Paperino's
Food in Scotland
Paperino's
283 Sauchiehall Street
Glasgow
0141 332 3800
Paperino's has been a feature on Glasgow's culinary scene for some years now and judging how difficult it is to book a last minute table on a weekend it seems to be just as popular as ever.
Reasonably small and intimate inside with most of the seating arranged in booths it is the ideal place to escape from the loud hustle bustle of Saturday night crowds making their way from pub to pub.
The menu is strictly Italian in accent with a large selection of pastas and pizzas backed up with a varied choice of fish and meat dishes. There is also a wide choice of starters and side orders of salads, garlic bread and pizza sticks.
We decided to start off with the mozzarella sticks (�4.10), deep fried in breadcrumbs with a spicy tomato sauce, and bruschetta topped with tomato, parma ham and fresh mozzarella (�4.00).
The mozzarella sticks were crisp on the outside and not at all greasy and the accompanying sauce was fresh and tasty. The bruschetta was piled high with thick slices of tomato, mozzarella and parma ham and proved quite a filling challenge as an introduction.
For the main course pasta was the choice and we ordered up the spaghetti alle cozze (�6.50), with mussels, chillies and tomato, and the penne alla crema (�6.10), a combination of mushrooms, onions, cream and tomatoes.
The spaghetti alle cozze was delicious with just enough chilli to give it bite without being overpowering and very fresh and tender mussels served in their shells. The seemingly simple ingredients of the penne alla crema produced a very tasty result, which was full of flavour yet not too rich.
We finished off sharing the mousse al cioccolato (�4.10), a delicate chocolate mousse on a sponge cocoa base, covered with a thin coating of bitter chocolate and served with amarene cherries, which was quite simply delicious and very light.
Rounding off with espresso and cappuccino was the perfect way to end a perfect yet simple meal.
~ Lorraine Wakefield