Italian Adventures @ Tiamo (2015)

303-305 Lygon Street,Carlton, Melbourne, VIC

9347 5759

7am - 10:30pm Everyday

Conveniently located right next to my favourite ice-cream store 'Pidapipo', We decided to dine at Tiamo before indulging on some quality ice-cream next door.

Photos are a quite poor in quality as this was a 2015 post and when I didn't have a proper camera but I can assure you the food is quite good here.

Though on entry the place itself felt quite cramped, we were seated directly next to the door which was uncomfortable because there was barely any leg space / space in general because I had to move my chair in when someone wanted to enter/exit the store. Service on the other hand was quite friendly.

 Caesar Salad ($15.50)

Cos lettuce with a poached egg, anchovies, crispy bacon and croutons topped with shavings of parmesan and served with house-made caesar dressing

Let's be frank, if you're trying to eat healthy, don't go for a caesar salad. Even though it's a salad, it's probably one of the most carbs inducing salads you'll get, but nonetheless, it is delicious. 

With whole cuts of crispy bacon, generous amount of shaved parmesan, delicious dressing and a fluffy poached egg. This was amazing, though completely ruining the purpose of a salad being healthy, it's still an amazing dish.

(7.5/10)

 

 Zucca Pizza ($21.90)

Mozzarella, roasted pumpkin, pinenuts & fetta

The pumpkin & feta combination has been a new pizza trend from what I've seen lately, and it works incredibly well. The creamy and strong taste from the feta combined with soft roasted pumpkin works well with the pizza dough.

(8/10)

Salsicce Pizza ($23.90)

Mozzarella, tomato, pork sausage, caramelised onion and rouqette

The pork sausages, pizza dough and rouqeutte worked really well together and made this pizza on par with the pumpkin and feta pizza in terms of flavour, if I were to compare, the 'Salsicce' is more savoury whilst the other is more sweet. So choosing one would depend on cravings. 

(7/10)

Food - 7.5/10

Ambiance - 5/10

Service - 8/10

Total FoOodie Points - 20.5/30