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| Spinach, Parmesan & soft egg pizzette |
On Monday night school friends Rob, Joel and I had one of our six monthly catch ups over dinner. After Joel's successful choice of
Vanilla Black last time out I put my neck on the line and suggested
Polpo next to Smithfield Market. I was addicted to
The Restaurant Man earlier in the year and had been looking for the opportunity to try one of Russell Norman's restaurants. Dinner with the boys seemed like the ideal chance.
Joel and I arrived early so we had a chance to order a beer and catch up. Seeing the food head to nearby tables was piquing my appetite and we decided to order a couple of the small plates to keep us going. Rob arrived just as the food hit the table which made us look like we'd time things perfectly, rather than being caught in the act of eating.
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| Potato & Parmesan crocchette |
We stuck almost exclusively to vegetarian / fish dishes and with all the plates being under £10 I thought it was pretty good value.
My highlights were the
spinach, parmesan & soft egg pizzette (£8). The egg was indeed soft, but thankfully hadn't made the pizzette soggy (cooked separately?).
The
chick pea, spinach & ricotta meatballs (£6) were surprisingly tasty and I didn't regret ordering the vegetarian option at all. I suspect it was the ricotta which made them taste so good. The
prawn & artichoke linguine, bottarga (£8) was a generous serving for the price with sweet prawns.
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| Salmon tartare, horseraddish & carta di musica |
If I wanted to pick the
salmon tartare, horseraddish & carta di musica (£7) had a little too much horseraddish which hit you in pockets and dominated the salmon. And I thought thought the savoury dishes were better than the sweet.
Overall it was definitely a good evening. Just a shame I forgot my tape measure so I couldn't measure the height of the bar........
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| Chick pea, spinach & ricotta |
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| Castelfranco, red onion & pine nuts |
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| Prawn & artichoke linguine, bottarga |
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| Duck, blood orange & fennel salad |
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| Dessert special |
All my eats are added to my
map.
Polpo Smithfield
3 Cowcross Street
London EC1M 6DR
Nothing worse than being caught in the act of sneaky eating :-)
ReplyDeleteCroquettes are still something I always mean to try and make and never quite get there...maybe tomorrow.