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Pastabites dines at Meridionale
A meal at Meridionale, Parsons Green

A meal at Meridionale, Parsons Green

Si e’ sempre meridionali di qualcuno… This phrase (‘you are always southerner to someone else’) was made famous by a Neapolitan movie in the 80s (Cosi’ Parlo’ Bellavista), a funny, heartwarming satire about stereotypes between North and South in Italy. I am meridionale, from the south and a lot of the food and places I cover in this blog belong to my meridionale heritage indeed. So when I was asked to try an Italian restaurant called Meridionale, which proposes classic…

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Pastabites dines at the Man Behind the Curtain
A meal at The Man Behind the Curtain, Leeds

A meal at The Man Behind the Curtain, Leeds

A trip to Leeds Since we had seen him on Great British Menu as a contestant a few years ago, we’d been fans of Michael O’Hare, the chef owner of quirkily named The Man Behind the Curtain. For me, it was also his 1980s looks that brought me back to my teenage years when I used to listen to goth music but occasionally wouldn’t mind a chat to my heavy metal fan neighbour. In any case, Michael suddenly became famous,…

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portland
A meal at Portland, Bloomsbury

A meal at Portland, Bloomsbury

Lunch treat The last couple of times my sister had visited we had tried and failed to book a dinner at Portland. So when I managed to get two tickets as her birthday treat to the amazing Eddie Vedder, she booked her flight and I booked also a table at Portland for a mid week lunch. I wasn’t really sure what to expect, I admit it wasn’t high on my list of places to try; tired from the night out…

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Pastabites - Palatino review
A meal at Palatino, Clerkenwell

A meal at Palatino, Clerkenwell

***this restaurant has since closed down*** I have been a fan of Stevie Parle for ages, ever since I was given his first book to review years ago and started going to his first restaurant in London The Dock Kitchen. He has since published more books, been on TV and opened a few more Dock Kitchen off springs, from Craft in Greenwich to the very latest venture in central London called Palatino, named after one of Rome’s seven hills. A…

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Diciannove
Piccolo Christmas meal at Diciannove, Blackfriars

Piccolo Christmas meal at Diciannove, Blackfriars

***this restaurant has since closed down*** The  season to be jolly is once again looming and most restaurants are gearing up for Christmas and Festive menus all around us. Pastabites was invited to taste one such menu, offered by Italian restaurant Diciannove which sits within the Crowne Plaza hotel in BlackFriars. A surprise for me was that, despite riding past this corner of London every single weekday, I had no idea there was a hotel, let alone an Italian restaurant! Diciannove…

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