Burrata, bresaola and the case for starting with antipasti

Bresaola and burrata bowl with sourdough held over a marble table at Fiena, King's Cross

The best tables start crowded. The starters section of the Fiena main menu is built for exactly that: plates that land in the middle of the table and vanish while everyone argues over mains, from midday every day in King's Cross.

Cheese and cured things

Caprese pairs buffalo mozzarella with heritage tomato and basil. Creamy burrata and cured meats headline our sharing boards on the group menu, and the bruschetta keeps it simple with marinated plum tomatoes, garlic and good olive oil.

The fried and the seared

Arancini come two ways, mushroom with saffron sauce or nduja with pink sauce. Baby calamari arrives crisp with tartar sauce, padron peppers get flaked sea salt, and pan-fried scallops in lemon butter make an early bid for dish of the night. Tiger prawns and mussels carry the seafood flag in garlic, white wine and tomato.

Burrata with bresaola, leaves and sourdough at Fiena restaurant in King's Cross

Open from midday at 4 Medway Court, Judd Street, near King's Cross station. Book a table and bring people who share.

Visit Fiena

Book a table on Judd Street.

Breakfast from 8am, the full Italian menu from midday. Walk-ins are always welcome whenever we have space.

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