00:00 Yes, my name is Erika and this is my mum, Laura.
00:03 She's the owner of Pinsarche, which is an Italian restaurant in South Sea.
00:07 This is a family business. I'm a daughter, like I've said, she's my mum,
00:11 and then there is my stepfather who works in the kitchen of a chef.
00:14 So tell me what sets you apart from any other restaurant in the area.
00:18 Yes, so I would say that we are different because we make Pinsa.
00:23 Pinsa is a product which comes from Rome, so it's an ancient product.
00:28 It's made in a really specific way. It's made with three different types of flours.
00:34 It's made with 70% of water, so it's really different from the normal Pinsa.
00:39 It's really light and the nice thing about Pinsa is that you can add lots of different toppings on it
00:45 and it's always going to be nice and really tasty.
00:48 So yeah, I would probably say that we are different because of this product,
00:53 which has never been in England so far.
00:56 We were the first restaurant in Portsmouth, in South Sea, having this product.
01:00 So yeah, I would say it's what makes us different, basically.
01:04 So tell me a little bit about your journey and about the culture of your dishes
01:08 and how you kind of got to South Sea.
01:11 Yes, so basically we moved in Portsmouth in 2020, exactly.
01:16 So there was obviously lockdown, there was COVID going on.
01:20 So in 2020, we were looking for a place to open a restaurant.
01:26 My parents already had this idea about having a restaurant
01:30 and because my stepfather, the chef, he has done a specific private course in Rome, in Italy,
01:37 to learn how to make Pinsa.
01:40 So we moved here then and we opened the restaurant in 2021.
01:45 And I would probably say that in our menu, we have got different kinds of starters,
01:52 which come from different regions of Italy.
01:55 So for example, on the pizza, we use different types of cheese.
01:59 Some of them come from Sardinia.
02:01 Sardinia in Italy is really famous because of the different types of cheese that they make,
02:05 which are the most famous in Italy, basically.
02:08 So we are from the south in Italy, obviously,
02:11 so we tend to have most of the Pinsa that we have.
02:16 Cheese, specifically like spicy sauces like Nduja, for example, comes from the south.
02:23 Wines as well.
02:25 So yeah, we try to make English people know about our culture
02:31 by making them eat stuff like food from the south, basically.
02:37 So what are some of your popular dishes?
02:39 Our popular dishes are basically many of the Pinsa.
02:43 Obviously, we have red Pinsas and white Pinsas.
02:47 So many people ask what's the difference.
02:49 And the main difference is that the red one, there is only tomato sauce on the base,
02:53 whereas the white one, there is cheese, basically like mozzarella.
02:58 Now we are basically having a new menu, which we're going to try tonight for the first time.
03:04 And we've got now seven red Pinsas and seven white Pinsas that people can choose.
03:11 All of them have different nice toppings,
03:13 and all of the toppings come from different regions of Italy.
03:16 It can be Calabria, which is the place we are from in the south,
03:20 or it can be the north, it can be the middle of Italy, like from...
03:24 So yeah.
03:25 And the most popular, I would say, is probably...
03:28 Number eight.
03:29 Number eight, which is a white Pinsa, which is made with burrata,
03:34 which is a really nice cream cheese, mortadella, and pistachios.
03:39 And people love it. Yeah.
03:42 So is there anything people can look out for in 2024 from you guys?
03:47 At the moment, as I said, we are working on a new menu, which is already done, basically.
03:54 And tonight is going to be a tasting evening, basically,
03:56 where people can taste the new toppings, which we're going to put on the new Pinsas that we just made.
04:02 Just to change the menu a bit and give people even more knowledge about our food in Italy.
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