Esposito

Esposito

162 Elgin St, Carlton

(Ph) 9347 9838

E and I are finally catching up! After so many cancellations and getting sick etc etc. It was a Friday night so E said she didn't want to go to the city and wanted to go to Lygon Street 'cause there'd be easier parking there. We decided on Esposito 'cause there's a buy-1-get-1-free in the Entertainment book even though we knew it'd be a little pricey.

There was one table of people when we got there at 6.30pm. The waiter wanted to take our coats but we said no and they left us alone =P (See Bistro Vue)

We ordered our mains and decided to go elsewhere for dessert afterwards =P

Complimentary French sourdough with olive oil (there were 4 pieces - E was too hungry for bread =P)

And complimentary Fish Crackling - tastes like what we used to eat in Hong Kong at congee shops! Deep fried fish skin =D So crunchy but not too oily so doesn't taste that unhealthy =P Wish they gave us more than one piece each!

Fish crackling

Look how cute the olive oil bottle is! ^_____^

Condiments

I ordered the Open lasagne of Mud Crab polenta and nasturtium scented pasta, creamed corn, saffron & crustacean sauce - $23 for entree or $38 for main.

Open Lasagne

Thought I should get the main size since it's buy-1-get-1-free anyway - and glad I did! Look how small it is =( This is the problem with French/Italian fine dining, everything is always so small =( There was lots of crab meat between like 3 sheets of pasta - couldn't really taste the "nasturtium scent" on the pasta sheets though. I'm pretty sure the orange pile was Flying Fish Roe, even though it wasn't listed on the menu, but whatever it was, went very well with the crab meat and the crustacean sauce (must have cooked it for hours - full of flavours!). I cleared the plate - even the saffron leaves =)

E got the Seared salmon - pumpkin puree, prawn and carrot crumbs with mandarin jus $38. She was tossing between the Seared Salmon, the Wagyu porterhouse steak or the Wild Barramundi Fillet - in the end she decided to go safe and get the salmon, even though she knew they wouldn't be very generous =P

Seared salmon

It was cooked perfectly - still slightly raw on the inside. The pumpkin puree sounds very strange with salmon but actually goes very well - adds to the creaminess of it all. How cute are the 2 pieces of mandarins on the plate? =)

I guess French food wouldn't taste so high class and exotic if they gave generous amounts =P and I guess what can you expect for $19 each =)

8/10

C.
xo

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