Delicious By Franco

Delicious By Franco

Delicious Restaurant and Pizzeria is run by an Italian family from Venice. We use the freshest authentic ingredients to make every dish a joy

Welcome to Delicious Restaurant and Pizzeria by Franco in the heart of Kentish Town London

Francesca from london Food was delicious.

Chiara, NW6 Always excellent food when I order from this restaurant, and the delivery is always quick.

The house red was really light and fruity really recommend this place for traditional Italian food, lovely staff and a really cosy restaurant.

We've been several times, and not only is the food to die for but the service is second to none.

The space is a bit on the cosy side, but, all together dining at Delicious takes you to another time and place.

http://www.deliciousbyfranco.co.uk

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Review analysis
food  

A casual visitor to NW5 may miss the fact that there are two excellent Sardinian restaurants (Pane Vino and Nuraghe), a Neapolitan trattoria (Rossella), several pizza and pasta outlets, and, perhaps most hidden of all, a tiny Venetian bacaro.

Delicious by Franco opened three years ago as a simple cafe, and in 2011 was revamped into Kentish Town’s most bijou dining room.

The family come from Caorle, a coastal town in the province of Venice, and dotted around the walls are pictures from the area, including black and white images of the fishermen’s huts where Hemingway found inspiration for his last novel ‘Across the River and into The Trees.’

We started with conchiglia di mare (main pic), a simple plate of large king prawns and mussels served on home made thyme bread with a delicious sauce made from garlic and, said the head chef after the meal, ‘something I can’t tell you’.

This was an exercise in balance, the chargrilled flesh in smooth buttery prosecco sauce perfectly complemented by very bitter red radiccho de Treviso.

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ambience   food   drinks  

Here, the chefs switch up the menu every couple of months to reflect what’s in season and the single-page dinner menu makes things simple: small plates or large ones.

The tapas-style dishes were good for sharing: the duck egg arrived in a crisp breadcrumb coating, while succulent chorizo chunks oozed unctuous juices, accompanied by prawns and padrón peppers (although these lacked real flavour).

Small haddock chunks and peas gave it subtle bite, and shavings of chives and cheese added extra layers to every soothing mouthful.

The cumin-roasted cauliflower steak (bathed in date honey and served with harissa kale) worked beautifully: the sweetness was balanced with a slight spiciness, and the scattered roasted hazelnuts gave good crunch.

Dessert was decent – the pistachio crème brûlée had a good, snappy top, and the so-called sticky date pudding was delectable, although it missed that medal-worthy adhesiveness.

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