Caffe Sicilia
- Author:
- Jackie McMillan
- Posted:
- Wednesday, 13 July 2011
The gleaming surfaces in this beautifully decked out Crown Street newbie scream ‘great train journey’ to me. So climb aboard for a luxury trip to 1940s Sicily. First stop: house-made breads, amazing olives and a marvellously simple Crudo of Tuna ($15) that celebrates fish. After an in-depth explanation of Sicily’s wine renaissance from conductor (and Restaurant Manager) Fabio Nistrio, he produces a 2009 Cantele-Teresa Manara Chardonnay ($14/glass) from Puglia. It suits the aforementioned tuna and a rather endearing bowl of Italian Style Three Bean Soup with Mussels ($15) and soft house-made croutons too. Beautiful women abound; the curvaceous Sophia Loren tops the menu, and our equally delightful Latvian waitress (Italian is her fourth language) steers me to a cracking bowl of hand-twisted Maccheroni Della Nonna ($24). Fabio gently warns that the tasty polpetti (meatballs) contained within the decadent sauce are pinkish inside. Don’t pay this any mind, just stuff pork belly, mince, little nuggets of salsicce (Italian pork sausage) and glorious pasta your teeth will enjoy, into your gob. Tasty yet simplistic Spatchcock ($24) braised with onions, carrot, thyme and tomato is also worth ordering, but do leave room for pastries! You know, it’s the way the filled-to-order Ricotta Cannolo ($6) shatter that really matters. Fiendishly hard to disembark!
Caffe Sicilia
628 Crown Street, Surry Hills
Ph: (02) 9699 8787 www.caffesicilia.com.au
Italian $$$
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