L’Anima
Café, 10 Appold St, London EC2A 2AP
www.lanimacafe.co.uk
11/10/2014
www.lanimacafe.co.uk
11/10/2014
She
said: It was one of those yucky, rainy London days and we were in the East End
suit shopping for him. After some cultural adventures we were hungry and
happened upon L’Anima Café which is next to the fancier restaurant which I have
been wanting to go to for a while. The restaurant was closed for lunch but the
café was welcoming so we went in. The café space is a large, warm, colourful
place with a wood fire oven for pizza, clearly what you should really order
here. But I wasn’t in the mood for pizza so ordered a cannelloni which was
really delicious and great value at £8.50; in fact because of the price he got
twitchy about me ordering it thinking it would be a tiny portion but alas he
was wrong and I would have struggled to eat anything else – as proven by my failed
plans to raid his pizza. I did squeeze one slice of pizza in which again was
delicious. L’Anima was a good accidental find and worth coming to if in the
Liverpool Street/Shoreditch area and prices are much better value than the
restaurant next door and the atmosphere relaxed but chic – though I remain keen
to compare.
He
said: We stumbled into L’Anima somewhat by chance but next time I assure you it
will be by design – I enjoyed pretty much everything about it. Given its
location (at the foot of a brand new skyscraper in the city) you might guess
that this isn’t going to be the candle-in-chianti-bottle variety of Italian.
It’s bright, sleek, smart but laid-back, and modern; well, modern in design at
least: Italians being fussier eaters than just about anyone else I’ve met,
every dish is the survivor of generations of Italians bickering about its
precise constituents and preparation. Lucky for us too: I had a delicious chick
pea soup to start, followed by a garlic pizza which was exactly as advertised:
with at least a whole head of garlic cloves, their heat mellowed by slow
caramelizing. L’Anima is around the corner from its ritzier, fine-dining
sibling, but being partial to big portions and small prices, I’d quite happy
keep coming back here instead. The drinks list is good too; this would be an
excellent choice for a night out with a bunch of people.
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