In Glen Waverley’s restaurant precinct, you’ll have no trouble finding venues that specialise in Korean, Chinese, Vietnamese and a wide range of other Asian cuisines.
While it’s well known that Glen Waverley’s restaurant heartland Kingsway is a Mecca of Asian restaurants, a lesser known fact is that you can find quality authentic Italian dishes in Kingsway too.
If you know where to look.
Piatella, a modern Australian restaurant with a European influence, incorporates wide-ranging influences into its menu and counts pasta as one of its crowd favourites.
Bill and Aspa Bourgazas, owners and operators, were inspired to conceive Piatella after a trip to Europe sparked the idea.
And if you were wondering whether it paid dividends, the proof is in the pasta — in the best of possible ways.
Pasta, a staple in a lot of households, can do extraordinary things to a palate in the right hands.
Fresh pasta, boiling in a roomy pot, with generous seasoning and a slither of oil in that narrow window of time between too long and too soon, is the foundation of wide variety of taste-packed dishes.
When you visit Piatella, you’ll encounter a pasta menu featuring a mix of decadent classics.
Spaghetti Marinara, a tasty marriage of plump tiger prawns, scallops, mussels and calamari, splashed with tomatoes, chilli and garlic, and washed in white wine sauce, is the right kind of way to enjoy a lunch time.
Meanwhile, Piatella’s Beef Ragu is traditional European beef ragu, slow-cooked for 12 hours, so it can sponge braised tomato, red wine and oregano. Enjoy it over a warm nest of supple Penne pasta.
Linguini Carbonara, on the other hand, is another Piatella signature. It makes a savoury punch with sautéed kaiserfleish bacon, mushrooms, spring onion and garlic, tossed amongst swirls of creamy egg and white wine sauce, and parmesan cheese.
Amongst the rustic atmosphere, it’s an inviting time to pair your pasta dish with a glass of wine, and Cockfighter’s Ghost Shiraz is one great place to start amongst many.
And with a dessert menu featuring fresh cake varieties, macarons and cookie sandwiches, why stop there?
