Sir And Mlady Dine Out
+4
La Pesa has been offering good Italian food for quite a while now. Their menu is a combination of both traditional and modern Italian cuisine and they also have an Italian tapas menu too.
It's well located close to the CBD so it is easily accessible for working lunches as well as dinners. Sir dropped by with a few colleagues for a lunch recently.
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Spent some quality time with family over a quiet Friday Milanese dinner. It's quite a cute place tucked 1 block behind busy Oxford Street.
We ordered fried calamari, watercress salad with spicy pineapple and citrus king prawns, king prawn ravioli with creamy asparagus and saffron sauce, beef fillet and fish of the day. All dishes were extremely well received except the fish.
Calamari was tiny and very crispy, like bite-sized parcels that melted in your mouth. Watercress salad was very unique and the grilled pineapple and citrus prawns really uplifted the flavour, a tad heavy on the olive oil though. I enjoyed the ravioli very very much as the king prawn filling was cooked so well the prawn still had a little 'spring' with each bite. It gave me the perception that these were made in house and was very fresh. The beef was one of the best I've experienced. Seared to perfection outside but medium inside with a really tender, melt in your mouth texture. Unfortunately, the fish was disappointing as there were still scales left on the skin. Overall, 4 out of 5 dishes done right is still a great effort.
One thing I would note is that the host here is quite particular. As an example we weren't allowed to order tapas as we were seated in the restaurant and we weren't allowed to order beef more than medium cooked as this would destroy the beef. Don't disagree on that 2nd point but a diner's personal choice should be respected.
I think this restaurant is a great place for a quiet first date or a little celebration. Will be likely to revisit in future.
Friendly staff. Nice pasta dishes which are reasonably sized. Prawn risotto was they with lots of fresh prawn pieces.Scallop carpaccio entree wasn't fantastic though. Not a very exciting dessert menu so didn't order any.
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