Calderazzo Bistro
60 Soi Langsuan
Tel: 02 263 9310

I am quite a fan of Calderazzo so when I heard they had opened a new bistro nearly opposite I was keen to try it out. The Calderazzo Bistro is in a showroom type building at the front of Mayfair serviced apartments. It is a good space with high white ceiling and glass walls. Inside it could almost be a marquee.
The menu is limited, as is the wine list. The starters are limited to six salads and five entrees as well as a soup of the day. Then for mains there are six pastas and two pizzas, both based on a selection of the day; and seven second courses. In truth there should be something for everybody, and there is a decent range of food with sea bass, cod, sardines, lamb, pork, veal and beef as the meat in the secondi. I was also offered a special.
I started with Grillia Amalfitana described as lobster morsels and baby calamari grilled with a mixed salad. It looked good and was good with plenty of lobster - rock I am sure. The salad was nice and crisp with leaves of various kinds, and tomato. My main was the special and verbally described as leg of lamb but was in fact lamb chops. I asked for them pink and they were cooked to perfection. Still nice and red but cooked through. I am nervous about asking for things rare and even medium rare because Thai chefs tend to err on the side of caution and it is not rare it is bleue! The chops were really thick and meaty: almost as though they were double chops. They were well presented and represented a substantial meal. I was a little disappointed in the cheese I had as a final offering, in part I suspect because the cheese over the road is so good.
All in all I liked the new Calderazzo. I am not put off by limited menus providing they are well thought out and changed regularly.