OMG. As Parma is king in the Australian culinary heirachy, so, to me at least, any dish "Quattro Formaggi" is the Emperor of Italian cuisine. I was planning to order their exciting sounding Ortolana salad (in the hope that I bore seem semblance of the more exotic picture of said from Google Images, rather than just being a common-or-garden "Garden salad") but my card maxed out. However, just the Four Cheese Gnocchi on it's lonesome was cheesetastic perfection. And, unlike every other place I have tried via UberEats, during the current crisis, La Baia Bar Cucina were the first people not to penalise me for ordering only one dish by sending me a child's portion. And, instead, sent me almost enough liquid cheese drenched Gnocchi heaven to serve TWO.
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Did you know that La Baia Cucina now do breakfast and brunch till 3pm? I visited this restaurant on their first day doing breakfast and I just say that the food and my 2 coffees were amazing!! This restaurant does fusion food with an Italian twist.
I tried a rolled omelette on brioche w house made chilli jam, wilted spinach, Swiss cheese, braised mushrooms, house roma tomato relish and crispy bacon.
OMGosh this was hands down THE best brekkie burger that I’ve ever had. The burger was juicy, the eggs cooked perfectly, the bacon crispy, the brioche bun was crispy on top. The house roma tomato relish was full of flavour and slightly sweet and delicious!! Yummo lol.
The fries were hot and crispy, perfect.
My strong skinny latte was soo good that I had to have two coffees hahaha and why not, at $1 each. Yes a barista made coffee for a dollar!
If you haven’t tried their new breakfast menu then you’ve gotta get there! And with views across the bay, this is the perfect brunch location! Happy days.
July 2018
My partner and I dined here on the weekend. What a wonderful location, with views all over the bay.
We ordered a bruschetta for starters which was delicious. It was a pizza base, light and crispy covered w fresh tomato. Simply delicious.
We shared some calamari which was light and cooked perfectly, soft w a light coating.
For main I had a Vincigrassi/Marche or an12 hour braised beef cheek w hand made pasta and a bechamel sauce. OMGosh this was perfect.
My partner had a Tagliatelle carbonara and I quote “this is the best pasta I’ve ever eaten... outside of home!” And that from an Italian was a BIG wrap I thought.
I tried a Aperol Spritz and the most delicious Italian beer called Ichnuso which was recommended by the waitress. Wow I need to find that again lol
My partner had a local Pinot Noir from the Yarra Valley which matched the meal perfectly.
That combined w the most lovely attentive service made this a very special night. I can’t recommend this place highly enough. And give that the restaurant was quite busy it appears that the word is already out.
Thanks to the owner for the invitation to try this relatively new restaurant, that’s only been open for 5 months. This place is definitely worth a visit!
Loved it from the minute we walked in .. Nice cosy ambience.. Great variety of delish food and wine.. Ended with the Italian Donuts :: Heaven :: Will be back for more.. Thanks to staff and the chef for a great night..
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