Cafe Di Stasio

21st August 2011

On another Sunny and slightly warmer Melbourne sunday i again headed down to St. Kilda with a friend in tow to try another hat restaurant. Now past halfway and looking to complete the lis before New Year i have to step up my efforts.
Today we were headed down to Cafe Di Stasio for their lunch special - 2 Courses of seasonal slow cooked food, a glass of wine and tea or coffee for $35. A real bargain!

After being meet by a white coat waiter at the door i decided that i would rather sit outside on Fitzroy street in the sun rather than be inside in the dining room. The outside tables still had a formal white table cloth and the dress of the waiters spoke to a formal dining experience. The waiters and service was knowledgeable and well delivered and efficient without being impersonal and the table next door was matched with wines to meet their preference of the top of the waiters head.

For the two courses i choose the main and desert courses and for main i went with the braiseed venison in red wine with baby beets. Slow cooked fall apart meat with an excellent red wine jus and nice beets. Quality cooking and  worked well together. Only issue was that the serving was not massive.

For desert i choose the dloce di giorno which was a strawberry and mascopone tart. It was simple; both in presentation and execution but the flavours were delicious.

A real bargain matched with the quality of this food was a real winner. May return for the whole menu at some stage as the quality was outstanding.