Happy Mother’s Day ^^! Hope you are all treating your Mothers especially nice and spending lots of quality time with her today instead of reading or writing posts

Here is an awesome helical ‘Lucky Bamboo’ that my brother picked up at DJs for dear Mumsy

I do not have a special Mother’s Day post but I am planning to cook her a dinner which I may or may not post depending on photos and quality of my dinner haha so here is a review from a little while ago.

After strolling the Manly Corso and enjoying some ore-dinner dessert with Copenhagen AND Movenpick, we decided to do some real dinner at Hugos, another place I have been wanting to try for a while now

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After having a minor meat overdose (neverrrr!) with Plan B Wagyu Beef Burger, my wagyu steak and Ribs and Rumps, I thought it was only appropriate to have something healthy to balance it out. When I say something healthy I mean something with lots of stringy, cheesy goodness and smothered in honey hee hee.

Since I had figs and white nectarines aplenty at home I decided to create something out of them but had no idea what to make. When figs are in the question, there is only one site to go and that is a blog with fig in its’ name – Fig & Cherry by Christie ! Checking out her favourite fig recipes, my eyes immediately zeroed upon this one recipe. A Warm Fig, Apple and Gorgonzola Flatbread by Steamy Kitchen, so a big thanks to these 2 lovely ladies for sharing ^^!. As soon as I clicked on the link, the photos had me mesmerized so dinner was decided! I altered the recipe as you can see and I sorta of just impromptued (this isn’t a real word is it?) the method as well.

Warm Fig, White Nectarine & Boccocini Flatbread

Mmm yummy figs!

Juicy and sweet White Nectarines

Basically, I just cut these up into eighths and scattered them all over the flatbread.

Cherry Boccocini

Add a generous dotting of cheese balls among the figs and nectarine slices mmmmm cheese.

Chuck it into the oven at about 160 degrees C and oven it for about 10 – 20 mins.

Tada!

I should have actually cooked it for a bit longer but I was starving at this point haha and the smell was soo good ^^!

Drizzle generously with good quality honey and then dig in!

The combination of the the 2 sweet fruits, with a mild cheese and a dosage of honey created the perfect light meal for hot weather.The soft and juicy nectarines create a nice contrast to the firmer figs with their seeds and these is cheese so I am a happy camper ^^! The only problem is that the juices from the nectarines may soak through the flatbread so eat it quickly, hot and fresh out of the oven!

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Since I just missed bumping into Miss Honey, of The Delectable Delight, at Rosso Pomodoro I thought I should bump this up the list. Rosso Pomodoro is a nice cozy, quiet place in a residential complex area in Balmain. It means ‘Red Tomato’ in Italian so they have a cute little tomato replacing the last ‘o’. From all the way at the T-intersection at the end of the road we could detect the red theme as the restaurant had a warm red glow to it and as soon as you enter it envelops you and takes you to a whole new atmosphere.

Red tomatos and a chilli painted on the floor

The specials board and other Italian artefacts which are very interesting to take a look at when you enter

Red, red and more red!
The staff here were polite and friendly, and the waiter who read out the specials to us had a Italian accent which was as rich as the red interior. I can see why Miss Honey was so taken with the staff hee hee. The atmosphere was warm and there were some interesting paintings hung up around well.

The female body is a thing of beauty
Tomatosalsa and Kthxbye got into a discussion about which one were the best hee hee.

Fridge full of chhhheeessse and cured meats mmmm just wanna grab one and go munch!
After rechecking some of the toppings on the specials since the first waiter’s accent was a slightly hard to understand at times as it was just a bit too seductively thick, we ordered. The service was prompt and we did not wait long before the food arrived.

Here Comes the Food

RossoPomodoro insalate ($15.50) – Italian Mozzarella, Roma tomatoes, baby spinach, olives and sundried tomatos
I think this was pretty steep for a salad but the flavours all mix wonderfully to create a fresh starter to this meal. The chunks of mozzarella were flavoursome and the rich tomatoes added a sweetness to the salad.

Jamon Iberico de Bellota
Once again I come across this beautiful cured meat but this time, the experience was quite the contrary of last time. All the rich tastes from the Jamon Iberico have been either cooked out or overpowered by the rest of the flavours in the pizza, which is mainly just Italian mozzarella. This ended up pretty tasteless and mediocre.

Valtellina Tartufata
The other specials pizza was the winner and highlight of the meal though. The slices of meat were actually thin slices of beef which was a bit surprising but there was a deep, rich truffle flavour from the truffle oil drizzled over the pizza.

Della Casa ($22) – Italian mozzarella, sausages, hot salame, baby spinach and shaved parmesan
The sausages were cut up into nice little chunks of tasty meat and the salame did pack quite a punch behind it. The baby spinach provided a nice crisp with each bite and being a cheese enthusiast, I loved the how the 2 types of cheese provided contrasting flavours.

Since we had dinner after dessert at Adriano Zumbo we didn’t try any of the desserts here but they have some very tempting selections like a homemade tiramisu and a few others.

Just outside was this awesome lights display hee hee

Rosso Pomodoro Pizzeria
Shop 90-91, 24 Buchanan St
Balmain (White Bay)
Ph: (02) 9555 5924

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