Ciao Cielo - bresaola

Ciao Cielo

Ciao Cielo - bresaola
Ciao Cielo – Port Melbourne

Ciao Cielo has been around for eight years serving up amazing Italian food and has recently relocated to a bigger more breathtaking venue. The building is heritage listed and used to be an old courthouse. After renovations, the place looks like a dining hall of dreams. High ceilings, rendered walls, stunning bar, fireplace, big arched windows. The food to follow was just as stunning.

Ciao Cucina - casual dining space
Ciao Cucina – casual dining space

Next door is their sibling restaurant Ciao Cucina which has a more casual style dining area serving up tasty pizzas. The outdoor area is a lovely place to have a casual food and beverage session.

Ciao Cucina - carbonara pizza
Ciao Cucina – carbonara pizza

The carbonara pizza had a creamy base with salty pancetta and egg, it was delicious.

Ciao Cielo - formal dining area
Ciao Cielo – formal dining area

After some casual drinks at Ciao Cucina we moved next door to Ciao Cielo for our sit down dinner.

Ciao Cielo - red or white?
Ciao Cielo – red or white?

They had a gorgeous bar with a good wine menu.

Ciao Cielo - duck arancini
Ciao Cielo – duck arancini

We started with the confit duck arancini which was super crunchy on the outside, had a rice and duck filling in the middle and a centre of molten mozzarella. Delicious.

Ciao Cielo - bresaola
Ciao Cielo – bresaola

The wagyu bresaola was delicately sliced and was accompanied by artichoke, endive, horseradish and gnocci fritti which were like little pillows of crunchy bread.

Ciao Cielo - mozzarella board
Ciao Cielo – mozzarella board

Then the Mozzarella board came out and jaws dropped. There was creamy burrata, smoked mozzarella, deep fried mozzarella and more.

Ciao Cielo - prawn risotto
Ciao Cielo – prawn risotto

The prawn risotto had a creamy bisque and big chunks of prawn scattered throughout. There were two very large grilled Spencer Gulf King prawns sitting on top and there was a majoram gremolata (zesty herb sauce) dotted around the plate for extra flavour.

Ciao Cielo - whole rainbow trout
Ciao Cielo – whole rainbow trout

Next up was a whole rainbow trout wrapped in pancetta and cooked with thyme and lemon. It was cooked to perfection, melts in your mouth.

Ciao Cielo - 1kg T-bone

The Bistecca alla Florentina was a 1kg t-bone. It was one big steak. We had a dollop of truffle mustard to go with it. I loved that it was cut into easy to eat pieces.

Ciao Cielo - beans
Ciao Cielo – beans

The fagiolini was delicious, it was braised green beans cooked in tomato, garlic, olive oil.

Ciao Cielo - mushrooms
Ciao Cielo – mushrooms

The wood roasted sage mushrooms were roasted and juicy with creamy goats curd and puffed wild rice for texture.

Ciao Cielo - goat leg
Ciao Cielo – goat leg

The Sardinian style goat leg was super tender and was cooked with wild olives, fennel, lemon, chilli and majoram and was packed with flavour. It had deep-fried polenta dumplings on top which were creamy and soft when you bit into them. So good.

Ciao Cielo - ricotta cannoli
Ciao Cielo – ricotta cannoli

For dessert we had the canolli filled with ricotta. The shell was a thin caramelised crisp rather than the pastry shell and it was delicious. It came with a fennel and almond crumb, a wonderfully fresh blood orange sorbet over chocolate snow and candied almonds.

Ciao Cielo - Nonna's tiramisu
Ciao Cielo – Nonna’s tiramisu

Nonna’s tiramisu had a beautiful coffee flavour and had a good ratio of sponge to cream.

Ciao Cielo - amaretto bomb
Ciao Cielo – amaretto bomb

The Amaretto bomb was ameretto gelato with an orange centre wrapped in toasted Italian meringue. This looked amazing with some citrus segments and an ameretti crumb.

I heart Ciao Cielo!

Olives x

Ciao Cielo
Address: 115 Bay St, Port Melbourne VIC 3207
Website: ciaocielo.com.au
Phone: (03) 9646 7697
Trading Hours: Mon-Sun: 12pm-3pm (lunch), 6pm-10pm (dinner)

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