This dinner was for my dad's birthday last weekend, while we were smack in the middle of moving house. We met at Bin 24 in North Strathfield, a hatted Italian restaurant in the old Arnotts Factory complex.
This restaurant has some tasty food, but sadly only a few stock-standard vege dishes. I had the option of Tagliatelle with Mauri Taleggio, olives and rocket or pizza (there were four vegetarian pizzas).
I started with the sourdough, sharing with the husband. The service was pretty abysmal, particularly for a hatted restaurant, and the sourdough came out without the extras. I had to ask for them to be given to us, which is a bit of fail. The bread was lightly toasted and the pesto, oil and butter super delish once they actually arrived.
Grilled sourdough with pesto, olive oil and house churned butter
For mains we ordered some salads and extras to share, like the rocket and Parmesan salad. It was a great size, and tasted great - lots of Parmesan throughout the salad rather than the stingy amount you sometimes get with this dish.
Rocket and parmesan salad
My margherita pizza was delicious. Way too big for this person to eat on her own however, so we boxed up half to take home.
Margherita, mozzarella, fior di latte, fresh tomato and basil pesto
Tasty, tasty chips - these came with the husband's dish and I sampled a few.
Fries with house made tomato sauce
Broccoli with almonds - really delicious. The almonds were caramelised and were a great pairing with the broccoli.
Broccoli with almond
Dessert always features highly in our family. Chocolate mousse is one of my absolute fave dishes, so we had to order it. The presentation was beautiful, and the mousse - exquisite!
Chocolate mousse with orange cake and white chocolate sorbet
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