We begin with antipasto
an assortment of hand cured meats including salami, prosciutto, speck, poached quince, olives, pickled shallots
an assortment of hand cured meats including salami, prosciutto, speck, poached quince, olives, pickled shallots
For starters:
I have the grilled Cotechino on lentils and oh boy is this delicious. Thick slices of cotechino beautifully grilled - moist and full of flavour. The lentils show why they are such a perfect match to cotechino.
Paalo has one of the specials - Spicy Beef on green beans with yoghurt & feta dressing with jalapeno salsa. This has a good level of spice, a bit of warmth without blowing the top of your head off.
For mains:
I decide to repeat myself and have the Crackling wrapped roll of Roast Pork, served with mashed potatoes and tuscan cabbage. Every bit of that crackling was perfectly crisp - the meat, tender and juicy.
Paalo can't resist another of the days specials - Suet pastry Lamb pie on mushy peas. Once Paalo heard the words suet pastry he was a goner.
Here's a good inside look at the pie - the pastry was crisp yet just melted in your mouth and the pie was generously filled with large chucks of meat.
After an extended break we finally did manage dessert:
Mezze plater - strawberry sorbet, brownies, coffee pannacotta, chocolate and passionfruit ice-creams, lemon curd meringue, creme brulee
Oh, and who won the final? Who cares.
The details:
La Luna Bistro
320 Rathdowne Street, North Carlton
Phone: 03 9349 4888
Open:
Lunch: Tuesday - Friday: noon-3pm
Dinner: Tuesday - Sunday: 6pm - 10pm
Brunch: Saturday - Sunday: 11am - 3pm
Web:
www.lalunabistro.com.au
I have the grilled Cotechino on lentils and oh boy is this delicious. Thick slices of cotechino beautifully grilled - moist and full of flavour. The lentils show why they are such a perfect match to cotechino.
Paalo has one of the specials - Spicy Beef on green beans with yoghurt & feta dressing with jalapeno salsa. This has a good level of spice, a bit of warmth without blowing the top of your head off.
For mains:
I decide to repeat myself and have the Crackling wrapped roll of Roast Pork, served with mashed potatoes and tuscan cabbage. Every bit of that crackling was perfectly crisp - the meat, tender and juicy.
Paalo can't resist another of the days specials - Suet pastry Lamb pie on mushy peas. Once Paalo heard the words suet pastry he was a goner.
Here's a good inside look at the pie - the pastry was crisp yet just melted in your mouth and the pie was generously filled with large chucks of meat.
After an extended break we finally did manage dessert:
Mezze plater - strawberry sorbet, brownies, coffee pannacotta, chocolate and passionfruit ice-creams, lemon curd meringue, creme brulee
Oh, and who won the final? Who cares.
The details:
La Luna Bistro
320 Rathdowne Street, North Carlton
Phone: 03 9349 4888
Open:
Lunch: Tuesday - Friday: noon-3pm
Dinner: Tuesday - Sunday: 6pm - 10pm
Brunch: Saturday - Sunday: 11am - 3pm
Web:
www.lalunabistro.com.au
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