Menu from Caravaggio
Menu highlights
Includes dishes that are:
Vegetarian
Starters
Consommé di Funghi Selvatici, Lenticchie, Spinacini e Straccetti d’Anatra
consommé with wild mushrooms, lentils, baby spinach and crisp duck strips with sour dough croutons
Gravadlax di Salmone e Branzino su Crostino di Pane di Segale con Panna Acida al Rafano
Stornoway salmon and sea bass gravadlax with rye bread and horseradish crème fraîche
Mosaico di Polipo con Gamberi Rossi di Sicilia, Germogli di Piselli, Mango ed Emulsione al Limone
octopus carpaccio with seared Mazzara del Vallo red prawns, pea shoots, mango and a lemon emulsion
Mains
Spaghetti alla Sorrentina
spaghetti in a fresh San Marzano tomato sauce with buffalo mozzarella and basil
Saltimbocca di Capesante, Crema di Cavolfiore, Capperi di Pantelleria e Patatine Dolci
sautéed scallops wrapped in pancetta, cauliflower cream, caper berries and sweet potato crisps
Costoletta di Vitello alla Milanese con Rucola e Pomodorini al Balsamico
veal cutlet Milanese Style with rocket and balsamic Pachino cherry tomatoesControfiletto di Manzo
Desserts
Gelati o Sorbetti Misti
selection of homemade ice cream or sorbet
Semifreddo al Pistacchio di Bronte con Croccante alle Nocciole e Cioccolato Bianco
pistachio semifreddo with hazelnut and white chocolate croquante
Mousse Calda al Cioccolato con Gelato alla Vaniglia
warm chocolate mousse with vanilla icecream
Wine
Bianca ’13 Castello di Cigognola (Piedmont)
Barbera (White)
Carricante Eruzione 1614 ‘12 Planeta (Sicily)
Carricante, Riesling (white)
Cervaro della Sala ‘10 Castello della Sala (Umbria)
Chardonnay, Grechetto (white)
Centine ’12 Castello Banfi (Tuscany)
Sangiovese, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot (red)
Cabernet Sauvignon ’10 Katnook Estate (Coonawarra, Australia)
Cabernet Sauvignon (red)
. I Sodi di San Niccolò ’08 Castellare di Castellina (Tuscany)
Sangiovese, Malvasia Nera (red)
More about the restaurant: Caravaggio
Italian master painter Caravaggio is renowned for the sensual and innovative use of his materials, conferring him a definitive place in Italian and Baroque art history. Similarly, London Italian restaurant Caravaggio’s fine Italian cuisine is known as the most serious in the City of London, with its luxurious, art deco premises down Leadenhall Street being formally opened by none other than Luciano Pavarotti in 1996. Despite its spacious premises, Caravaggio is, unsurprisingly, a very busy spot, especially at lunchtimes. Although a welcome wait is to be had at their marble-topped bar by the entrance, bookings are absolutely essential to avoid disappointment.
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Thinking about making a Caravaggio booking?
Caravaggio is one of London’s best Italian restaurants, famed for its uncompromising attitude when it comes to seriously fine Italian cuisine. Slap bang in the middle of the City of London’s square mile, would-be diners pour out of Liverpool Street, Bank, Aldgate, and Tower Hill stations to grab a lunchtime table here, with crowds anxiously waiting at the marble-topped bar near the entrance to Caravaggio’s imposing premises in a former banking hall. Needless to say: book in advance. And it is worth mentioning the setting for what is likely to be your Italian dining experience of the year. Designer Tony Thomas worked his magic on the place, preserving the art deco light fixtures that hang two stories up above the elegant dining room, and extending a mezzanine around the whole affair to accommodate up to 150 eager diners. The icing on the beautifully presented cake is the fact that Caravaggio, which was opened in 1996, to much acclaim, by tenor and erstwhile gourmand Luciano Pavarotti.
Caravaggio’s a la carte menu is something special, difficult to match even in a city such as London, packed as it is with quality Italian cuisine. Caravaggio is one of a family of London Italian restaurants, whose legacy has been growing since its inception in 1951. The same uncomplicated values of Italian cuisine remain, with their expert chefs using fresh and simple ingredients in creative ways. Caravaggio’s menu is bursting with classically structured voyages through antipasti, pasta and pesce, carne and contorni, rounded off with dolci and formaggi that would still make Pavarotti’s ample mouth water. Book a table at Caravaggio’s Leadenhall Street premises for a true taste of Italian fine dining.
OUR SET LUNCHTIME MENUS
2 courses for £17.50
3 courses £23.00