Classico Moderno Restaurant

Classico Moderno is the lovechild of Chef Bryan Gerlini, who recently jumped the Inner West ship from Capriccio Osteria, to try his hand solo, in the heart of the city. Gerlini is showcasing the food from his home region, Emilia-Romagna, in Northern Italy. Make sure you include the cotechino and lentil sliders that first caught my eye at Capriccio, and cannolo alla mortadella, which are pistachio-rolled balsamic vinegar cannoli tubes filled with oozing, pink mortadella mousse. From the coastal Romagna region, Seppia e Piselli takes a peasant dish usually eaten by fishermen using offcuts and ink, after the best squid is sold off at market. Offering up two different preparations of squid upon a vividly green lake of pea puree, Gerlini has elevated this dish into a textural mix of land and sea. It'll likely have you reaching for crisp foccacia sticks to scrape up every last remnant.

Classico Moderno is a fantastic Northern Italian restaurant in Darlinghurst helmed by talented maestro Bryan Gerlini. It respects the cooking and food from the Emilia Romagna region of Italy. I had eaten here a couple of times and truly loved the venue on both occasions. A while back I shot all the pics on the website before they opened and I got to fall in love with some truly fantastic food then and then more recently I had a mini degustation meal at the lovely venue.
The Contechino Slider aka Pig Trotter slider is a fave that brought back childhood memories, it is truly delicious and while nostalgic to cheaper childhood flavours is made with some magnificently prepared ingredients. The savoury mortadella mousse cannoli is also a dish I will never forget - superbly present covered in pistachio powder the flavours dance across the tongue. ...read more