Pappardelle with 8 hours Hereford beef shin ragu

TechniqueHand-rolled

Pappardelle, wide ribbons rolled by hand, with Hereford beef shin cooked eight hours. Our first pasta.

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Pasta with ragù at 6 more kitchens

Padella

Italian pasta · Borough Market

6 Southwark Street, London SE1 1TQ

Founder Pick

The original Padella at Borough Market, where you watch the pasta being made. Two plates have never left the menu.

The proof, in the house's own words

Why the pappardelle

Strong evidence

Craft
Rolled by hand in the window, in full view.
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Technique
The beef shin ragù cooks a full eight hours.
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Tradition
A founding dish, never dropped.
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Sourcing
Hereford beef shin.
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We'd add

Our runner-up

Pici cacio & pepe

Pici, thick hand-rolled pasta, cacio e pepe, with pecorino and black pepper. The other day-one plate.

Hand-rolled in the window
On the menu since day one

Cacio e pepe at 6 more kitchens

Same plate, other kitchens

Cacio e pepe: which one?

Padella and 3 others in London all lead with it. What sets each apart, and who it suits:

Padella
This kitchen
Hand-rolledBorough Market · Menu checked Oct 2026
The Borough Market original's pici, made in full view.
Pick it if you want it quick at Borough Market; no bookings, only a virtual queue.
Villa di Geggiano
CureChiswick · Menu checked Sep 2026
Home-made pici cacio e pepe in two sizes, in a Chiswick room with a garden.
Pick it if you want a sit-down Tuscan dinner in west London with wine, and a booking.
Rosina
Wandsworth · Menu checked Oct 2026
Cavatelli cacio e pepe as a small plate before rabbit alla Milanese.
Pick it if you want a neighbourhood Italian dinner in SW17 with wine.
Agrodolce
Fitzrovia · Menu checked Sep 2026
The Roman pasta done by a Roman kitchen's London sibling.
Pick it if you want a Roman pasta dinner in Fitzrovia with a glass; bookings are online.

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