January 10, 2007: Oskar

Our friends together with one-time house-guests Emma together with Simon spent Wed morn signing a lease on a apartment inward North Melbourne. Part of the pre-lease give-and-take had centred on the Cheap Eats Guide together with especially Burger Republic. What meliorate agency to celebrate their novel house than fatty burgers together with delicious chips? Unfortunately Burger Republic had other plans. We arrived at most 9:15pm to uncovering chairs stacked on tables together with staff inward clean-up mode. Following a brief tour of Errol Street, a glowing "Pizza" sign together with a reasonably crowded gear upward of outdoor tables atomic number 82 us to an alternative: Oskar.

It turns out Oskar is besides featured inward the Cheap Eats Guide, which describes it every bit a "slick pizzeria". I'm non sure I'd handgrip alongside slick - it all seemed pretty depression key: outdoor tables alongside newspaper tablecloths, a tinny jazz rails seemingly on repeat together with a charmingly amateurish waiter. But it was sure a pizzeria, together with 1 alongside a large together with various menu: pizzas featuring kangaroo, boar together with duck for the adventurous meat eaters, together with a proficient half-dozen options for us vegetarian types. Cindy had spent the whole level looking frontward to chips from Burger Republic and, inward an get to satisfy her flake urges, opted for the Kipfler white patato pizza, alongside rosemary, taleggio together with extra virgin olive oil. The white patato slivers were perfectly roasted together with Cindy enjoyed them every bit if they were chips - picked 1 at a fourth dimension off the base. Unfortunately this left a fairly tiresome cheesey base, together with thus I'm non sure she experienced all that Oskar had to offer.

I chose the seasonal mushroom pizza - a various mix of wild mushrooms spinkled over the tomato plant concasse together with taleggio base of operations together with drizzled alongside truffle oil. It was divine - the base of operations was low-cal together with crisp, the mushrooms were a mix of fresh flavours together with the tomato plant together with cheese made the whole affair moist together with delicious. Honesly, I could accept eaten 2 of them. Which isn't to tell the pizzas weren't generously sized - nosotros ordered a modest 1 each together with were all good satisfied yesteryear the fourth dimension we'd finished.

Despite the disappointment of our failed burger request (we've scheduled a farther endeavor to a greater extent than or less fourth dimension side yesteryear side week), the nighttime turned out real successfully, alongside easily the best pizza I've had inward Melbourne (although we're nevertheless to watch the much hyped I Carusi). Here's hoping that having friends living inward North Melbourne volition give us the excuse to supply repeatedly.

Address: 5 Errol Street, North Melbourne
Ph: 9329 1585
Licensed (with an impressive gain of beers together with a reasonably substantial vino list)
Price: Small pizzas $6 - $15

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