01 Jul

During its 10th anniversary, owners Luis Pampliega and Tamara Volkoff decided to give the Southgate stalwart Tutto Bene a sibling named Artusi. I was invited by Fuller PR to attend Artusi's launch party. Named after Pellegrino Artusi, they have adopted the ethos 'The Art of Eating and Drinking Well'. Whilst Tutto Bene focused on traditional family meals, head chef Leandro Panza has designed the Artusi menu to serve up modern Italian made with organic produce. Their menu features handmade pasta, Italian tapas and feasts of duck and joints...

22:12 / Artusi / Food / Italian / Restaurants / Southbank
23 Jun

After undertaking a AVPN-certified course and work experience in Naples, Dan and Elice have brought their skills back to Melbourne to serve us authentic pizza Napoletana. The site previously housed Pizza Piazza, but after running it for a few months, they've transformed it into MELT in order to capture the market for good quality pizza at not-too-lofty prices. MELT has a very nice, modern fit-out including an open-air courtyard area at the back and also a more private room, which would be great for gatherings. Their concept was 'down-the-line'...

19:37 / Food / Italian / Melt / Restaurants / Windsor
17 Jun

B'stilla's menu is designed around sharing plates. With the two of us, we were recommended to order two small plates, a large plate and a side or salad. It sounded like quite a lot of food, but since we were there we may as well try a wider variety of dishes. [caption id="attachment_5885" align="aligncenter" width="1000"] B’stilla - duck & chicken pie, almond, cinnamon, saffron ($14)[/caption] [caption id="attachment_5886" align="aligncenter" width="1000"] B’stilla - duck & chicken pie, almond, cinnamon, saffron ($14)[/caption] Coming to B'stilla for the first time, of course we had to...

19:39 / B'Stilla / Food / Moroccan / Restaurants / South Yarra
10 Apr

Limerick Arms is a popular traditional pub with a variety of seating: bistro, bar and outdoors. As well as the regular menu, they had a pasta, salad and pie daily specials available. Similar to other pubs they have various lunch and dinner specials offered during the week. It appeared that most people came here for the chicken parmas, particularly the Mexican parma, and it did look very good. We were warned that there would be a 45 minute wait on the food as it was quite busy. The...

15:40 / Bar/Pub / Food / Limerick Arms Hotel / Restaurants / South Melbourne / Thai
22 Jan

Special birthday celebrations are good cause for visiting quality restaurants, so we booked a table for the newly re-opened No. 8, now under the helm of John Lawson. This time we did something unusual and ordered an entree each on top of the mains. Entrees:- Tea smoked Goulburn River trout, pickled cucumber, lemon and rye bread ($21) - Wagyu beef carpaccio, anchovy, caper and popped amaranth ($24) - Portland black and blue tuna, black garlic, yuzu jam and aged soy ($22) - Portarlington mussels served with potato bread ($20) Mains: Me - Today's local fish...

18:23 / Food / Modern Australian / No. 8 by John Lawson / Restaurants / Southbank
error: