I FINALLY had a chance to check out Porchetta & Co. last week, having salivated all the way there due to a grumbling stomach and high expectations. It seems the general consensus here is that this place is the holy of holies so I was pretty excited to check them out for a late lunch.
We decided to keep things simple and each ordered the porchetta sandwich and roasted potatoes. I opted to dress things up with a little bit of mustard as I wanted to get a feel for a purer taste of the meat, but ended up having to slather on the hot sauce as there was a weird flavour that I wanted to have disappear or at least disguise. I wouldn't say it's a spice, it was more like...and this is going to sound weird but when I was really little (as in too little to know any better, I swear!), I remember finding a piece of popcorn behind a couch cushion and trying to eat it. The meat had that very flavour!! Perhaps my mistake was not to have ordered my sandwich with the truffle sauce / rapini combination as recommended by many. I love rapini but unless it's chopped up somewhat, I find it hard to eat it in a sandwich due to its stringiness. The five chunks of potato were delicious, although small, and the crackling was way too tough and lacked any crispiness.
I was there well past the lunch rush, not that there was any shortage of customers. Portions are not very big so if you're up for a light meal or just a snack, consider Porchetta & Co. I'd like to give this place another try but this time with the truffle/rapini or their breakfast sandwich as I LOVE smoked gouda and sometimes a fried egg just makes the world a better place.