Meals on Wheels

Reporter: Jon Sivewright

 

Eating Out Competition Get ready to wheel yourself in because Sydney Weekender is giving away a meal for two at Deus Café and Vespa Café Ristorante. All you’ve got to do to be in the running is call our competition line on 1902 55 77 08 and rev it up! M.NET 55 cents max call cost. Mobile phones extra. Lines close 26/06/08 at midnight NSW permit number: LTPM 07/20585, ACT permit number TP07/05446 Terms and conditions are available by contacting The Seven Network

 

* Winners’ details will be published in the Australian newspaper on Monday 7th July 2008.

 

 

Vespa Café Ristorante

 

Vespa is a family-friendly, family run Café Ristorante with a warm and welcoming atmosphere. During the morning and all day on the weekend it serves hearty breakfasts along with homemade cakes, fresh juices, smoothies, and great Mokador coffee.

 

 

Lunch consists of a variety of paninis, salads, and fresh, flavoursome pasta dishes while the dinner menu offers an array of handmade ravioli and gnocchi with traditional sauces and dishes inspired from all over Italy.

Specials are created from traditional recipes covering all regions in Italy and are changed on a weekly basis.

The restaurant interior is inspired by the rounded shape of a Vespa wheel hub, the walls are scattered with posters of great Italian movie characters and a variety of Italian music plays in the background.

There is a large leafy courtyard out the back that fits 10 tables with approximately 43 people outside. The courtyard is enclosed with a roof and fencing and is heated for the cooler months. There’s also a garden and fish tank in the courtyard.

Vespa has a relaxed vibe and is a great place to hang out day and night with family and friends or to just kick back and read the paper.

 

 

Some of the dishes you may find on the menu:

Breakfast

• Vespa Stack bacon & scrambled eggs with hollandaise sauce served on wood fired bread
• Vespa Big Breakfast Bacon, Italian sausages, eggs of your choice, grilled Roman tomato, toasted wood fired bread and coffee
• Breakfast Panini Salmon, scrambled eggs with dill and hollandaise sauce English spinach, bacon, fried eggs and Roman tomato
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Lunch

• Pasta alle Vongole spaghetti with baby clams, garlic & extra virgin olive oil
• Gnocchi alla Arrabbiata, homemade gnocchi with garlic, chilli and tomato sauce
• Damy Panini prosciutto, mozzarella, fresh tomato and roasted eggplant

 

More Information Vespa Café Ristorante 209 Victoria Rd, Gladesville Telephone: (02) 9879 0366 Open for breakfast and lunch, Tuesday to Sunday; and dinner Tuesday to Saturday. Mains start from $17.

 

Prices correct as at 21/06/08

 

Deus Café

 

The Deus Café is attached to the Deus Ex Machina Showroom in Camperdown. The café is an extension of the Deus experience blurring the line between motorcycles and brioche.

A Robert Moore instillation of painted race numbers presides over the assembly of oversized communal teak tables, cane sofa corners and the plethora of hanging artwork.

 

 

Chef Pierre has a penchant for sharp knives and is the Yoda of proper French pastry. They call him Mr. Delicious. At the front of the house is Greg who is also a partner in the café.

[Source: www.deus.com.au]

 

 

Some of the dishes you may find on the menu:

Lunch

• Steak frites steak and chips
• Coq au vis chicken casserole cooked in red wine
• Gnocchi homemade with lamb ragout

Dessert

• Crème Brûlée
• Pavlova with lemon curd and passion fruit
• Chocolate tart

 

More Information Deus Café 98 – 104 Parramatta Rd Camperdown Telephone: (02) 9557 6866 www.deus.com.au Breakfast from $7 and Lunch from $12. Open 7 Days for breakfast and lunch.

 

Prices correct as at 21/06/08