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Our runner-upStrozzapreti, brown crab cacio e pepe
Strozzapreti, pasta the kitchen rolls by hand, in cacio e pepe, pecorino and black pepper, loosened with brown crab. Our main.
- Hand-rolled pasta
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Our dish — the plate we'd order here firstSalumi selection
- TechniqueCure
A board of the house's salumi, cured meats dry-cured downstairs from Saddleback, Tamworth, Lop and Berkshire pigs. To share first.
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Manteca
Italian · Shoreditch
49-51 Curtain Road, London EC2A 3PT
On every listFamous and on every round-up, so there's often a queue and a room of people who came for the name.
Rivington Street pasta bar that's been in every 'best new Italian' round-up. Handmade pasta and an open kitchen, plus a queue of people who already knew the name before they walked down the street.
A Shoreditch pasta and whole-animal kitchen on Curtain Road, making its own pasta and its own 'nduja, spicy spreadable sausage, with a menu that follows the season.
The proof, in the house's own words
Why the salumi
Same plate, other kitchens
Handmade pasta: which one?
Manteca and one other kitchen in London all lead with it. What sets each apart, and who it suits:
Manteca
This kitchenCureShoreditch · Menu checked Sep 2026
Daily shapes, extruded or hand-cut — plus nduja and seasonal secondi from the open pass.
Pick it if you want a Shoreditch dinner with open-kitchen buzz and some heat; a booking or a bar seat does it.
Soho · Menu checked Oct 2026
Pasta rolled daily and sauced simply — the deli counter carried into dinner, tiramisu to close.
Pick it if you want dependable pasta in Soho, or a deli lunch; dinner is worth booking.
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