Hugo’s Bar Pizza
Sipping on a pale, smooth and gentle (yet devilishly alcoholic) Hugo’s Iced Tea ($17) on a early spring evening in the comfort of a cosy, well padded leather booth, is the good life ‘ but you’ll pay for it. A flight of stairs up from the hustle and bustle of Bayswater Road, the space glows pale jade from the back-lit marble bar, and hums with the voices of the mostly under-forty crowd and upbeat, ambient house. It’s popular, and you can’t reserve a table, but Restaurant Manager Charlie Wong will make sure your wait is pleasant ‘ perhaps a Lady Hendrick’s ($17) easy drinking elderflower flavoured martini’ A Tasting Plate ($38) showed tender calamari, sweet Yamba prawns, salmon carpaccio and tasty meatballs; but the sublime moment came in the form of an Asparagus Pizza ($26). The scent of truffle oil heralded its arrival with a perfectly cooked egg in the centre, walnuts, goats curd, garlic and parmesan. The Pork Belly Pizza ($26) also impressed particularly the contrast of bitter radicchio and sweet and sour onions. Plenty to see on the wine list too, with Italian wines being well represented ‘ try the 2006 Fattori Soave Classico ($52/bottle, $11/glass) it suits the cuisine.
Hugo’s Bar Pizza
33 Bayswater Road, Kings Cross
Ph: (02) 9357 4411
Italian/Pizza $$$-$$$$
