45A South End Road
NW3 2QB
Tel: 02 07435 7814
Date of Last Visit: Sunday, July 22, 2007
The Victims: Sarah, Arielle
The Damage: About £20
The Background: I’m trying to lend Sarah my technical skills. Let me be honest…I’m basically trying to convince her to sign up for Typepad. Or WordPress.
Maybe I should go into sales.
We meet for lunch with Arielle (our secretary, and a very discreet one at that) to discuss the pros and cons.
To be honest, I like Typepad. But sometimes I see all those Wordpress templates and plug-ins (particularly the music ones) and I get a little jealous. And I wonder what my life would be like had I not chosen Typepad. But I’ve made my bed, so now I lie in it, plug-ins be damned.
The Entrance: I am the first one there at 12 noon on a Sunday and the staff is very happy to see me. I pick a table in the front room and get myself situated. Sarah and Arielle arrive shortly thereafter and we quickly place our orders.
The Mains: I order the parpadelle with a bufala ragu. It’s amazing. It’s simple. It’s hot. It’s delicious. If I lived nearby, I would eat here all the time. This was one of those restaurant choices that had been made at the last possible moment, and the food so surprised and delighted me that I couldn’t stop telling our server (who was very charming) how fantastic everything was.
The Dessert: Ice cream. Perfect.
Service: I do so like my servers charming, flirtatious, and Italian.
The Verdict: I would love to go back here. Only gripe–I thought it was a bit pricey. I think if they brought prices down £2 to £3 per entree, they’d be packing them in.
