Hello! And a very warm welcome, to my blog.
Today I shall be reviewing a restaurant, somewhat closer to home.
ZIZZI
Location:
This Italian styled Restaurant is in the West Sussex cathedral city of Chichester.
If you know where the Argos store is, then it should be quite easy to find.
If however you do not know, then it is in South Street, which is one of the 4 streets from the central Chichester Cross.
When you walk near the end of South Street, there are quite a few Bars, Cafes and Restaurants to choose from, among all is Zizzi.
The front look from the street is very smart and clean.
The Interior/Decor:
The Bar space, with the stairs leading to the upper floor, and the "open" Kitchen and Pizza oven cooking area.
The interior space has a "homely" feeling to it, yet also with a light twist of modern. Cosy, slightly "Shabby Chic" chairs, combine well with the unusual black and white murals, which climb over the wall and ceiling.
We wait a few moments, and eventually we are warmly greeted by a server who sounds possibly Italian, and shown to our table. (There is an choice to dine on the upper floor, but that option was closed today).
The Menu:
A good selection of dishes, and some Seafood choices to choose from too.
The Pizza section has a nice range.
Oh! And there is a Tapas section also.
Chillies!!!:
The choices sound quite appealing to me, but it seems a lot of the main courses contain chillies,
(That might sound great to you, but i am not the worlds biggest fan of chilli peppers).
I just find that when chilli peppers are used the dish is either flaming hot, or seriously far beyond what should be humanly possible to eat hot.
But, today i shall reserve judgement until the food arrives. (Lets think positive!)
We place our order, and hope for something quite authentically Italian in some small way.
The food arrives:
First to arrive is the garlic bread. (£3.95)
(It comes on a slice of wood, which is a nice touch.
It smells of garlic butter, and the taste is great, it is nice and warm, crispy shell, soft on the middle, I can taste the sea salt and the herbs. Overall it tastes really good.
Next was the Pizza (from the Bambino/Child's menu). (£6.50)
It looks like a rustic style hand made Pizza, and the size was good for a child's portion.
The smell was good, but the amount of topping was slightly disappointing, as the way it was cut meant that some sections had no toppings on.
The young person who ate this Pizza commented that the chicken was too spicy for their taste buds.
(The kids menu has a meal option which comes with 4 dough sticks, a main course, and a dessert).
Here comes the Linguine ai Gamberi. (£11.95)
This looks like it might be quite good, there are plenty of King Prawns around and enough sauce and pasta.
The prawns are nice and succulent, but seem to lack sauce flavour. (must have been steamed separately).
The Linguine pasta tasted good, whilst the sauce had a slightly sour taste (under ripe UK tomatoes).
Now, at last here is the Squid ink Linguine. (£11.50)
There is a lot of Squid on the pasta, (looks good!).
Again, the portion size seems correct, the pasta is nicely coloured with the ink.
Unfortunately however some of the squid is on the chewy side, and they have only gone and used some chilli peppers! in the sauce. I think it was too spicy for a normal palate.
Such a shame because the Linguine pasta it's self tasted good, and was nicely cooked to al dente..
Dessert:
I must pass on the dessert today, and instead order a hot chocolate, and we order 2 scoops Vanilla ice-cream for our junior diner as part of the kids menu meal.
Personal rating system:
I find it very difficult to rate the food today, as some people might enjoy their food on the slightly spicy scale, whilst others can consume extremely hot dishes.
I can say from my own personal taste today i award an 8 out of 10
And for price: 7 out of 10
Would i return in the future?......Probably... but i would order a different dish.
Many thanks for reading my post!....
If you wish to contact/visit the restaurant Zizzi, here are some useful contact details you might need.
ZIZZI
43 South Street
Chichester
Telephone: 01243 839089
http://www.zizzi.co.uk/venue/index/chichester
If you know where the Argos store is, then it should be quite easy to find.
If however you do not know, then it is in South Street, which is one of the 4 streets from the central Chichester Cross.
When you walk near the end of South Street, there are quite a few Bars, Cafes and Restaurants to choose from, among all is Zizzi.
The Interior/Decor:
We wait a few moments, and eventually we are warmly greeted by a server who sounds possibly Italian, and shown to our table. (There is an choice to dine on the upper floor, but that option was closed today).
The Menu:
Chillies!!!:
The choices sound quite appealing to me, but it seems a lot of the main courses contain chillies,
(That might sound great to you, but i am not the worlds biggest fan of chilli peppers).
I just find that when chilli peppers are used the dish is either flaming hot, or seriously far beyond what should be humanly possible to eat hot.
But, today i shall reserve judgement until the food arrives. (Lets think positive!)
We place our order, and hope for something quite authentically Italian in some small way.
The food arrives:
(It comes on a slice of wood, which is a nice touch.
It smells of garlic butter, and the taste is great, it is nice and warm, crispy shell, soft on the middle, I can taste the sea salt and the herbs. Overall it tastes really good.
It looks like a rustic style hand made Pizza, and the size was good for a child's portion.
The smell was good, but the amount of topping was slightly disappointing, as the way it was cut meant that some sections had no toppings on.
The young person who ate this Pizza commented that the chicken was too spicy for their taste buds.
(The kids menu has a meal option which comes with 4 dough sticks, a main course, and a dessert).
This looks like it might be quite good, there are plenty of King Prawns around and enough sauce and pasta.
The prawns are nice and succulent, but seem to lack sauce flavour. (must have been steamed separately).
The Linguine pasta tasted good, whilst the sauce had a slightly sour taste (under ripe UK tomatoes).
There is a lot of Squid on the pasta, (looks good!).
Again, the portion size seems correct, the pasta is nicely coloured with the ink.
Unfortunately however some of the squid is on the chewy side, and they have only gone and used some chilli peppers! in the sauce. I think it was too spicy for a normal palate.
Such a shame because the Linguine pasta it's self tasted good, and was nicely cooked to al dente..
Dessert:
I must pass on the dessert today, and instead order a hot chocolate, and we order 2 scoops Vanilla ice-cream for our junior diner as part of the kids menu meal.
Personal rating system:
I find it very difficult to rate the food today, as some people might enjoy their food on the slightly spicy scale, whilst others can consume extremely hot dishes.
I can say from my own personal taste today i award an 8 out of 10
And for price: 7 out of 10
Would i return in the future?......Probably... but i would order a different dish.
Many thanks for reading my post!....
If you wish to contact/visit the restaurant Zizzi, here are some useful contact details you might need.
ZIZZI
43 South Street
Chichester
Telephone: 01243 839089
http://www.zizzi.co.uk/venue/index/chichester
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