At Emilia’s Crafted Pasta, the business of pasta is taken very seriously indeed. They make it fresh each morning and have neat little illustrations of each kind – rigatoni, farfalle and bucatini among them – on the menu. Said menu is small, and bravely so. There’s nothing on it that you haven’t seen before, from casarecce with walnuts and mushrooms to lamb ravioli. With Emilia’s, you’re reminded that, when made with care, the simplest of Italian dishes can be nothing short of exquisite. Take the ravioli’s sage-and-butter sauce: two ingredients that come together to make something pornographically moreish. Desserts – lemon and polenta cake, amaretti and cantuccini biscuits – end things on a sugary high.
Time Out tip
You don't have to go to the docks for a taste of Emilia’s. There are now branches in Aldgate, Baker Street, Canary Wharf and Victoria.