Yesterday afternoon I had a coffee with Mother. It was very pleasant.
After this, a couple of cheeky brews with Ben & Campbell @ Docklan - which you'll be pleased to know is still as characterless and windy as ever.
Next up, courtesy of Goldman Sachs JBWere Nick and I attended Giuseppe, Arnaldo & Sons @ the Crown complex.
A restaurant with no bookings is an excellent marketing strategy - breeding exclusivity from the get go. Thankfully arriving at 6pm was the perfect time.
The space is truly fantastic, although the noise levels leave a thing or two to be desired. What was that you said?
We opened with a couple of selections from the Salumi menu - an excellent Enzo Salami and Prosciutto. Paired with a fabulous Gorgonzola and a litre flask of the chilled De Bortoli house red, this was a great start to the meal.
Next up we shared a 1kg T-Bone steak - served with anchovies and a salsa that was perhaps a little to heavy on parsely for my personal taste. The meat was right up there with the best meat I've had, and I could swear it was larger than 1kg, as we didn't even make it through the whole thing. We tried. Honestly. But my gut was really beginning to strain at the belt. Mmm.
Service was attentive, except for a small faux pas with our second caraffe of wine - it had to be asked for twice, and came in the wrong size when it did.
As Nick said - this is really just great, old style, wog food done perfectly. It's not breaking any new culnary ground, but for a rewarding meal it comes highly recommended.
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