Ormeggio at The Spit
Image: Get plenty of time on your parking ticket before ambling between two rows of dazzling boats to the water-side land of the long, lazy lunch. The aroma of Chef Alessandro Pavoni’s Spiedo Alla Bresciano ($44/head, 10 people) will tempt you with butter, sage, quail, pork, chicken and rabbit long before the five hours of rotisserie cooking are done.
Get plenty of time on your parking ticket before ambling between two rows of dazzling boats to the water-side land of the long, lazy lunch. The aroma of Chef Alessandro Pavoni’s Spiedo Alla Bresciano ($44/head, 10 people) will tempt you with butter, sage, quail, pork, chicken and rabbit long before the five hours of rotisserie cooking are done. It’s a corker of a dish, particularly when eaten over chef’s compelling Storo polenta. If you can’t rustle up a table of ten, embark on the Flavours of Lombardy Degustation ($85/head, $125/wine). Baked Buffalo Ricotta ($20) wins for simplicity, allowing stellar produce to speak for itself. Pan Fried Sardines ($22) sing with pine nuts and Marsala. Wholemeal Pici Pasta ($24) with rabbit ragout, porcini and peas is my pick of the house-made pastas; but only by a nose. The two year old Bagoss Cheese Agnolotti with Tomato, Basil and Ligurian Olives ($24) is also captivating. Tanned and appropriately casual staff decked out in smart khaki man our table well. Our sparkling pink NV Col Di Luna ‘Rose di Valmonte’ ($53) never seems far away. When the seams are fit to burst, Fig Crudo, Pistachio Gelato and Cinnamon Bread ($15) wraps up the meal perfectly; and chef didn’t miss a beat.
Ormeggio at The Spit
D’Albora Marina, The Spit, Mosman
Ph: (02) 9969 4088 www.ormeggio.com.au
Italian $$$$
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