had a light tortellini with summer truffle
• Fresh walnut and mascarpone it was rather amazing
• Nutty and full of flavour while the sauce was pure indulgence
• Dining areas are located in the basement)
• Chef Manuel Oliveri trained at the legendary Gualtiero Marchesi's Ristorante di Erbusco in Milan (Mr Marchesi was the first Italian chef to gain three Michelin stars)
• He moved to London in 2010 and worked with Alexis Gauthier
• The dining room is split into three sections
• The dining room was quite cosy
• Noise levels were modest and the tables reasonably well spaced
• Most wines were under £
• A savoury pastry that is the national dish of Monaco
• It is stuffed with Swiss chard
• I presume the connection is that the chef here trained with Alexis Gauthier
• Who himself was a chef at Louis XV for a time
• Should have crisp light pastry with a piping hot centre
• By far the best bread was the only one made on the kitchen
• This bread itself was 15/20 level
• Ravioli of crustaceans was rather disappointing
• Though the assorted shellfish were correctly cooked (13/20)
• Much better was tortelli with mascarpone and summer truffles
• Walnuts with the pasta were fresh and avoided any sogginess
• On the side were little chips made from chickpeas
• The green vegetables were nicely cooked and the jus had plenty of flavour (14/20)
• Ice creams were a mixed bag
• A vanilla ice cream was lacking in vanilla flavour
• Given that the ice creams were made in a Pacojet the slightly too thick consistency of the vanilla ice cream was surprising (perhaps 13/20 overall)
• Much better was dark chocolate crunch with walnut and praline
• Here the chocolate glaze was rich and dark
• Coffee came with biscuit petit fours
• Overall this was a rather erratic meal
• One where the best dishes were very good indeed
• Tartufo Restaurant is locatd in the Knightsbridge area and it offers Italian
• The closest tube station is Sloan Square
• The surroundings around the venue are the luxurious and posh Cadogan Gardens
• The atmosphere in the venue is more than aristocratic with a lot of art books and vintage paintings from Belgium Painter
• The menu offers set menues with two three and four courses with overall prices between 25 40 pounds per person dependings the course
• The barman is very kind and creative
• Tell him what you like and he will prepare the perfect cocktails ad apted to your taste with his personal touch
• I had a classic Cosmopolitan which was delicious and my friend had a special ' Old fashioned'
• 11 Cadogan Gardens was built by Lord Chelsea in the late 19th Century
• The building is magnificent with historically grandeur
• Having read various reviews we knew that we were in store for a treat
• The menu choices at lunch included a set lunch menu with wine or a tasting menu
• We wanted to try some dishes from the tasting coupled with some from the set lunch which was no problem at all
• As we decided an amuse of goats choose and tomato tartlets were delivered to the table
• The fresh tomato was the star outshining the goats cheese for once

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