"Vasco Piero 's is a bit of a Soho institution not at all trendy and mainly overlooked by the 'foodie ' scene but much loved by those who simply want a restaurant that serves good food they can rely on time and again. I have been twice so far. The first time I was invited and we had four courses plus bread before we even had our main. I was so full I couldn 't finish my beautiful tagliatelle with speck, pistachio and cream. We had some seeded bread, salmon pate on bread, porchetta with parmesan to share, tempura battered cod with a sweet chilli sauce to share, a tortellino with shaved truffles in a butter sauce... and then my tagliatelle. The star of the meal, and the dish I still dream about, was the tortellini amazing silky pasta in a luxurious, velvety buttery sauce. It might seem odd that an Italian place also serves asian food but the chef is a dab hand with both and neither suffers. I went back for a big occasion to celebrate mine and my friend 's 20th 'anniversary '. She has also been here on several occasions and loves it. This time around, we split a creamy burrata and a tangy tuna sashimi to start (weirdly they went quite well together on the plate and then I had a buttery, rich, lamb tortelloni with rosemary and my friend had the prawn spaghettini. Tempting as dessert sounded, with half a bottle of red with our meal, and, delightfully, a glass of prosecco on the house (did they know it was a special occasion? we felt too full to eat any more. It was the same, elegant service, with the same, handmade, top notch pasta. I would gladly go again."
