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About this place
Some diners remember Lemon Garden for its thin-crust pizza. There is plenty of choice when it comes to toppings, too: go for Marinara with tomato sauce, anchovies, garlic and oregano, or Margherita with mozzarella and basil. For something more substantial, Bismarck comes topped with pancetta affumicata, asparagus and egg. Diavola, made with chorizo and chilli peppers, is another option if you fancy a little heat.
The menu goes beyond pizza. Pasta dishes include Amatriciana with pancetta and onion in tomato sauce, and a cream sauce with pancetta and mushrooms. Diners have also ordered pancetta Amatriciana alongside Vongole Bianco, flavoured with white wine. Choosing different dishes to share makes it easy to compare their distinct flavours.
At lunch, options include hamburg steak with demi-glace sauce and an Italian-style hamburg steak topped with Gouda and tomato sauce. Some meat dishes come with rice, salad and soup, making them a hearty alternative to pizza or pasta. One diner who ordered fried prawns also singled out the salad dressing.
For dinner, consider starting with garlic toast made with the bread of the day or a salad of the day's fruit tomatoes, served with Itoman salt from Okinawa. One diner described beginning a meal with garlic toast and an all-you-can-drink wine plan; the small plates also suit an evening of sampling a little at a time.
