Pizzeria Don Leone

On Friday night, my husband and I went out for a Pizzeria in the city.

Pizzeria Don Leone. A good friend of mine in here Zurich recommended me that the restaurant doesn't look fancy but offer good foods.

As we went in, I thought we stepped into different country. It was exactly like Italy!! The restaurant was packed and people are squeezed in one long table like in cafeteria. Although I made reservation, we had to wait for a while. A boss here is real Italian man, he said "oh, just a small moment, I will make your table ready!" bus he is being busy to serve food and wine to other guests. Well, the atmosphere is completely relaxed Italian style so no use to make fuss here.. I waited.

and finally we got a table. I place to two at the table between other guests. Our neighbor are group of Italian and a German couple who also speak very good Italian. It IS really Italy here!

So I had to test this restaurant if it's really like in Italy or not. I ordered Fungi Porcini as an appetizer.. Oh my god!! This is really a fresh porcini!! Soooooooo delicious! Underneath porcini is a poached egg match perfectly together with Porcini and Rucola. A flovor of tarfuto even envourage my appetite.

My husband ordered an assortment of eggplant and artichoke.

So funny that a bottle of Extra Virgin Olive oil stand on the table just like this. People at the table pass around and share this olive oil. Like soya sauce in Japanese restaurant?:)

Here comes hugeeeee Pizza!! Palma ham and Rucola. The dough is also tasty. Thin, real Italian Pizza.

I ordered pasta as a main course. As a porcini lover, I had to order a pasta topped with Porcini and grilled shrimp.

You cannot always get good seafood in Zurich but this shrimp was huge and tasty. Creamy but light sauce cover this twisted pasta. It was big portion but I couldn't stop eating.

The boss both who keep speaking Italin works well. He goes around hall and sometime speak loud to the kitchen. But this passionate atmosphere was somehow comfortable as well. Moreover, this quality for this price is very unusual in Zurich. Pizza can be for 3 people but price is normal and it's taste good!!

In Zurich, you really need to go where to go to and this local Italian restaurant is one of them.

Pizzeria Don Leone
Bäckerstrasse 31
8004 Zürich, Switzerland
+41 44 241 01 01
http://www.donleone.ch/

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