Delicious, Sunday Herald Sun: Five to Try

 

“Want comfort? Eat Pasta. Here are five of melbourne’s best.”

By Larissa Dubecki

June 29th, 2025

“Chef David Lakhi honed his trade at an Italian restaurant ruled by a strict octogenarian matriarch, and the pleasing results can be seen at his own bustling bistro. Grab a seat for house-made bottoni - a ravioli-adjacent number stuffed with buffalo mozzarella, parmesan, spinach and truffle, served with burnt butter and sage sauce - or squid ink spaghetti in a seafood aficionado’s fever dream of garlic and cherry tomato-sluiced clams, octopus, anchovies and bottarga. Or fall in love with cavatelli in a pork sausage meat ragù. Dishes are big, rich and shareable, and simpatico with punchy Italian-leaning wines.”