Buon Ricordo - Paddington

I hadn’t been to Buon Ricordo for a number of years and I was so glad we returned last Saturday for lunch. I love the old school service, the tapestry chairs and the paccheri with cod (pictured) that I ordered was absolutely divine and cooked to perfection! #buonricordo

Amazing food, every single dish was perfect. Definitely recommend the egg truffle fettuccine and gnocchi. One of my favourite restaurants, perfect place for date night

Amuse bouche of tomato and basil macerated in olive oil, on toast<br/ ...fresh and subtle, diced sweet tomatoes and basil, macerated in olive oil until the olive oil has picked up an orange hue, served on a crunchy bite of toast... <br/ <br/ Grilled baby calamari with rocket leaves, lemon, chilli and herb dressing<br/ ...packed with chargrilled flavour, set against the bite of the rocket leaves, with a bread dippingly good dressing of lemon, chilli and herbs. Very generous serving... <br/ <br/ Fettucine in creamy Parmesan cheese sauce with truffled egg<br/ ...the waiter shaved and shaved the Parmesan cheese onto the plate and then SUDDENLY, I was drawn into the dish by the overwhelmingly rich aroma of the truffles! The sauce was SO flavorful and RICH! The truffle stayed clinging onto the inside of my nose, the top of my palate and the back of my throat despite having lots of water and a cocktail. In fact, 2 hours later, I burped...and I was smelling the delicious truffle aroma all over again... <br/ <br/ Char grilled T bone steak with green beans and potatoes ...mouth drippingly good charcoaled crispy bits on the outside, but very rare on the inside, as specified. It can be very hard to get the outside charcoaled while keeping the inside very rare lots of places can't do it! But this was perfect. The side course of roasted potatoes wafted butter, and the green beans were faultlessly fresh and tenderly cooked... <br/ <br/ Nougat semifreddo with syrupped fruits, candied fruits and pistachio cream<br/ ...crunchy nutty nougat on an ice cold semifreddo was refreshingly re awakening on this long Indian summer’s lunch day. The syrup soaked fruits and the candied fruits were like little jewel drops of flavour... <br/

Buon Ricordo came highly recommended by the BFF, she said it serves the best carbonara she has tasted so I had to come try! Their version of carbonara is with fettucine, cream and parmesan topped with fried truffle egg. I only managed to take a picture of the 'tossed ' version. I didn 't have time to take a proper photo before it was tossed at the table as I didn 't know they did that! lol the sauce was great!

The truffle egg parmesan pasta was why we came, and boy was it worth it- simple, delicious, totally moreish. The service was extremely formal- sort of felt cold, but I guess you can't complain about being treated too politely... Anyway, the dish lived up to its reputation, and that is a blessing!