The Darling Pizzeria, Pyrmont

I had a mean hankering for some pasta and it seemed like providence that there was an Italian deal available at the same time that F managed to snap up.

Seeing how nice out it was (especially being cooped up in an office all day long), we decided to walk across the Pyrmont Bridge… but not before we (rather, more so F) decided that we should have a pre-dinner dessert from Lindt. After all, he reasoned, it’s been a while since we’ve had macarons AND it’s along the way – though I suspect any old excuse would have done, not that I’m complaining! Haha

Lindt Macarons

I chose an apple and cinnamon macaron, which had a subtle apple flavour but enough to strongly reminded me of apple pie. Meanwhile, F had a banana and chocolate macaron that had a more distinctive flavour – there’s absolutely no mistaking the banana! I couldn’t really decide on which one I liked better, but F had a clear favourite in the banana and chocolate macaron.

Mmm Italian Beer

The coupon came with a free beverage each; F opted for a light and wheat-y Italian beer while I settled for a plain ol’ coke.

Garlic Prawns, Greek Salad and Garlic Bread

The garlic prawns surprisingly came with a healthy serving of napolitana sauce, usually it’s just olive oil, but I think I can get use to having sauce with my garlic prawns. The prawns themselves were perfectly cooked and well-seasoned.

The garlic bread was quite buttery and crunchy (just the way we like it); although it was a bit light on the garlic side it was rather perfect in mopping up the garlic prawn sauce. Yum!

Our eyes almost popped out when we saw just how generous the serving size was for the Greek salad. It was decent as salad goes: fresh, flavoursome and crisp – can’t ask much more than that.

Beef Tortellini

The beef tortilleni boscaiola was made fresh that very day (you could tell!) and I loved that there was so much mushroom! The serving size was again of gigantic proportions and F had to help me to finish it. I also really loved how saucy and creamy it was. Mmm, really wishing I had some right now…

The Darling Special Pizza

The Darling special pizza boasts having oven roasted capsicum, mushrooms, oven baked potato, Spanish red onion, goat fetta cheese, chilli, cabanossi, corn fed chicken, mozzarella cheese, tomato and herbs. Hectic, no? Despite having so many delicious ingredients, the one that really cinched it for us was the oven-baked potato. The last time I had potato on my pizza was at Belmonte’s (easily the one of the best pizza places I’ve been to) and that was way too long ago, so I was pretty excited.

F felt like a bit of spice that day and we asked if it was possible to have half chilli and half non-chilli. Our waiter assured us that it was possible and while most of it was on one side, there were a few rouge flakes that caused all sorts of havoc to my mouth. F thought I was being a sissy (yet again) until he had some… Hah I say!!

But I digress.

The pizza wasn’t soggy and had generous amounts of topping layered with oozing cheese, but there were no potatoes!! I felt a bit let down; perhaps the chef had forgotten it? I don’t know what happened to the potatoes, but it was quite delicious still (though of course, it probably would have been AWESOME with potatoes haha).

Try as we might, and despite F being a blackhole for food, there were leftovers that the wait staff was more than happy to box up for us to take away. My brother ended up eating it all, spiciness and all, and asked where I had gotten it (only to be a bit disgruntled to find that it was from some place in the city).

Strawberry and Blueberry Cheesecakes

We couldn’t possibly fit any more in, so we asked our waitress if we could have half the dessert serving they normally have. Eyes as big as saucers, she asked, “but why would you?” We tried to explain just how full we were, but she waved us off saying, “but you must have dessert!!”. It was all I could do to refrain from meekly replying, “Yes’m”.

Dessert was a blueberry cheesecake (for me) and strawberry cheesecake for F. It was quite creamy with a lovely crumbly biscuit base… and definitely wasn’t a half serving size! My goodness the slices were quite substantial – though it fits in with what seems to be a generous serving size policy they have going.

The Darling Pizzeria is a small, casual diner tucked away between a kebab shop and Oscar’s with an adjoining take away shop front. I thought it was weird at first, but it makes sense to cater for those late night revellers, being so close to the casino and Darling Harbour. The wait staff are quite friendly and cheerful, as well as being unfailingly polite. We found out that they do free delivery of their delicious food to anywhere in the CBD – our waiter candidly mentioned that their biggest customers are from people in hotels. Interesting! I think I’ll be keeping their menu pamphlet in my handbag… just in case.

The Darling Pizzeria
90 Union Street
Pyrmont, NSW, 2009
Web: http://www.thedarlingpizza.com.au/the_darling_pizzeria
Ph: (02)9566 2661

5 Comments

1. Gaby

   November 10, 2011

   

   Prawns look great, salad looks great, etc… but the cheesecakes… wow!

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2. Tania

   November 10, 2011

   

   Sounds good. ill have to tell my friends that live near here about the free delivery

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3. Hotly Spiced

   November 12, 2011

   

   Any time of day is a good time for a macaron. And I love the look of that beef tortellini.

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4. Food Wine Sleep

   November 15, 2011

   

   Reading this at 12.10 bad idea….you’re making me hungry

   Reply
5. michele

   December 21, 2011

   

   I really need a pizza after reading this and seeing the pictures.
   michele´s last [type] ..Tea Tree Oil

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