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By Mr C on Jun 9, 2014 in European, Italian

Just a little over a fortnight ago Miss K and I attended a (re)opening lunch to celebratethe launch of the new Casa Ristorante Italiano. Over the past few weeks we’d noticedthat Casa Di Nico had closed down but had no idea that Platinum RestaurantGroup were planning to relaunch a new restaurant on the same premises. I have toadmit that I really like the beautiful new interiors of the restaurant which were createdby the same guys behind Alpha and China Republic which look just as amazing, they allhave a great theme to go by.

King Street Wharf has always been known as a tourist strip with lots of bars andrestaurants that don’t offer much in terms of quality of food but rely more on thelocation and views for customers. Casa Ristorante Italiano aim to redefine this imageand differentiate themselves by offering great food at affordable prices.


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Antipasto and cured meats

Running slightly late we entered the restaurant to find that a section of the restauranthad been set up as a cocktail/event space and everyone was already mingling aroundwith drinks and platters of delicious looking meats and antipasto. Miss K being a hugefan of prosciutto immediately went straight for the meats and bread.

A few minutes later we were treated to an awesome pizza dough making show byawesome pizza chef Salvador D’Avola from Sicily who gave a fun demonstration ofdough spinning and a few other amazing tricks.


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Pumpkin and mozarella arancini w/ chilli mayo

We’re always big fans of arancini but they’re even better when served with chilli mayo.The mixture of pumpkin, cheese, spices and creamy mayo made each mouthful ofarancini an explosion of different flavours which everyone on the table seemed to reallyenjoy.


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Seared scallops, parsnip puree and garlic w/ caperberries

Seared scallops are amazing entrees in every cuisine whether it be Japanese, Chinese,Italian or Greek. The seared scallops done at Casa were coated in crunchy little bits ofpotato and delicious sour caperberries, the whole plate was devoured within seconds ofit landing on the table.


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Crispy calamari with herbs and aioli

Another crowd pleaser is always fried calamari and aioli, there’s no way anyone couldsay no to these delicious bits of squid and sauce! The best part of this particularserving was that the calamari is covered in parsley, chilli and other herbs which gave it aflavour on it’s own even without the sauce. At one point I was just eating the pieces ofcalamari without even dipping it because they were already so flavoursome.


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Tempura battered zucchini flowers

I have to admit I’m not a big fan of zucchini flowers but I’ll happily eat anything that’stempura battered. I think most of the tastes that I enjoyed came from the batter ratherthan the flower itself but others (including Miss K) were visibly enjoying the zucchiniflowers so perhaps it was good and I was oblivious


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Agnello – Lamb, fetta, onion, pumpkin and rosemary

Since there was such a huge choice of pizzas on the menu, Phil from Philsosophyy and Idecided to share a bit of ours so we could get a taster of each. I ordered the Genovesepizza – citrus prawns, pesto, mozarella, cherry tomato and pancetta, this is the pizzafeatured as the thumbnail and as the first photo on this post (up above). I seriouslyloved that pizza so much that it got the honour of featured image of this post!

Phil decided to order the lamb pizza so we ended up with two different types of pizza toeat. The general consensus was that although both were absolutely delicious and hadan amazing thin crust, the Genovese pizza was superior simply because of the choice intoppings and sauce.


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Lobster & crab ravioli with shellfish butter sauce

Since we had already decided on two pizzas we wanted to also give at least one of thepastas a try to see if they were up to scratch. Miss K decided to go with the lobster andcrab seafood ravioli which turned out to be really good, although the shellfish smell wasa bit overpowering for me. Miss K really loved it however so she ended up finishingmost of the pasta dish on her own.


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Pork belly with truffle mash, seared scallops w/ apple mousse & cider reduction

I just had to take a picture of this because it looked so amazing and mouth watering, itwas actually ordered by Vanessa from For Foods Sake. You can read more about it ontheir site.


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White wine


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Peroni

Unfortunately I was so overwhelmed with food and drinks that I completely forgot totake note of the wine we were being served, I do recall that it had a nice clean and crisptaste which I enjoyed. However I definitely remembered that the beer was an awesomebottle of Peroni though!


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Warm chocolate tart w/ salted caramel, ice cream, pistachio, strawberries

When I saw the dessert list I knew I had to give this one a go and I have to admit Iwasn’t sure what to expect. When I finally had my first warm mouthful I realised that itreminded me of the signature eight texture chocolate cake from Quay, thoughobviously a little less refined and with a dash of other ingredients.


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Tiramisu with chocolate soil

It was obvious from the beginning that Miss K would order the Tiramisu because she’s adie hard fan of this kind of cake and would pick it over anything. She enjoyed thesmooth richness of this cake and coffee taste so much that I had to try it as well andwas blown away because I was expecting something more lacklustre.


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Overall Casa definitely made a good impression, the quality of food is vastly differentfrom what had previously been said about Casa Di Nico and this is a pretty goodindicator that they’re taking the challenge of offering decent food at a tourist strip quiteseriously. I have to note that the pizza in particular is really good and easily rivals if notdefeats those served elsewhere in Sydney.

The venue is huge and bustling on weekends but there always seems to be seats so nexttime you’re around and looking for dinner you might want to consider eating at CasaRistorante Italiano

Mr C and Miss K attended as guests of Wasamedia and Platinum RestaurantGroup. All views and opinions expressed are our own.

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Sherrie @ Crystal Noir June 10, 2014 at 1:20 am

Is there anything better than Italian fare? One of my favourite cuisines!

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Mr C June 14, 2014 at 9:24 pm

Japanese and Italian are my favourites

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