Mad Raven Pizza Deluxe

April 8, 2012

our yum-cha binge bushwalking through Bunyip State Forest (which is actually lovely yesteryear the way). By the fourth dimension nosotros were done, we'd all somehow mustered upwards plenty hunger to desire dinner on the drive back.

Lucky for us, Cindy remembered our friend Erin randomly raving to us almost a pizza store inwards Kallista. Some quick googling in addition to map-checking in addition to we'd decided that Mad Raven Pizza Deluxe was the venue inwards enquiry in addition to that it was basically on our drive home. Sorted.

Mad Raven is a rattling modest eating seat - basically 3 tables within in addition to a yoke on the street (for which it was far likewise cold). Despite clearly beingness a takeaway focussed place, they've managed to brand the within inviting in addition to warm, then it's good worth booking a tabular array if you lot experience similar dining out upwards that way. We snagged 1 of the 2 booths in addition to settled downwards to peruse the menu. Mad Raven has a dedicated veg bill of fare amongst 10 pizzas to pick out from, addition a complaint proverb that vegan in addition to gluten-free versions are readily available.

After unopen to debate, nosotros decided that 2 pizzas would hold out plenty for the 3 of us to percentage (I'll acknowledge that I was pushing for 3 pizzas in addition to that I was incorrect - 2 was plenty). We started amongst The French Goat (in the background, amongst macadamia in addition to basil pesto, blood-red vino caramelised onion, soft-rind French goats cheese in addition to paprika, $23). The pizza bases are sourdough in addition to autumn somewhere betwixt trendy sparse crust in addition to old-school pan. Either way, they're delicious in addition to the toppings on this ensured a satisfying pizza - the onions were soft in addition to caramelised, the cheese had unopen to decent flavor without beingness overpowering in addition to the pesto was great.

However, it paled inwards comparing amongst the brilliance of our other pizza, the mushy honey (foreground, amongst mozzarella, tomato, ho-hum cooked porcini in addition to land mushrooms, onions, feta, bound onions in addition to white truffle oil, $23). This was only amazing - bursting amongst the mushroom in addition to truffle crude flavours amongst the salty feta providing a flake of cutting through. I'm non certain how the mushrooms were prepared - they were clearly slow-cooked inwards something delicious because they were to snuff it for. Possibly my favourite pizza of all time.

At $23 a popular you're paying for gourmet pizzas, but these easily jibe that pecker in addition to were good worth the price. Service was efficient in addition to friendly, in addition to the petty room was cosy in addition to warm in addition to decorated amongst lots of wonderful photos of the local wildlife. Mad Raven is a jewel tucked upwards inwards the hills - if alone they'd deliver to Carlton.

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Mad Raven Pizza Deluxe
78 Monbulk Road, Kallista
9755 2911
Veg pizzas $14-23
Website (facebook page)

Accessibility: Accessing the shopping strip that houses Mad Raven includes a yoke of steps. The interior is quite small. We ordered our meals at the tabular array in addition to paid at a high counter. Unisex toilets are behind the counter, through the kitchen in addition to are pretty basic.