Nonnas

Find this good Italian trattoria and delicatessen in the south-west of the city on a prominent corner site. As well as a fun place to be, where you can have snacks – such as panini – all day, lunch and dinner bring more serious food. Dishes tend to be of the home-cooked, rather than restaurant-style, more familiar to us – but none the worse for that!

Dishes are given their correct Italian names with necessary translations – so starters might include the likes of 'White Onion Soup with Black Olive and Quartirolo Cheese'; ''Potato and Pancetta Ravioli with Braised Cabbage and Poppy Seed Butter' and Three Pork Terrine with a Pea and Mint Dressing and Crackling'.

Maybe to be followed by 'Slow-braised Lamb Shoulder with Farro, Rosemary and Parsnip Mash'; 'Red-wine-baked Norwegian Halibut with braised Leeks, Thyme and Rocket' and 'Braised Pork Belly with Roast Potatoes, Red Onion and Garlic'. There's also a good selection of risotto's and pasta dishes, plus a section for vegetarians.

Desserts are back into familiar restaurant territory with probably 'Tiramisu'; 'Pannacotta' (perhaps with roast local rhubarb) and 'Dark Chocolate Tart with Prune Purée and Vanilla Ice Cream' among the offerings.

A browse around their deli is essential and they have traiteur items for you to take home.