We had tried to get dinner bookings at Chianti Classico for our final night in Adelaide, but they were sadly full - which was to be expected, since we had heard such good things about it. Thankfully our flight out of Adelaide the following day wasn't until 5pm, and so we managed to get lunch reservations.
Crusty bread, olives and olive oil - excellent right from the start.
We were seated in the front of the restaurant, and ordered (what else) a glass of Chianti Classico and a South Australian Riesling.
We started with an antipasto platter, which had mortadella, rice balls, pecorino, crostini with salted cod, figs, anchovies and pickled vegetables.
This was an amazing combination, and the wines were great with the food. The figs were sweet, the cheese+mortadella combo was super tasty and the baccala crostini with radicchio was amazing.
The rice balls were excellent - crusty on the outside, soft and fluffy on the inside.
For our mains, we had a fish stew that came with mussels, fish, prawns and scallops in a bisque also infused with lobster. The seafood flavours were so intense that we mopped up every last drop with bread. It was way too small for something so good.
The husband wanted to try penne with Italian sausage after hearing it was a daily special - this was comfort food at its best, and to be frank, I would have gone for something finer like a squid ink pasta at such an established place. It was definitely good, but I daresay that Papa Ginos on Lygon St could have come up with something a little less nice for a whole lot cheaper.
The black angus ragu with fettucine was pretty damn good though, and brilliant with the Chianti Classico that the husband picked (no idea which vintage from which vineyard).
We were too stuffed for dessert, but they served up an amazing cafe latte that we had to try after smelling the beans being ground. We would be happy to make a return visit to Adelaide just for this restaurant.
http://www.chianticlassico.com.au/
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