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| Inside Outside |
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| Free Olives, Tiny Mini Pizzas. |
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| Spaghetti alle Vongole. Clam Pasta. |
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| Footsie Under The Table x |
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| The Aperitif Wine |
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| And The Vines |
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| Gratin scallops, bread crumbs, sun-dried tomato, garlic, lemon wedge |
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| Whirr Whirr, Twirl. |
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| Chicory Salad with Walnuts and Parmigiano |
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| Homemade Wild Mushroom, Black Truffle Ravioli topped with Crayfish tails |
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| Al Fresco Subterranean Garden |
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| Tiramisu to Share |
#40 Naughty Forty
Running Up The Hill
Recently I have taken to running up the hill. I dont think its the hill which Kate Bush referred to, as I havent been trying to make any deals with god. Just trying to enjoy the green lung capacity of a metropolitan city. The hill being Primrose Hill.
'The Hill' when translated in Italian is 'La Collina' and the aptly named La Collina is a fantastic, discreet, modern Italian restaurant with a homemade feel located near the bottom southern end of Primrose Hill.
The restaurant is essentially a warm home from home, which is enhanced by the proprietor's clever choice of acquiring a residential georgian town house. It's ambience feels like just another neighbour going about its business. One neighbour is The Albert Pub which is a lovely place to have a pre dinner drink.
Spike Milligan would have loved it here at La Collina. Spike felt that piped music made a nice place into a noisy nice place. La Collina achieves a perfectly attractive quiet, where only the happy contented chatter of fellow diners fills the white walled rooms and leafy exterior garden space.
La Collina knows a thing or two about their wine and their homemade pasta and it is not a huge surprise it has become one of our Favourite Places To Eat over the last 3 years. Only once have we witnessed a menu mix up and on that occasion our fellow Japanese diners were offered the whole plate as a free appetiser, while the intended choice was prepared again exactly from scratch. It is this sort of genuine hospitable service that makes a good restaurant into a memorable one that you go back to.
The menu is always great and never disappoints as sometimes generic modern Italian food can do. On occasion some Italians have acquired the distinct reputation of over selling their wares. Here the reputation is effortlessly engineered by the quality of their ingredients and recipes. La Collina's Homemade Wild Mushroom Ravioli or Gratin Scallops served in their shells are a prime example of a whole kind of fresh and delicious.
The only evident problem with La Collina is it's the sort of place you want to keep a secret and not to blog about.
It was a tough decision and if we unable to get a table next time we will probably know why.
'The Hill' when translated in Italian is 'La Collina' and the aptly named La Collina is a fantastic, discreet, modern Italian restaurant with a homemade feel located near the bottom southern end of Primrose Hill.
The restaurant is essentially a warm home from home, which is enhanced by the proprietor's clever choice of acquiring a residential georgian town house. It's ambience feels like just another neighbour going about its business. One neighbour is The Albert Pub which is a lovely place to have a pre dinner drink.
Spike Milligan would have loved it here at La Collina. Spike felt that piped music made a nice place into a noisy nice place. La Collina achieves a perfectly attractive quiet, where only the happy contented chatter of fellow diners fills the white walled rooms and leafy exterior garden space.
La Collina knows a thing or two about their wine and their homemade pasta and it is not a huge surprise it has become one of our Favourite Places To Eat over the last 3 years. Only once have we witnessed a menu mix up and on that occasion our fellow Japanese diners were offered the whole plate as a free appetiser, while the intended choice was prepared again exactly from scratch. It is this sort of genuine hospitable service that makes a good restaurant into a memorable one that you go back to.
The menu is always great and never disappoints as sometimes generic modern Italian food can do. On occasion some Italians have acquired the distinct reputation of over selling their wares. Here the reputation is effortlessly engineered by the quality of their ingredients and recipes. La Collina's Homemade Wild Mushroom Ravioli or Gratin Scallops served in their shells are a prime example of a whole kind of fresh and delicious.
The only evident problem with La Collina is it's the sort of place you want to keep a secret and not to blog about.
It was a tough decision and if we unable to get a table next time we will probably know why.
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