Lunch at il Mascalzone

Hey everyone, it's food blogging today! For those who know me, knows how much I love food and Italian is one of my favourite cuisines. Anyway, about a month ago I found this Italian restaurant in Edgware which I went with my parents and my younger brother. We were very pleased with our first experience there so we went there a second time inviting a few friends from our church.

For starters we ordered 2 Pizza Tomato Bread and 2 Cozze Provincialli (fresh mussels in a tomatoes sauce).  The Pizza bread was good but it got taken over by the mussels. The mussels were fresh and the tomato sauce just tasted so good. Sorry, forgot to take a picture of them.

When we Chinese people go out to eat, we tend to create our on buffet on our table. Order a dish each and then share it amongst us. See image below.

So what are those delicious dishes in the photo?

Starting from bottom right; Risotto Marinara (Italian rice with tomatoes & seafood), Spaghetti neri cozze e vongole (Home made black ink squid pasta with seafood with tomatoes & chilli), Tagliatelle di Mamma Teresa (Radicchio, bacon, garlic & cream), Pizza was Americana, Gnocchi gamberi e zucchine (Potato gnocchi with prawns, courgettes & cream), Spaghetti bolognese, Ravioli Florentina, and Spaghetti ala Carbonara. 

Gnocchi gamberi e zucchine was my choice from the special menu. I think I made a good choice because almost everything was pasta and the potato gnocchi had a chewy texture which was quite different to pasta. But that wasn't my favourite, my favourite was the black in squid spaghetti. Loved the texture of the pasta, wasn't too soft or too hard, I guess that is what you call Al dente! 

You must try their home made gelato, Italian ice cream. They have 10 flavours, I had the honey dew melon.

The price is affordable, £8 on average for a pasta dish. Portions are big. There were 8 of us and we ordered 8 dishes but still couldn't finish them. il Mascalzone is better than those franchise Italian restaurant, i.e. Bella Italia, Pizza Express, etc. So I would recommend this if you're looking for something more authentic.

You can find them at: 120 Station Road, Edgware, London, HA8 7AA. Tel: 0208 951 5533

They have another branch in Putney : Putney High Street, London, SW15 1SP. Tel: 0208 7854793

Both branch open 7 days a week, 12pm until 12am.