Il Bacaro

16th July 2011

After some morning tasks in the city , i decided to stop by Il Bacaro. A traditional Italian cafe/restaurant on little collins street, white table clothed tables with clean lines with a bar in the middle of the restaurant.

For entree i started with the rabbit and mushroom piesitting on top of a pearl onion puree with baby leaks and mustard fruits. A crisp pie casing with tender shreded rabiit and rich mushroom filling. The onion puree was decent and the vegetables were crisp and delicious. Excellent flavours and contrasts of texture and taste lead to a good start.

Given the cold i decided to go for some warming a hearty italian food and ordered a big bowl of thistle quadretti with barised wagyi beef cheef with baby carrots and parmigiano reggiano. Big sheets of square green pasta with a big rich beef flavour and hearty flavours.

To finish off the meal i went for an amzing sounding desert - a chocolate and hazelnut praline pudding matched with an aerated chocolate block, orange puree and mascarpone ice cream. Amazing aerated chocolate block like the best aero you will ever have and the pudding was a delicious soft pudding with a molten centre. Only dissapointment was the orange puree which was not a great flavour and didnt really match with the rest of the desert.

Not really imaginative or ground breaking food but hearty and delicious Italian food and a great way to spend lunch on a cold melbourne winter day.