Sette Bello…again
Corner Hardware Lane & Little Bourke Streets
Phone 9670 7070
When a new place opens it often takes a while to hit its stride. Last time I visited Sette Bello, the menu was non-existant and the choices limitied, although at the time I didn’t know if this was actually the case or by design. Our most recent visit revealed that they now have a menu - and a particularly gorgeous one at that - with a larger range of breakfast items now available.
EG went the breakfast pizette with verdura (vegetable greens) and a poached egg. Apart from being huge, it was also absolutely spot on. Yeasty crunchy base, good quaity toppings, and an egg which bordered on the googy.
I on the other hand was feeling somewhat virtuous, and went with toasted slices of brioche topped with ricotta and drizzled with miele (honey). Growing up in an Italian household, I practically grew up on ricotta - on bread (mostly with a sprinkle of sugar), with pasta and parmesan, or just eaten as is. When I was a young girl I used to accompany Nonna down to the cheese factory in Hawthorn on “ricotta day”, just to pick up fresh ice-cream tubs full of still-warm curds, their perforated sides leeching out sweet smelling whey. We’d take it home and sit around the table with just a couple of spoons and just dig in. Yum. Don’t you just love when food triggers a memory like that?
Ooohhh, I have to go here for breakfast. I’m thinking my Friday mornings are about to get a lot earlier…
6:19 pm - July 18th, 2008Remember, not too early. They are not one of those early openers. Might be a good excuse to go into work late though!
5:17 pm - July 19th, 2008I love it when food triggers a memory, or many memories. I made a pandan chiffon cake recently that brought back so many good memories of childhood for me.
2:41 pm - July 28th, 2008Hey Thanh - yeah, I read your pandan chiffon cake and pandan cookies with much interest. I am quite enamoured with the flavour, especially when paired with kaya.
9:53 pm - July 28th, 2008I just wanted to let you know about an event I’m running called The Hive - we meet monthly and feature entrepreneurs. We have been getting around 100 people along each month and this month we are going to have Paul Mathis speaking (I’m sure he needs no introduction to you!). It should be a great night.
It would be great if you could come along and say g’day - and bring any friends or blog readers with you!
9:14 pm - July 30th, 2008Thanks for the heads up Ross! Might very well be interesting.
10:43 pm - July 30th, 2008