When it arrives to Cape City Italian restaurants, specifically pizzas and pastas I’m a snob. Sure I acknowledge it, I am a total pasta snob. Pasta wants to be cooked to perfection… al dente. Si! Not soft not uncooked but al dente… Throw it on the ceiling if you want to but make positive its appropriate.
Il Leone should be one of the ideal Italian eating places in Cape City and a single its very best stored tricks. I first identified this delightful small location on a company lunch – I.e. an justification to escape the business office, pretend to talk about critical things and consume actual Italian wine. Our waiter had an genuine Italian accent, a very good sign till I spoke Italian with him and he stared blankly back again at me – born and bred South African – our falso-italiano. He did however have an amazing talent at picking our dishes for us and deciding on precisely what we needed to purchase. For Conseil en restauration selected the Tagliatelle ai Porcini (of course- clean porcini mushrooms in Africa!) in an olive oil and garlic sauce. The planet all around me ceased to exist – wow. All I can say is that it was perfetto. The ideal mix of flavour and texture and I even experienced some takeaways! He also chose the Penne Gamberetti and Scallopine di Vitello con Porcini (vealescalopes) for the other folks. Currently being the addict that I am I clearly sampled these as well and have to admit that they also were amazing. Il Leone absolutely falls under my leading restaurants in Cape City for atmosphere and wonderful foods, and the Tagliatelle ai Porcini as one particular of my favorite dishes.
This quaint Italian restaurant is situated in Eco-friendly Level, not much from the V&A Waterfront and Beluga. The ambience is lovely – It’s cosy and quite wise, and often appears to be occupied. They could also incorporate a handful of more affordable wine options to the menu but in any other case its wonderful! Support is also excellent. I recently took my females there for our monthly ladies night time and by the conclude of the night they all walked out converts. Our custom is to investigate a new restaurant or bar when a thirty day period and they’ve been begging to go back again for seconds. Two dishes that also took my breath away in pure deliciousness ended up the butternut ravioli in a 4 cheese sauce and the big artichoke and ricotta panzotti in a butter and sage sauce. Wine: we recommend the Italian Frascati. Complete perfection and you will not even want to go to Italy. This is absolutely a single of Cape Town’s very best Italian restaurants!