Sapore

5th September 2011
For number 36 on the list, i headed into St. Kilda for the signature nights menu at Sapore. 3 courses and a glass of wine for $45 was a bargain that i decided was worth forgoing the full menu. Located on the Esplanade end of Fitzroy street, the dining room was a comfy, homely yet slightly romantic dining room which was a bit weird given it was me and a male friend eating dinner. The dining room also encompassed full glass windows giving a full view of the passers by.

With the signature nights menu, it started with 3 share entrees of pork terrine with Bruschetta, salt cured salmon with capers and creme and mushroom arancini. The pork terrine was great with beautiful bread. The salt cured salmon only had a slight salt curing to enhance the flavours of the Salmon and combined with the capers and the creme was a light and fresh and tasty dish. The mushroom arancini was a full mushroom flavour combined with the rice and a crisp outer casing.

For main, we had a selection of four dishes but both choose the main of gnocchi with rabbit and a tomato sauce. Tender fall apart rabbit combined fluffy gnocchi parcels and a homely tomato sauce. Nothing innovative but well cooked homely food.

For desert we again went with the same dish as the dark chocolate mousse, marshmallow and passion fruit balm was too irresistible. Quality dark chocolate mousse, with a slightly toasted marshmallow which was still light and fluffy and the passion fruit balm combined to form a trio of great flavours that worked well together.

Finished off with some extremely rich and decadent Milanese hot chocolate, it was a very good if slightly homely dish. Not going to win any awards for innovative cooking it was still quality Italian cooking that hit the spot. Also with a bill under $60 each it was hard to argue with the value.