Stuzzi – Harrogate
46b King's Road
Harrogate HG1 5JW, UK
Tel. +44 1423 705 852
BY NEAL MARTIN |
The Food
Nocellara green olives with Pane Misto (Barone’s freshly baked bread – focaccia and grissini)
Nero Fume – 30-day blues cows milk cheese with Piedmont honey
Culatello ham
Roasted butternut squash and chili salad with toasted pumpkin seeds, balsamic and pecorino
Fritto Misto – deep-fried sardines and king prawns with garlic, capers and lemon aioli
Brett Lee’s oregano ravioloni with fresh ricotta and porcini mushrooms
Marco’s beef and mortadella meatballs in spicy San Marzano tomato sauce
Stuzzi is the antithesis to the previous night’s gustatory calamity. Instead of being slapped across the face, it slips an arm around your waist and titillates the olfactory senses before sitting down. The warm glow of intuition tells you: “Good choice my son, good choice.” Intoxicating scents drift over from the open kitchen as you soak in the buzzing atmosphere of a young crowd interspersed by families educating their offspring the delights of authentic Italian cuisine.
