Francesco has always had a passion for good food and opened La Bottega seven months ago
An Italian man who has been living in Belfast for nearly 10 years has achieved his dream of opening an authentic café.
As well as working as a personal trainer, Francesco previously worked as a manager at Belfast Castle and a personal trainer, before discovering Belfast’s Lisburn Road while working for French Village Group. "I have a bachelor's and master's degree in sports so my background is totally different. I lived in Bologna for a long time and during my university life I worked for a lot of companies, I worked for Lamborghini for two years, I worked for the best restaurant in Bologna. I have a big passion for food."
Upon moving, he was on the lookout for some authentic Italian restaurants in Belfast, but couldn't find anything quite like home. "I had carbonara on the menu here for three days and had to take it off because people would complain, and say it's not carbonara as there's no bacon or cream in it. "We let the sauce cook for five or six hours, we put beef and pork cheek in it, and mix with celery, carrot, onion and some rosemary, it's really nice. The point is even the pasta is made fresh everyday. My chef is mental, every day you see him stretching the pasta out early in the morning.
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