Traveling and Dining: Babbo - Italian Restaurant, London

A quaint restaurant seats about 40 at most, only a short walk of busy Picadilly area that offers authentic Italian cuisine cooked from scratch and well presented. The restaurant itself laid nicely and bright with crisp white cloth on each table that looked very inviting. A few traditional ornaments on the wall to give the Italian touch, but what we love the most is the iron work on the stair case. It gives a nice character to the place.

As we were looking through the menu, a selection of bread was served. And of course we could not resist. What could be better than freshly baked bread dunked in extra virgin olive oil with a sprinkle of salt and black pepper?

So, we have decided to start with Calamari Fritti and Carpaccio di Tonno. Excellent choices. As they turned out very fresh, tender, melt in the mouth and tasty yet light. And as the main-course we shared a Branzino in Crosta di Sale - Wild Sea Bass in Salt Crust. It was not quite the one we were expecting, but it was rather good. The salt crust worked to keep the fish nice and moist. Although it would have been nicer to be served with some little vegetables instead of a generous portion of roast potato. We found it a little bit heavy all together.

The highlight of our lunch at the end were the desserts. We had pistachio creme brûlée and creamy Burrata Caprese style... True delight... Would not mind going there again...