Italian restaurant near Queen Square, Bloomsbury
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Read the storyRisotto and the seafood table, from asparagus to vongole
Risotto rewards restaurants that refuse to hurry it, and ours is stirred to order in the King's Cross kitchen. The Fiena main menu carries two: arborio with king prawns, seasonal asparagus, white wine and parmesan, and the creamy mushroom risotto with parmesan and butter that regulars treat as a reference dish.
The seafood run continues
Linguine frutti di mare brings a full mix of seafood in bisque, chilli and tomato. Linguine vongole answers with clams, baby prawns and cherry tomatoes. Further up the menu, mussels arrive in a pan of capers, anchovies, olives and white wine with toasted bread for the sauce, and the marinated seafood plate keeps things cold, sharp and citrusy.
White wine territory
This is what the Gavi di Gavi and Albarino on the wine list were built for, crisp, mineral, unbothered. From midday every day at 4 Medway Court, Judd Street, minutes from St Pancras. Book a table.
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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