Ken and i were at the Night noodle markets last night (my first time) when we bumped into the beautiful Jing, who informed us of Jamie’s kitchen.They had a training night 50% off the bill.
Oh didn’t our eyes glitter in joy!
Arriving to the restaurant we bumped into a familiar face, Rachel then other bloggers started to come! Nice to meet you Stephanie and Karen.
Okay lets get to the food...
Italian Nachos $7.00
Crispy fried four cheese ravioli with ‘angry’ annabiatee sauce
These acquired an interesting taste, the parmesan cheese was the most prominent of them all, it wasn't as crispy as I’d thought, eat these asap otherwise they’ll swell down!
Bucatini Carbonara $19.00
Tubular spaghetti with fried smoked pancetta & leek tossed with free-range eggs & parmesan
The tubular spaghetti acted as a novelty and was a bit undercooked. Though I guess we all are guilty of overcooking our pasta! The sauce was nice and mild, the pancetta was rich in layers of fat >.<.
Personally I think Ken does a better job!
Mushroom Panze $20.50
Half moon pasta shapes with brown cap & porcine, chilli, ricotta & Parmesan.
The pasta was generously topped with mushroom, and bread crumbs which gave it that extra crunch!
Crab and Squid ink risotto $26.50
I found the risotto slightly under flavoured, until the waiter came back and told us to mix it up, it definitely gave someone a burnt tongue!
The additional bread crumbs gave some umph to the dish! I loved the crunchiness!
Polenta chips
The polenta chips were topped off with parmesan and rosemary. These were a nice side to balance the pastas, Stephanie really enjoyed it!
Bruschetta with crab
The Bruschetta was generous topped with spanner crab, it was so fresh and tasty!
Trevise & Gorgonzola Salad $9.00
With caramelized walnuts, pears & sticky balsamic
This salad was a lovely mix in flavours, the pear was as crunchy as expected though complemented well with the dressing!
Chocolate brownie with vanilla ice-cream
This muffin like brownie had a crunchy top, drizzled with dark chocolate on top, definitely heaven sent!
The brownie was so decadent in chocolate, i must confess one couldn’t finish a brownie!
Raspberry Panacotta
The panacotta was rich in cream and topped with raspberry compete, it possessed a very light vanilla flavour than I imagine.
Brioche and ice-cream
These hamburger likes were filled with ice-cream, orange, pistachios. I found the Brioche a bit dry and hard yet very cute.
End Notes:
- Nice ambience, very relaxed
- Recommended : Trevise & Gorgonzola Salad and Chocolate Brownie
Quote of the Day:
With Love,
Dolly
Place:
Jamie's Italian
107 Pitt Street Sydney 2000
-Official opening 24th October 2011
29 comments:
food looks pretty good actually, can't wait to try it!
Where's Jamie???
haha yes very nice place :)
feels like an english bar
@ vivian - yes you should!
@ chewlong - i think he'll come on monday !
@ ken - i know where im going when i have a craving for chocolate!
A nice recap Dolly! I thought the food was reasonably priced even without the 50% off. I was telling everyone about it in the drinkies that night lol
Training night? haha.. that sounds cool! That chocolate brownie sounds so good!
Need to get my butt over here. Sounds a little hit and miss but the ones that hit, hit daaamn good :)
Wow, you posted very quickly! I really liked the food here, the brownie was sooo good.
The bucatini carbonara looks pretty good! It's been a very long time since I had tubular pasta and smoked pancetta with it sounds awesome!
Lucky you got to try it first! A bit of hit and miss, no? Hopefully they'll make adjustments.
@ steph - yes i def. think its reasonably price :)
@ von - Yes, you must try it!
@ Nic - Yes the hit was the brownie!
@ Karen - haha i have so many catchup blogs >.<
@ chopinmysaucepan - it was good, but i like Ken's cooking hahaa
@ gaby - I'm sure they well.. its just a training night.. so i guess we all need to cut some slack :P
Sounds like you had a great time there! And the prices are really reasonable too! :o
Cannot wait to eat here! Now I know what I want to order!
I love bucatini! This is a very useful post! I was wondering how this restaurant was! Thank you for sharing your thoughts on it and showing some pictures of the food! Sounds like you had a great time! :-)
wow! so thats the price after the 50% discount right?! i wish i got to check it out before the official opening today too :P will go check out nevertheless soon!
soo many new restaurants opening in syd these days...im def excited!
awesome, dont worry i was massive jamie oliver fan too.... still am. hard to not like that lispy b*stard.
oh jamie's restaurant has finally opened! another one to add to the list - the crab bruschetta + squid ink risotto look awesome and that chocolate brownie :3 yum.
Nice restaurant and the food looks delicious, especially the desserts :-)
Hope you have a great week Dolly!
Crab and Squid ink risotto would be my pick! Looks so delicious! I like Jamie Oliver too!
ahhh looks so nice! cant wait for my visit on the 12th
how exciting you got to go! i like the look of those polenta chips. sounds as though the food was a bit underwhelming or maybe because your expectations were really high?
I mentally took a bite of every single dish! Everything looked delicious, but then again my opinion is pretty biased when it comes to Italian food - I just love it.
I grew up with Jamie on my TV too, and I can't wait to try his new restaurant!
wow yummy Italian Food and that's delicious look. i love Italian recipes. fantastic this post and interesting detail share so thanks
wow... I have to try this out!
I have been hearing so many great things about this restaurant. Can't wait to dine there myself. Great review.
can I has pasta please nomnoms <3. Will try this Saturday with your suggestions!
Oh, that brownie looks delish!
I had the bucatini as well and found it undercooked. Prior to this I hadn't had bucatini before so I wasn't sure if that was how the texture was supposed to be. We ended up telling them and they remade it for us, and offering free dessert too because the wait time was quite long :)
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