"Now that the children couldn't make it to Mother's Day, we went to Mother's Day Bunch for 2 at Flinders Lane on Summer Street and wow we were impressed. I would read that there are many Italians in Australia, but as the first generation Italian with long roots in the restaurant business, I would never have thought that we find GOOD Italian food in Australian restaurant. I've never been wrong! We started with the meatballs and Arancini and both were delicious. The meatballs were served with two thick slices of perfectly roasted Italian bread, crushed with olive oil, just right to overthrow a delicious marinara. Four rice balls had a mushroom risotto inside and were covered with a slightly spicy chipotle like Mayo. Great start. For my main dish I had “light as a cloud” pillow style gnocchi over truffle ricotta with wild mushrooms and peas. It was so good, it will be hard to try everything else on our next visit. The Wagyu beef burger was perfectly cooked medium rare and the homemade shoe-running pommes were perfect (I couldn't resist trying even if I were NOT to eat frits! . For dessert we shared the sticky date bread like pudding with hot caramel sauce and vanilla ice cream. The chef Brad came to meet us (I have traveled so much about the food someone has to tell him that he had a zagged fan! and he told us it was the recipe of his grandmother in Australia. It was so light and tasty I have to go to Australia to pursue this grandma. We also met Chris the owner and we talked to Mark, our fabulous waiter. Overall, the staff could no longer be attentive, courteous and friendly. It is a pleasure to go to eat and come away feeling great! No complaint or regret. Thank you. Flinding Lane to make this a great Mother's Day! See you again!"
