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Masked meat madness at Manteca

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I’m not saying I’d like one of these heads hanging outside our house; but then I’m not not saying I wouldn’t (hi Val!)…

Manteca restaurant

First though, I need to point you to an article about the “piglet squid” (Helicocranchia pfefferi) which grows to about 8 or 10 cm long. It’s found throughout the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, ranging from tropical to polar waters. It can live at depths of just 1 metre to more than a kilometre below the surface; an unusually wide range for such an apparently delicate creature…

Piglet squid
©Nature Picture Library
Another piglet squid
©Australian Geographics

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At some point, we need to eat at Manteca

Manteca pig nose dish
©Hot Dinners

 

a nose-to-tail italian-inspired restaurant. we focus on whole-animal butchery, hand-rolled pastas, wood-fired breads, and our own in-house salumeria.

an amari-focused cocktail list. our own house-made amaro.

the wine list celebrates low-intervention and classic fine wines from italy, broader europe, and further afield north america.

Manteca pasta dish
©Manteca Restaurant, London
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