insideKENT Magazine Issue 70 - January 2018 | Page 74

FOOD+DRINK
THE BEST PLACES FOR Pizza IN KENT cont.
Luben, Folkestone The Chapter, Canterbury Il Padrino, Gravesend
Everyone at Luben is passionate
about their pizzas, and it shows.
Located within Folkestone’s
exciting Creative Quarter, this
impressive pizzeria serves
authentic wood fired pizza,
created using a special
sourdough recipe unique to
Luben. As an intimate place to
wine and dine, Luben is lovely
indeed – or if you prefer to eat
this amazing pizza (including
flavours such as Kentish fennel
sausage with wild broccoli
on a buffalo ricotta and tomato
base; and chicken, pancetta, roast
peppers and red onion) in the
comfort of your own home, you
can have a takeaway version,
which is just as good as the eat-
in kind. If you’re looking for pizza that has
been brought right up to date,
then look no further than The
Chapter on Burgate, Canterbury.
With a wonderful sourdough
base, the toppings used here are
the finest Italian ingredients,
picked to compliment the crust.
You can watch as the experts
create your pizza from scratch –
it’s a mesmerising process – and
don’t forget to ask about the
cocktails; there will be something
that goes perfectly with whatever
pizza it is you have chosen,
whether that is the Zucca
(pumpkin, crispy kale, walnuts
and goat’s curd), the American
(pepperoni, tomato and fior di
latte) or the Salsiccia e Friarielli
(fennel sausage, fior di latte, wild
broccoli, chilli and parmesan).
Fine wines and a carefully chosen
range of craft beers can also be
ordered. Il Padrino has an auspicious claim to fame – it is the only restaurant
in the Gravesend area that has a traditional wood-fired pizza oven, and
therefore the only restaurant in the Gravesend area that can produce
authentic pizzas the way they are meant to be made. The owners and
chef are committed to using only the best, freshest ingredients, and
this, they say, is yet another reason why these pizzas taste so good.
www.luben.co.uk
www.chaptercanterbury.co.uk
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www.ilpadrino-restaurant.com
Luigi’s, Sandwich
Located in a prime spot in the lovely seaside town of Sandwich – right
on the quayside – Luigi’s is what most people’s image of an Italian
restaurant and pizzeria would be. Rustic and intimate, relaxed and
friendly, yet surprisingly spacious so everyone feels comfortable, Luigi’s
has it all. That ‘all’ includes some pretty fine pizzas. The Fiorentina
(spinach, parmesan, free range egg, black olives, mozzarella, tomato
and garlic oil), Frutti di mare (tomato, garlic, clams, mussels, calamari
and king prawns) and the queen of pizzas, the Margherita, all feature
on this exciting menu.
www.luigisrestaurant.org