Strada, Exmouth Market

Strada 8 - 10 Exmouth Market London EC1R 4QR Cuisine - Italian T - 02072780800 W - www.strada.co.uk Also follow on Twitter and Facebook I can not think of many places you can have three people enjoy a three course meal for less than £75. Chain restaurant Strada says you can! The area around Exmouth Market has improved a lot over the last few years and Strada is now one of a number of restaurants in this trendy area. To start we went for the Aglio, hand stretched pizza bread with garlic and rosemary. The Arancini Funghi was bursting with mushroom flavour and binded well with risotto and mozzarella. The real favourite for me here though was the Olive Ascolana, now I have been trying to eat olives for a number of months with my pallet still not yet allowing me to enjoy the taste of the mediterranean foodstuff, here though I have found a dish that may well set me on my way. Green olives stuffed with beef and pork, breaded and fried, the taste was beautiful. On to the mains, the Pollo Milanese, a big enough portion of pan fried chicken breast covered in grana padano, lemon zest and breadcrumbs served with refreshing green beans and new potatoes topped with a good consistent tomato and basil sauce was a very good dish. Spaghetti Pomodoro was again cooked well with the pasta being cooked the right side of al dente. The most impressive dish we had was the Panz Porcini. Ravioli filled with porcini mushrooms and small amount of cream, superb flavour and a good size not leaving you bloated. As it was fathers day we decided we would go for three courses, unfortunately we all wanted the same, Fondente Cacao, chocolate fondant served with mascarpone and vanilla ice cream. With its warm melting centre there was no disappointment! You can get a set menu every evening for three course at £13.50 a head but the menu does become very much limited. Gastro Greglarr Rating 7/10 Gastro Greglarr Likes: the woodland flavour of the porcini ravioli Gastro Greglarr Dislikes: would like to see a more italian 'rustic' look to the decor