Slow Sundays: Renzo’s bar

Sunday 18 July 2010, 11:00 AM
By The Team | Posted in Places

Wondering what to do today? Here’s a suggestion: wander down to Docklands for some of the best pizza west of the river and take advantage of the Slow Sundays $15 meal deal.

Renzo’s bar, one of first restaurants to open in Docklands, is popular with both locals and visitors for its thin and crispy homemade pizzas and fine traditional Italian fare.

The Slow Sundays menu provides a choice of one of their famous pizzas topped with Italian sausage, goat cheese and roasted capsicum, house-made ravioli filled with prawns and salmon served on a bed of baby spinach or veal spezzatino, slow-cooked veal served with potatoes, peas and carrots.

Enjoy with a glass of house chardonnay or shiraz – and if you’re still not ready to face that fast-moving world outside, try one of Renzo’s heavenly desserts.

Slows Sundays: Bluefire Churrascuria

Sunday 4 July 2010, 3:24 PM
By The Team | Posted in Places

Sundays are made for taking it slow: a leisurely sleep-in, snuggling up to the one beside you, reading the weekend papers, coffee at your favourite pit stop and until 29 August, Slow Sundays at Docklands. This week we check out the fabulous flame-grilled Brazilian menu at Bluefire Churrascuria, one of the 20 participating restaurants in Slow Sundays.

Eating at Bluefire Churrascuria will help with the immersion therapy, where waiters with huge skewers of grilled meats will come to your table like they do in Brazil and carve the meat to your hearts (and bellies) content.

During Slow Sundays choose either the churrascaria tasting plate of Brazilian-style marinated chicken, spiced calamari and hot chorizo sausage with tomato relish or a large beef empanada served on a zingy pineapple and sweet corn salsa.

Delicious with a glass of the 2008 Crittenden Estate ‘Cut Cain’ Cabernet from the Mornington Peninsula or a Crown Lager beer and all for $15.

Slow Sundays: Bellissimo Cucina and Trattoria

Friday 25 June 2010, 3:38 PM
By The Team | Posted in Places

Sundays are made for taking it slow: a leisurely sleep-in, snuggling up to the one beside you, reading the weekend papers, coffee at your favourite pit stop and soaking up every bit of your weekend before the madness of the working week takes over your life again.

To make your Sundays just a little more perfect, the good folks at Docklands have introduced Slow Sundays – a marvellous little lunch concept that allows you to have a meal and a matched glass of vino for a mere $15. So each Friday here on the blog, when your mind wanders to weekend adventures, we’ll serve you an amuse d’esprit of what some of the 20 participating restaurants will be offering as part of Slow Sundays.

Bellissimo Cucina and Trattoria

Experience the tradition of the long Italian lunch at Bellissimo’s every Sunday. It’s like lunch at your Nonna’s complete with red gingham tables and hearty servings, only with a better (waterside) view. Choose the delectable spaghetti tossed in roasted red pepper pesto with spinach and olives or the semolina-crumbed calamari salad with a tangy lime aioli.

Both are perfectly matched with 2007 Castello di Gabbiano Chianti, Tuscany, Italy or Peroni Nastro Azzuro beer.