Fucina

Fucina's contemporary and honest approach to Italian Food is what sets us apart. Italian food is bold, rich and satisfying without being heavy.

Fucina | Italian Restaurant & Lounge | Marylebone | London

http://www.fucina.co.uk

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Fucina restaurant and Panetteria have nestled in comfortably in Marylebone’s trendy Chiltern Street, tempting locals and Italian food lovers with premium quality Italian produce, dining and drinking experiences.

For a more formal and fabulous experience you can dine at the stunning Fucina, curated by restauranteur Kurt Zdesar.

Naturally, Kurt has the very best seasonal and organic produce to create innovative yet wholesome dishes elevating simple ingredients to umami-rich creations, in true Italian style.

One of their most talked about features is their private dining room which is accessed downstairs via a staircase that wraps around the seven-metre-high walk-in wine room where diners are able to select wines from the predominantly Italian wine list.

The floor to ceiling glass wall between the private dining room and kitchen provides guests with a chef’s table experience observing the drama of the open kitchen and also the wood-fired pit.

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The star of the show is the wood-fired pit, which has inspired the menu and given architect Andy Martin some design cues.

The contrast between these sculptural curves, the substantial marble bar and the stained glass effect screens gives the place an eerily beautiful ambiance.

The Italian-inspired menu is separated into plates, pizza, pasta and a fucina selection of meats and fish cooked over the wood-fired pit.

Wild boar lardo crostini come drenched in the most delicious, sticky truffled honey; the burnt purple broccoli with garlic, fennel seeds and chilli has a pleasantly charred taste; and the sweet potato with spiced yoghurt is equally as moreish.

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Restaurateur Kurt Zdesar – the founder of London dim sum chain Ping Pong and a former director of operations at Nobu – opened his latest venture in the capital, Italian restaurant Fucina, in October.

Also in the diverse Zdesar stable are Japanese-Peruvian restaurant Chotto Matte in Soho and, launched in March this year, Pacific Rim venue Black Roe in Mayfair.

Behind the forbidding-looking heavy wooden door, which is guarded by a doorman, is a stylish and social 110-seat restaurant – stepping into the warmth from the wintery evening outside, I had my coat taken by welcoming reception staff and was shown to my table.

It’s an attractive, relaxed space – immediately ahead as you enter, you can sit up to the grey marble bar for coffee and cocktails; then as the bar curves around, you see staff slicing cured meats and prepping small plates.

To the right as you enter, beyond a seven-metre-high wine wall, steps lead down to a private dining space with an open kitchen and chef’s table.

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It's an expansive, beautifully designed space that challenges notions of what an Italian restaurant should look like, with a sweeping red-brick ceiling that mimics the shape of a pizza oven.

This is a very stylish restaurant indeed – fortunately though, this doesn't come at the cost of good food.

Advertisement - Continue Reading Below The lowdownEverything on the menu is organic, with the aim of delivering delicious yet heathy Italian food.

The spaghetti vongole is light yet nourishing, and the pork shoulder, served pink, had a delicious melt-in-your-mouth quality.Perfect for...…dinner or lunch with aesthete friends who have an appreciation of design as well as hearty food.

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Back in the day Zdesar was responsible for launching Nobu restaurants around the world, setting up the dim sum chain Ping Pong, and working with Alan Yau to open Hakkasan.

There are echoes of Nobu and Hakkasan in Fucina’s lavishly designed space, with its doorman-equipped large wooden entry designed with the intention of welcoming London’s great and good.

A seemingly brick-clad ceiling undulates with upside down hills in a theatrical design move that screams of extravagance, but among the polish an open kitchen and on-display pizza oven reference a more humble approach to Italian food.

The contrast is reflected on the menu, which kicks off with a selection of small plates before leading into bigger pasta, pizza and flame-cooked dishes.

It’s black truffle which headlines a dish of lusciously creamy stracciatella and delicate red prawns, but the crustaceans which steal the show.

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This was meant to be a restaurant, not a nightclub.

Then I went inside, heard the music, and had second thoughts.

I can never understand restaurants that play loud music.

To be clear: I have nothing against loud music per se.

Loud music is great at, for example, a rock gig.