Note: nosotros booked this repast intending to pay our neb inwards full. Mo comped us a twain of extra dishes, pregnant that nosotros paid for the $132 of nutrient nosotros ordered too received 2 extra dishes worth $34 unloose of charge.
Smith & Daughters has had an amazing carte du jour makeover for winter! They're going for all-out carby comfort nutrient with an Italian theme, dubbing it Smith & Bellas. In surprisingly practiced tidings for coeliacs, to a greater extent than than one-half of these novel dishes include a gluten-free option. We booked inwards with a twain of friends to portion every bit much every bit nosotros maybe could.
First up: meatballs! (Usually $12 for 3, nosotros paid $16 for 4, inwards a higher house left.) They've got the correct minced-meat texture, are smothered inwards a lovely sugariness napoli, too boast some impressive parmesan. The garlic staff of life ($8, inwards a higher house right) was my must-order starter, too it was resplendent inwards its foil-wrapped pizza-delivery glory.
The creamed silverbeet ($10, inwards a higher house left) was silky soft, perked upwards with a fiddling preserved lemon too chilli. Though nosotros hadn't ordered it, Mo knew nosotros needed the show-stopping carpaccio (complimentary on the night, usually $18, inwards a higher house right). They've somehow made their ain flat, smoky mock-meat, which nosotros were encouraged to ringlet upwards with a fig slice, horseradish cream, fried capers too rocket, thus twine around a crisp fennel staff of life stick. Wow.
These shared dishes had me excited too really appetised for the mains! And hither things got heavy. The gnocchi ($22, inwards a higher house left) were the softest fiddling dumplings with every bit much broccoli rabe pesto too cream every bit nosotros could maybe swirl them through. The cacio e pepe ($25, inwards a higher house right) looked deceptively uncomplicated but these bucatini were dressed inwards copious quantities of dark fermented garlic, a fiddling parmesan too 2 kinds of pepper. My pick, though, was the ragu too polenta ($24, primary photo) - the polenta was thus creamy too cheesy, too the ragu? Some of the most convincing mock meat I've always eaten, mimicking the tenderness of a slow-cooked tough cutting inwards a sugariness gravy. Just astounding.
I was determined that nosotros couldn't move out without dessert, too nosotros agreed on 2 to portion with the 4 of us. Mo position some other beautiful spanner inwards the works, comping us a tiramisu (usually $16) - to a greater extent than vegan wizardry inwards neat, coffee-scented layers. Our companions were most taken with the limoncello rice pudding ($12), with a crunchy brûléed crust too nice scoop of rosemary vanilla icecream.
I was unexpectedly besotted with the baked Vesuvius ($15). Blow-torched correct at the table, I had to hold back patiently to spoon through the scorched-Italian meringue crust, excavating still-firm dark pepper vanilla icecream, skirting past times poached quinces earlier hitting on a ganache-spread chocolate sable crust. I don't usually attention for meringues or marshmallows much at all, but this was similar a Wagon Wheel had all grown up.
Smith & Daughters create got bloody good done it again! This Italian stage is thus comforting it's almost familiar, yet it's besides delightfully inventive too packed with surprises. You know we'll hold upwards dorsum for more.
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You tin sack besides read nigh one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight of our previous visits. Since that terminal shipping service a fairly negative review has appeared on Lifestyle By Lily.
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Smith & Daughters
175 Brunswick St, Fitzroy
9939 3293
savoury foods, desserts (including cocktails), non-alcoholic drinks
http://www.smithanddaughters.com/
Accessibility: The entry is apartment too narrow too the tables are pretty crowded. The interior is dimly lit too loud at night. Toilets are located upwards several steps, are gendered too of criterion dimension. We ordered at the tabular array too paid at a high counter.
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