We came, we saw, we were conquered. The fit-out must have been expensive. Rustic Italian, it has a relaxed, urban feel (if that’s not a contradiction in terms). Starters were slow-cooked cannellini beans with Tuscan sausage (intense flavours) and prawn and crayfish cocktail (utterly refreshing). Main courses were tagliolini with crabmeat, and calves liver, both perfect. We [...]
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Brocca Antica (2)
Posted in Restaurants, tagged Brocca Antica, fine dining, Italian, St Margarets on December 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Brocca Antica
Posted in Restaurants, tagged Brocca Antica, fine dining, Italian, St Margarets on November 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This St Margarets Italian from the same stable as Twickenham Church St’s rock-solid duo of Pincho and Osteria Pulcinella has been open about ten days now. The first signs are that this is a major asset for St Margarets. Riversniffers bumped into two seasoned restaurant goers who ate at Brocca on the first Saturday. Their verdict? [...]
A Cena
Posted in Restaurants, tagged fine dining, Italian, Twickenham on February 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We never go out for dinner on Valentine’s Day. After a run of bad experiences (overbooking, price ramping, shoddy food, couldn’t-care-less service etc) Mr and Mrs Riversniffer vowed some years ago never again to dine out on that day. But when Mrs R said in January she’d booked A Cena, [...]
Ches’s Trattoria – St Margarets
Posted in Cafes, Restaurants, tagged budget eating, Ches's Trattoria, Italian, St Margarets on October 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
For years Ches’s Café in Crown Road has been reliably dishing up early morning bacon sandwiches and fry-ups. But recently the focus has changed. It’s still a very good place for an English breakfast, but it has recently adopted a different guise at lunchtime and evenings – Ches’s Trattoria. Wikipedia [...]
