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Gloria – the Shoreditch outpost of the French-born but Italian-obsessed restaurant group Big Mamma – is bringing back its whopping 10-layer lasagna.
To celebrate seven years of the restaurant, the looming lasagna dish will be on the menu again just for the month of February. It’s stacked up with ragù alla bolognese, bechamel, parmigiano and mozzarella fior di latte, and £1 from every portion sold will go to a good cause: food redistribution charity the Felix Project.
It’s also the 10th anniversary(ish) of Big Mamma, which was founded in 2015 in Paris. The group is known for its lavish, OTT-styled restaurants as well as hype-y dishes such as the aforementioned mega lasagna, as well as pasta served directly from hollowed out wheels of cheese and one-metre-long spaghettone.
Big Mamma now has a host of restaurants across London, including Circolo Popolare in Fitzrovia, Ave Mario in Covent Garden, Jacuzzi in Kensington, Carlotta in Marylebone and, the latest opening, 1970s-themed Barbarella in Canary Wharf.
‘The room is like the inside of your Italian nonna’s parlour, if she also had the kind of hoarding problem that would get her on to a late-night Channel 4 documentary, read Time Out’s original review of Gloria. ‘Every inch is covered with a knick or a knack: your head needs to spin 360 degrees to take it all in.’ Gloria features in our list of the best restaurants in Shoreditch.
According to one study, Big Mamma restaurants are some of the most loved in the UK. There’s now a branch of Circolo Populare in Manchester, as well as La Bellezza in Birmingham, and various Big Mamma restaurants across Europe.
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