The new Pizzica in Fulham

Pizzica is a small successful Italian restaurant in Fulham, the owner is from Puglia a region in south of Italy. A few months ago they opened a new restaurant in fulham road and I was very keen to try it.
When we arrived I immediately liked the environment, there are wood tables with a small flower on each of them, there is soft music and the restaurant is painted with warm colours. They make home made bread, the same kind of bread you would eat in Puglia and pizza. We ordered two starters, burrata and carpaccio. Both of them were quite good even if carpaccio was not a proper one in fact it was coppa which is a kind of salami from Italy. As main course I ordered ravioli with monk fish and asparagus and my friend ordered pappardelle with porcini mushrooms. I tried both of them, pappardelle was cooked with tomato sauce and probably butter, it's not easy yo make it right, sometimes it can be too dry but this one was perfect and delicious. Sadly I didn't like my dish, ravioli were crispy which doesn't make sense and provably seafood was not fresh as I can taste the fresh one. From my point of view a restaurant shouldn't serve seafood unless it's fresh from a monger fish.

We also ordered espresso and tiramisu as desert which was very good. We didn't drink any wine and the bill was 43£. Overall I was not impressed, provably I choose the wrong dish but I expected more, next time I want to try pizza there because it looked good.

Rate:7 out if 10.

Link: La Pizzica

Flowers from Provence

We had been attracted by this nice and small restaurant with flowering table cloths and an advert saying 13£ for two courses. After asking if dogs are allowed we got in down to the back with our puppy. I didn't read the name of the restaurant but flowers everywhere and paintings of lavender reminded me Provence, it was not a surprise when I found out its name is La Provence.
My starter was aubergine and olive pâté and as main I had sea bream on a bed of artichoke and fondue. It was delicious and I enjoyed it very much.
Other dishes were great as well. The dessert I had was homemade chocolate pudding with amazing chocolate fondue in the middle. The staff are very friendly and polite and the service is quick.
We also ordered espresso and we paid 20£ each.
This little cosy French restaurant was a beautiful surprise.
Rate: 8 out of 10.

Link: La Provence

Welcome to Brussels

I was in Brussels for a weekend and it was a great opportunity for finding a good restaurant and writing a review. Estrille was the restaurant chosen by me and my friends, I organised the venue for 12 of us and I'm glad I did.
The environment is fine and elegant with soft light all over the dining rooms, some walls are painted and some of them show raw bricks, arches connect one room to the other one. The staff is really polite and friendly, we didn't know anything about the dishes they serve and they have been very nice with us trying to answer all our questions. The food was great, everybody was happy, some of us, included me, ordered Carbonada which is a stewed beef cooked with beer and it comes with French fries.  I was not really happy about the side because I think it would have been better to serve the beef with something else but the meat was absolutely great, soft and tasy. Some people ordered duck breast which was a big portion and a good one.
Some had seafood and some chicken. I also had a starter which is duck pate with smell of orange, it was absolutely great. The bill was  a bit expensive but in my understanding restaurants in Brussels are expensive. We spent 40€ each and we also ordered wine and beer.
Rate: 8 out of 10
Link:Estrille