Southern Italian food in London fft. Rossella
AD 🍝 Rossella 🍝
Rossella is a family-run restaurant that serves traditional Italian food which is inspired by their southern Italian origin.
Stepping into the restaurant, you will be welcomed by wide selection of Italian snacks, ingredients, sauces, wines displayed against a backdrop of rich green tiles. Every staff is friendly and we were provided with attentive services.
✨Here’s my review✨
1️⃣ Starters
🍞 Garlic Bread – The Italians do it best
💰 £7.00
🌟 7/10
We tried their garlic bread which is slightly from the usual kind you gotta get in the restaurant – it came in the shape of round pizza which is baked and brushed with garlic butter sauce. You can add mozarella for additional £1.
🧀 Burrata
💰 £10.00
🌟 7/10
One of the best Burrata I’ve ever tried across London – it’s really creamy, smooth and milky. You can add Parma ham which is one of italy most popular prosciutto for £3.
Definitely recommend them to add some fresh tomatoes to provide the refreshing flavours.
🍆 Aubergine Parmigiana ( v )
💰 £9.50
🌟 8/10
All their starters brings unique wow factor in its own way. Absolutely love their layers of aubergine which is slow-cooked with tomato and topped with mozarella and parmigiano cheese. It’s served sizzling hot and tastes absolutely delicious.
2️⃣ Mains
🍝 Tagliatelle Funghi & Tartufo (v)
💰 £16.00
🌟 6.8/10
Their presentation lures me to ordering this dish to try – it’s fresh and made with porcini mushroom and black truffle with the pasta cooked in white wine sauce. The pasta is creamy but I’m quite disappointed by the flavour.
I love truffles but I couldn’t taste much of its nutty and earthy flavour apart from strong mushroom flavour. Perhaps you need to add addititiojal seasoning (salt & pepper) to enhance the flavour.
🍝 Spaghetti Scoglio
💰 £16.00
🌟 8.5/10
Their seafood pasta is spectacular and outstanding. The spaghetti is served with a wide variety of seafood which includes calamari, king prawn, clams and mussels.
It’s sautéed with garlic, white wine & tomato sauce. It’s so fresh that, it’s seems as if Im tasting the sea 🌊 flavour.
🍕 Verde
💰 £12.00
🌟 6.8/10
The pizza base is topped with aubergines, courgettes, peppers and basil before being roasted in the oven.
I’m a bit surprised to see how the pizza is covered fully by wild rocker!! It’s not clearly mentioned in the menu or I might have missed it. I’m probably biased and don’t do a fair justice here for the rating because I’m not a huge fan of wild rocket!
Ignoring the wild rocket, It’s actually finger-licking good. You can tuck in with fork and knife or tear it up easily using your hands. It’s oddly satisfying to tear it!! The dough is crispy and could get a little bit too dry.
3️⃣ Desserts
🍰 Tiramisu cake
💰 £7.90 TBC
🌟 7.5/10
Hmm it’s probably one of the best coffee-layered cake with strong coffee taste. I like how they gave extra cup of coffee syrup for you to pour all over the cake. The cake itself is spongy and fluffy.
🍫 Affogato
💰 £7.90 TBC
🌟 7.5/10
It tasted just like other affogato – vanilla ice cream served with espresso ☕️. The interesting combination of bitter coffee with sweet ice cream makes everything tasted surprisingly good.
4️⃣ Drinks
🥂 Pear Mojito 7
Refreshing mocktail with pear juice, basil, mint & sparkling water.
🥂 Sparkling Peach Sunrise 6
Simple and refreshing, the Sparkling Peach Sunrise combines peach juice, lemonade and grenadine.
Conclusion
🤩Rating: 8/10
💷 Price: ££
🎯Worth revisit: YAS 👏 high quality Italian cuisines with excellent taste! I love their starter range the most! Check it out! 🙂
📍Rossella | Kentish Town
⏰ Opening hours: Mon – Sat 08:30 – 22:30; Sun (Closed)
🚂 Train station: Kentish Town station
Equipment: I took all the photos above using Sony Alpha 7 II | Full-Frame Mirrorless Camera.
Don’t forget to check out my other posts regarding the London restaurant reviews, if you are interested to dine in, in places like Galaxy, Sushi Samba, The Ivy Market Grill and Feya Cafe.