Bottarga
Outstanding fusion headlined by fine wine.
Bottarga
Italian$$
This beloved Brighton restaurant has moved to a new home on Bay Street. The two-storey site is bigger, with an open kitchen and more room between tables, yet the narrow building retains some of the original site’s intimacy and warmth. There’s more choice, too: a separate a la carte menu, bar seating for walk-ins, and a wine list numbering 500-odd labels, including rare finds from Vietnam.
Owners and partners Somi Paremanee, sommelier, and Federico Bizzaro (chef, ex-Vue de Monde and Scopri) continue to blend Italian flavours with Asian influences and all-Aussie ingredients, without a clash of cultures. The signature tiger prawn-stuffed pasta in red curry remains, joined by a prawn sandwich that riffs on Paremanee’s mum’s Thai fish cake recipe.
Must-try: The outback “plin” agnolotti filled with rabbit, wild boar, emu, kangaroo and crocodile – yes, all five – tossed through butter, sage and parmesan.
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