Lunch @ Chianti Classico – Adelaide

Chianti Classico

160 Hutt Street
ADELAIDE SA 5000  

http://www.chianticlassico.com.au/

The Good

An excellent lunch featuring some of the best pasta I have ever had in the form of the tagliolini with a rich sugo featuring many, many chucks of spanner crab meat. The offer of a dessert tasting menu when we could not decide on our dessert options was a fantastic service touch. 

The Bad

None.

The Meal

House bread with olives and olive oil

Arancini  alla  Boscaiola 
Lightly fried risotto croquettes flavoured with wild mushrooms, black truffle and parmesen

Fiori  di  Zucchine 
Lightly fried zucchini flowers filled with ricotta cheese and pine nuts, served with tomato relish

Tagliolini  con  Granchio
Fine  pasta  ribbons  with  a  rich  sugo  of  Queensland  spanner  crab  meat, tomatoes  and  basil. 

Pappardelle  con  Anitra  
Handmade  broad  pasta  ribbons  with  roasted  duck  meat,  red  capsicums, spinach, pinenuts  and olive  oil.  

Dessert tasting platter
semifreddo, Torta di cioccolate, zabaglione, panna cotta amongst others

Lunch @ Ellacure – Canberra

Ellacure

Corner of Braybrooke and Battye Street
BRUCE ACT 2617 

http://www.ellacure.com.au

The Good

A quick lunch at Bruce’s favourite restaurant featuring very friendly and efficient service. The food was good for what is was, and I would be happy to return to obtain a better idea of the restaurant’s capabilities.

The venue is very nice and perfect for a lazy weekend lunch.

The Bad

As odd as it sounds to say this, the service, while friendly, was perhaps too casual with the staff talking to my wife and I in a jovial manner that was initially off-putting given we had never been to the restaurant or met our servers before.

The Meal

Fresh bread with chive butter & olive oil

Twice cooked pork belly with apple & mint salsa

Spaghetti with prawns, garlic, olive oil, lemon, chilli & cherry tomatoes