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Pass an afternoon with a well thought-out antipasto in the cheerful walled garden or make a (Sardinian) night of it. Start with a terrine of foie gras and figs, then take your sweet time to study the menu – a fantasy of inspired pasta dishes with several worthwhile uses for veal. Ask about special and off menu options such as bottarga (dried fish) shaved over pasta with peppers. Chef/owner Efisio Farris offers cooking classes – not a bad way to spend the day.
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Solero’s Arturo Boada and restaurateur/ bar impresario Bill Sadler joined forces for this tapas joint. Sadler’s influence is seen in the homemade sangria and exquisite mojito while Boarda provides zesty nibbles and filling seafood meals. Try fried snapper and shrimp spiked with ginger and served on plantains for a light summer meal or kick back with drinks, nosh on shellfish or shrimps and enjoy the scene. Besame Mucho!
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Don’t let the palatial size or multi-page menu throw you – Kim Son has the heart of the friendly family restaurant Kim Su Tran La 'Mama La’ opened 25 years ago. Awards and accolades pile up, the family business grows to include two more super-sized restaurants and yet the things that made Kim Son so successful – service and wonderful Viet[name]se food – never change. Come with a large group and see if you can make it through half the menu.
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The Tyrolean theme’s a bit thick – if the St Pauli girl shacked up with a troll, this is where they’d live – but the cabbage rolls, Wiener Schnitzel, and sauerbraten make it easy to endure the kitsch. Rich gravies and delicate spices bring out the flavours and, if after five or six beers, you begin to worry about your weight, console yourself with the lo-carb qualities of the menu. Live music may stir the urge to oom and pah pah.
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