On Tuesday 24th April, 2007 a man ran into this restaurant and tried to cut off his penis...I now understand why.
Orangaphant ordered a Zucca e Pancetta (butternut squash and pancetta risotto).
With a down turned mouth and furrowed brows she told me that it tasted like it had been made with butternut squash puree. Enough said.
I ordered the Italian bread board and Zucca Al Forno from the Cichetti section.
The bread was fine.
The Zucca Al Forno primarily used three ingredients: butternut squash, goats cheese and garlic.
To me, these three ingredients represent a world of taste and flavour. I've been lucky enough to have enjoyed this combination on a number of occasions.
It would seem that my luck has run out. How Zizzi's, The Strand managed to take three such flavourful fellows and turn them into a barren wasteland devoid of taste, I will never know.
The major problem with bad food is that it leaves you hungry, even if you manage to eat it. The hole of needing to taste something fabulous is still there.
For this very reason we ignored our better judgement (it wouldn't be the first time) and ordered dessert.
I can tell you with confidence that it was a dessert disaster...though for the alliteration that it has produced, it just may have been worth it.
The cheesecake was meant to be amaretto flavoured. It wasn't.
There were however, a sprinkling of amaretto biscuits on top of the slice. What?!
It was also meant to come with fruit compote. It didn't.
Thank God.
The Chocolate Melt was decent, but it also tasted like the stuff you can buy at Marks and Spencers and heat yourself.
If you DIY'd this dish you would also probably not put the ice cream slap bang in the middle of the pudding, deflating it and, as Orangaphant frustratedly pointed out, solidifying the very bit that is meant to be melting.
Rookie error for them. Rocky Horror for us.
Price: £44.00 for 4 x tea, 2 x mains, 2 x dessert and service charge.
Veggie Friendly: 2/5
Food: 1/5
Service: 3/5 (our waitress was great, but they were severely understaffed)
Atmosphere: 2.5/5
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