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844 Glenferrie Rd
HAWTHORN, VIC, 3122 -
(03) 9819 6... (03) 9819 6444
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Reviews of Della Nonna Hawthorn
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Mmmmmm Newbie 1 review
Ive just re-located to the ACT, but my fave Melbourne restaurant is Della Nonna. Its busy happy ambiance mingled with convivial Italian music always feels welcoming & the food is sensational! One visit back coincided with the release of a new seasonal menu
I savour a fine Italian red wine - Monte Antico Sangiovese, & bite into yummy taggiasche olives warmed with rosemary & roasted almonds. Magnificent!
Mmmm! Wood-fired roasted free-range chicken, raddichio & green Sicilian olives - perfect marriage of textures & flavours. Rich mediterranean fish stew includes crustaceans, mollusks & Sardinian crumb pasta mouth watering, as is signiture side of roasted potatoes with tomato, garlic & really fresh herbs. Salad of baby spinach, semi-dried tomatoes, roasted almonds, pecorino & balsamic - so divine we try copying it next night!
Indulgent double chocolate mousse with pistachio, chilli and choc biscuit pearls rounds out another memorable meal at Della Nonna!
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Della Nonna
Matt Preston, Reviewer
Monday, March 31, 2008
Della Nonna was opened in February by a couple of chefs who want to be their own bosses.
The Hawthorn length of Glenferrie Road is a bit of a wasteland for places to eat. Especially when compared with the Malvern end, where cheap and fine eateries cluster like stars in the Milky Way. Maybe Della Nonna will help. This Italian restaurant was opened in February by a couple of chefs who want to be their own bosses. Vincent "Enzo" Ferrari met Luca Dolfini when they were working at Italy 1 in Camberwell. Dolfini mans the wood-fired oven while Ferrari looks after the pans, drawing on 20 years of experience with chefs as varied as Bill Marchetti and Simon Humble. There are quite a few nods to the former's menu here: such as the grissini with reggiano and balsamic, and a crispy boneless duck; while a number of the risotto bear a striking resemblance to those at Humble's Tutto Bene. The quality of the risotto Ferrari credits to his time with Humble. The risi e bisi, described in the menu with exactly the same words as on the Tutto Bene menu, has the right amount of un...
Source: The Age
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