Menu from The Tooting Italian
Menu highlights
Includes dishes that are:
Vegetarian
Antipasti
Tomato Bruschetta (V)
Toasted italian bread with fresh tomato garlic and basil extra virgin oil.
Burrata Pugliese
creamy buffalo mozzarella from Puglia served with heritage tomato pesto dressing
Carpaccio Classico
beef fillet carpaccio with rocket cherry tomato, parmesan shavings and lemon oil
Tagliatella ai Funghi di Bosco
homemade tagliatelle with mixed wild mushrooms and truffle oil
Gnocchi ‘Nduja e Mozzarella
homemade potato dumplings with Calabrian spicy sausage and mozzarella
Tagliolini Gamberi, Vongole e Pistacchio
egg tagliolini with king prawns, clams and pistachio
Specials
Parmigiana di Melanzane
layers of fried aubergines tomato sauce and mozzarella topped with parmesan
Pesce Spada in Padella
pan fried swordfish in cappers tomato and olives sauce with green beans salad
Branzino Grigliato
grilled fillet of sea bass on a bed of sauté spinach and salmoriglio sauce
More about the restaurant: The Tooting Italian
The Tooting Italian doesn’t give two hoots about anything but simple, rustic Italian cuisine, served with a smile at their Tooting High Street restaurant. Just a couple of minutes from Tooting Broadway tube station, The Tooting Italian is a family-friendly affair run by Giuseppe Itri that has quickly become a fixture in this south London district’s dining scene for its Italian atmosphere, and even more Italian menu, laden with dishes both familiar and less well-known.
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It didn’t take long for the residents of south London’s Tooting to twig to the fact that they finally had some fine trattoria-style Italian food on their doorstep. The Tooting Italian is right on Tooting High Street, just minutes from Tooting Broadway station and across from the hospital (worth mentioning because this workers from this big local employer get a small discount). And speaking of health, The Tooting Italian’s authentic Italian cuisine is bursting with all the healthful flavour you’d expect from this Mediterranean cuisine when it’s done right.
Done right it certainly is. Proprietor Giuseppe Itri has compiled a list of recipes that represent Italian cookery just as nonna does it. The menu at this Tooting High Street Italian restaurant is structured according to tradition: antipasti, primi, secondi, contorni and insalata, pizze, and dolci to finish. That’s the running order at any Italian restaurant worth its oregano, and this south London homage to authentic Italian follows suit admirably. There’s also a kids’ menu to get the younger one’s used to la dolce vita early.