Restaurants: Trullo, Islington, London
Trullo describes itself as a British take on Italian cooking. I went for lunch with a bottle of Foillard Côte du Puy (corkage is £20, which is very reasonable) and had one of the best meals of the year (admittedly a year of relatively little eating out by my standards over the last few years).
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Sardines were perfect. And the grouse! So good.
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It all matched very well with the Foillard, which was the 2018, famed for its richness and 14.5% alcohol. This is a very ripe expression of Côte du Py, and for some I can understand it being too ripe. In this context it worked pretty well.
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The menu changes daily, which I really like – but the downside is that these specific dishes probably won’t be on it if you visit. I reckon this is the sort of place where everything is really good, and it’s also a place where you can lunch well and not go broke. Highly recommended.