Almost a year after my first visit to Alto by San Carlo in Selfridges (see my first visit here: Alto by San Carlo at Selfridges), I visited again at the end of March. I really enjoyed the pistachio cake that I had on my first visit and wanted to try some of their other dishes, and I was in the area for a late lunch, and it seemed like a great chance to plan my visit. Alto by San Carlo is an Italian restaurant located on Selfridges rooftop. In the past, the restaurant on the rooftop of Selfridges changed according to the season, but this restaurant has been in residence for a couple of years now.
The restaurant was decorated for the autumn and winter months when I visited, but the menu is also not seasonal anymore.
I had the following dishes: truffle chips, Melanzane Parmigiana (layers of aubergine, parmasan, and tomato), and a cocktail called "An Hour Back", which contained Limoncello, Vodka, and raspberry.
I also kept room for dessert for the pistachio cake that I had last year (Alto by San Carlo at Selfridges) and regarded as the best dessert that I had. This time, however, it didn't have much flavour at all and didn't taste much like pistachio like it did last year. I suppose that this may be due to using less pistachio, or the pistachios do not have much flavour because they are seasonal? Also, it didn't contain the blueberries on top like last time and contained crushed pistachio instead.
Overall, the food was decent this time, but it wasn't as good as it was on my previous visit. Unfortunately, it just was not consistent.
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