Bancone, pasta for two

'Silk handkerchiefs' with walnut butter and confit egg yolk, Bancone's most renowned dish, isn't for travellers. But the West End pasta-slingers aren't simply selling fazzoletti. Its drool-inducing Plateaway assortment, delivered every Friday within the M25, comprises five different pasta dishes, as well as antipasti and desserts. The Bucatini cacio e pepe was as easy to make as you like; it was super-cheesy, robust with black pepper, and the small pasta hoses were so chewy and eggily wonderful that they didn't need the sauce. Then it was time for tagliatelle with wild-boar ragu and a sprinkling of pecorino: much-needed comfort food with a slight twist. Make sure you slacken the sauces with pasta water. And be aware: portions are billed as "for two," but if you’re ravenous you could probably polish one off singlehandedly, so think about bulking out the meal with some BYO salad or prosciutto.

Bancone is following suit by launching its own service, running within a five-mile radius of the Soho restaurant. Whilst they haven’t made one for their signature silk handkerchief dish, they have got bucatini cacio e pepe, spicy pork & nduja mafalde, spinach & ricotta mezzaluna ravioli with sage butter, and bucatino with pea puree, broad beans & asparagus.

You can also order burrata, cured meats, puds like coconut panna cotta with mango and passionfruit, and hazelnut chocolate mousse with strawberry tartare, and Italian wines. The dishes only need a few finishing touches, with the recipe cards telling you exactly what to do. Bancone is considered one of the best London restaurant meal kits you can't miss.

Google rating: 4.5/5

Phone: +44 20 7240 8786

Address: 39 William IV St, London WC2N 4DD, United Kingdom

Website: http://www.bancone.co.uk/