Bottarga, Chelsea
I finally managed to get a table at Bottarga for lunch and it did not disappoint. It’s just the sort of food I love to eat. Fresh and vegetable focused with a large amount of the menu cooked on a big open grill. My advice is to get all the dips, especially spicy feta red pepper. The crispy calamari with chilli jam mayo is also a must-try. But it was the bluefin tuna with roasted pepper and lemon that really stood out for me – a deliciously soft grilled Romano pepper slipped out of its skin before being layered with hot pink bluefin tuna. The stem of the pepper is left on – I’m sure in part to help keep the tuna in place – but it’s also a wonderful nod to the skill of the kitchen who know how to bring a level of subtle and unpretentious level of elegance to simple ingredients. This is going up there in my top ten meals of the year.
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