Tipo 00
Tipo is definitely one of old faves - a sweet Italian restaurant nestled in Little Bourke Street, with its sensational food and reasonable prices, it's always on my recommendation list.
On this occasion we had the Chef's Sharing Menu - 3 courses for $55. To start we had mushroom arancini (amazing as always), tomato roasted bread (take it or leave it) and calamari salad with squid ink charred capsicum (an interesting but delightful take on a calamari salad).
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| Calamari salad |
Next on the menu was rabbit ragu pappardelle, asparagus tortellini and stinging nettle risotto, served with rocket, pear and balsamic salad, and green beans, goats cheese and almonds on the side. The salads were absolutely delicious and I would be pretty happy to eat a bowel of just the green beans for dinner.
While I am still left to wonder why the stinging nettle risotto didn't sting my mouth (but yet always stung my hands something rotten as a child) the risotto was cooked perfectly and the flavours were well balanced. The asparagus tortellini was a party in the mouth with its vibrant asparagus flavours and the rabbit ragu pappadelle was delicious with the juiciness of its rabbit and the crunch of its hazelnuts.
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| Asparagus tortellini |
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| Stinging nettle risotto |
Desert was 'Sem'oo'lina' with pistachio, apricots and fennel (my favourite - who knew fennel could work so well in desert?), pana cotta (good, but not as good as Gradi at Crown) and fig pudding (with fresh figs, it would be hard to go wrong).
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| Fig pudding |
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| Sem'oo'lina |
Food: 4.5/5
Décor: 4.5/5
Service: 4.5/5
Total: 12.5/15
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