La Porchetta is a great Italian restaurant! I have always just had pizza at this restaurant, but this time, as I was with my brother, we also decided to sample some of their starter dishes!

The Funghi Ripieni reminded me of a Spanish tapas dish, just because it was served in a little clay pot! This starter of stuffed mushrooms was lovely and it was in a rich tomato sauce. I’m not too sure what the mushrooms were stuffed with but they were very tasty!

The deep fried calamari was another good starter. The rings of calamari were not greasy and went well with the tartare sauce and the sweet chilli sauce!

Now onto La Porchetta’s pizzas! The Vegetariana pizza was a tomato based pizza. It said on the menu that it had mixed vegetables for the topping, so I wasn’t sure which vegetables I would be getting! The pizza did not disappoint. It was generously topped with spinach, olives, artichokes, and peppers.

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If you have a craving for chicken, which I had on this particular day, then Nando’s hits the spot perfectly! It had to be the quarter chicken with their famous PERi-PERi mango and lime sauce! The chicken was fresh and succulent and you can tell that Nando’s don’t use frozen chicken. As the meat had been flame grilled, it was crispy and not greasy at all.

The chicken breast burger was also a good choice. The Portuguese white bread roll was soft and made the burger even more moreish! This dish had the lemon and herb marinade and it was really tasty!

Even though the rice is stated as spicy rice, it wasn’t but it still had a lot of flavour. It made a good alternative to the fries although you do get a good portion of fries, if that’s what you would prefer!

Nando’s do some vegetarian options and salads too. The houmous with pitta bread is good and goes even better with the creamy sweet potato mash. We did have the crunchy lemon pudding on one occasion. It was a lemon curd like dessert on a biscuit base, but I found that it was just that little too zingy for my liking!

This Nando’s was over two floors and it had nice artwork and relaxing music. The staff were really friendly and the service was good. We experienced service with a smile!

Nando’s, 57-58 Chalk Farm Road, Camden, London, NW1 8AN

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