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Daniel works in the consumer electronics industry but hopes to one day own a cafe. Like most Hainanese men, he can whip up a storm in the kitchen and is constantly invited to other people's house parties... to cook for them.

Esther works for a major airline by day, and bakes incessantly by night. Trained as a chemical engineer, she puts that knowledge to good use - by reading package labels to see if it's good for you.

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Melbourne: La Porchetta

By daniel | May 6, 2008

Whenever we’re in Melbourne, there’s one place my brother and I always hit for pizza and pasta. If you’ve ever been to La Porchetta’s, you’ll know it for its great value-for-money and down-to-earth Italian fare. When I was studying here, we used to go there almost every Friday weekend after church cell group (strangely enough I was at my slimmest then).

La Porchetta is now heavily franchised with some 100 locations throughout Australia, which should tell you something about its food.

Anyway, here are some pictures during our trip to the one near Victoria Market:

pizza bocconcinni

 The gourmet Caprese pizza, layered with fresh bocconcini and sliced tomatoes baked unto a pizza crust (above). (Remember to ask for the free bread, which they make from leftover pizza dough.)

 

meatlovers pizza

The more regular Original Porchetta pizza, with lean pork sausage topping.

 

chicken avocado

The yummy-licious  Tortellini with Chicken and Avocado.

 

david vs tortellini

David versus Tortellini Pollo Al Funghi (chicken and mushrooms, duh). There was no contest.

 

tortellini mushroom

The Tortellini Al Funghi (with additional bacon!).

 

schnitzel

My sister-in-law tried to go up against this humungous Chicken Parmigiana (affectionately called Chicken Parma by the locals). She didn’t even finish half of it.

 

 

Topics: Italian, Restaurant, Travel |

One Response to “Melbourne: La Porchetta”

  1. keropokman Says:
    May 6th, 2008 at 3:08 pm

    oh yes, i remember La Porchetta.

    it was our supper after OCF on Friday nights!
    we will be at the Victoria St branch.

    but as quite a few of us stayed in South Yarra, we also frequent the South Yarra branch on other days. ;-)

    last had it more than 10 years ago!

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