Yama Momo, Japanese Restaurant

Yama Momo, Japanese Restaurant

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Restaurant review: Artusi, Peckham

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Peckham’s food and restaurant scene is positively booming, yet when Victoria Purcell visited Artusi she discovered one restaurant that stands out from the crowd It was Jay Rayner’s review in The Observer that alerted me to the presence of Artusi, for it’s been too long since I set foot on Bellenden Road, Peckham’s fastest-evolving street.

Just three sentences into Jay’s review and he drops the words ‘salted anchovies’ – ‘If salted anchovies are involved it’s generally a good thing’, he says.

The menu is refreshingly spartan with just a few dishes – whatever’s good that day at Moxon’s fishmongers in East Dulwich, Flock & Herd butchers next door or Smithfield Market – chalked up on the board in as few words as possible.

Then it was on to the aforementioned spaghetti with anchovies, tossed in a garlic and butter sauce with herbs – probably the best pasta dish I’ve ever had.

Cost Two courses for two, £35 (excluding wine and service) What to eat… The menu changes all the time, but the spaghetti with anchovies was exceptional What to know… A few tables are available to book, otherwise arrive early

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