Cicchetti party

Cicchetti, Party, Gordo, Your Picture?

Well, Cicchetti, the new Italian all day restaurant on the ground floor of Kendals, opposite it’s big brother San Carlo, has opened to a delighted audience.

The eclectic menu is partly based on the Viennese method of delivering one-third sized dishes that you can order so that the table can try a number of dishes and aren’t stuck with one. It works well, but don’t get caught out like Gordo. He nipped in one evening for an early tea, ordered five dishes like he would tapas or dim sum and was met with a wall of food.

They serve these in no particular order you see, you get them as the chefs finish them. They are bigger than tapas and dim sum, so order a couple at a time, and keep going is Fattie’s advice.

We shall be in to do an official review, but in the meantime all Gordo can say is he is currently eating there on his days off.

The opening party was a corker, thank you Marcello and Carlo and the brigade, Gordo salutes you. Here are a load of shots taken by Gordo after a bottle of (good) Sicilian red. Sorry if you’re out of focus…