Lanzafàme Trattoria
Image: John Lanzafàme’s Pork Belly Pizza ($20) with sweet and sour onion and radicchio is very well balanced, with a wafer thin, crisp base. It outdoes a similar version I had at Hugo’s
John Lanzafàme’s Pork Belly Pizza ($20) with sweet and sour onion and radicchio is very well balanced, with a wafer thin, crisp base. It outdoes a similar version I had at Hugo’s (where John once worked). His Meatballs ($18) are better than average too; with three intensely seasoned, roughly minced pork and veal mounds set off by a lightly cooked, sweetish cherry tomato sugo. I’m not even a meatball aficionado; but I do love pig. So it’s only with slight guilt that I also relay that the Pork Belly with Pear and Basil Casserole ($28) contains perfectly rendered slices of pork belly, hunks of well-cooked potato and tender pear dressed in a compelling brown sauce that’s finished by clarified butter. Add a bowl of Pappardelle with Braised Duck Casserole ($22) with in-house pasta made with half semolina (both tasty and textural), and you have a mighty satisfying modern trattoria-style meal. So I skipped the Nutella and Banana Calzone ($16)… I did enjoy the Australian/Italian wine list though, an Albino Armani Prosecco ($14/glass, $45/bottle) is a clean beginning; and the 2009 Campagnola Soave Le Bine ($12/glass, $55/bottle) also from Veneto, is an easy-drinking mainstay. Brave the William Street barrier for good, honest food, pizzas and park-ability!
Lanzafàme Trattoria
88 Crown Street, Woolloomooloo
Ph: (02) 9331 8881 www.worldsbestpizza.com.au
Italian/Pizza $$-$$$
