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Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Castello

Castello
192-196 Jamaica Rd
Rotherhithe, London
Tube: Bermondsey

Another random pick of restaurant, and this time really random. I told my fried to choose a number between 1 and 8, a number that would tell me how many stops we would go with the Jubilee line and choose a restaurant close to the station. When we stepped out of Bermondsey station it looked like everything was closed. It was so dark outside and we had no idea where we were. So the first (and maybe only) restaurant we saw was an Italian restaurant called Castello. They also had a sign outside with "Live Music at 7pm" When we entered the restaurant we heard a lady singing with Italian karaoke tracks, and I made a joke that she maybe was the warm-up band...but she wasn't.  Nothing wrong with her voice, it just felt a bit cheesy with the backing tracks.  The restaurant didn't have this rustique Italian interior that you might expect and it looked more like a canteen.  But our hunger was growing and after all we had decided to go for our "random plan". A lot of families had found their way to the restaurant and it feels like it's the local place to go out and eat.  This is what I chose from the menu
Spaghetti Vongole £10.90
 
 I actually looked a lot like the Spaghetti Vongole I got in Naples, and it tasted like it too.  Simple ingredients that can shine because they are not overpowered by each other. The tomatoes had a sweet taste as if they were just picked, the pasta perfectly al dente and plenty of mussels.  A Vongole is a typical Neapolitan dish.  Everywhere around Naples you will find dried chilies and the chilies are also a lead ingredient in the Vongole sauce.  What this restaurant is lacking in charm and interior, it makes up for in taste.

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