Alfresco on a Friday Night

Bonsoir! It has been a couple of days since my last disappointing post - need a break for all the readers to absorb it.

Anyway, this post is actually quite a positive one. If you are out on a Friday night with a few people, say 4 or 5 people (or perhaps a larger group like ours), and some people want dessert, whereas others just want to sit, have a chat, perhaps some coffee or wine, then I would recommend Alfresco on Rundle Street (address below this post). The place is big enough for a huge group, and cosy enough if there is only 2 of you as well. The layout of the place is very relaxed, i.e. 'alfresco' dining style - I quite like the retro-modern ambience feel that they have created.

So, after the disappointing meal at Brunelli, I needed a decent dessert and perhaps some wine as well! I ended up ordering Nutella (hazelnut) crepes with hazelnut gelati (I think...my mind has been overfilled these past few days) and it was actually very nice! The warm elements from the crepe and the oozing Nutella complements very well with the gelati (by the way, this was on a pretty cold evening but the heater was on just the right temperature in there).

Nutella crepe with hazelnut gelati (I think...)

Halfway through the dessert, I really needed something to warm me up, so naturally I was thinking either coffee or wine. However, I already had 4 coffees that day and decided perhaps that was enough, so opted to wine instead. I really was in the mood for a red wine, so TS, SL and I shared a bottle (remembering that I still had to drive) of 2009 Shiraz by Four Sisters. It was a pretty good choice, and very easy to drink. Many wines require the consumption of the second glass before it is easier to drink, but not this one! It was only tonight that I found out a possible explanation ~ the composition of the wine is 95% and 5% viognier. I think the viognier was the addition which made all the difference. For those of you who haven't tasted viognier white wine, you have no idea what you are missing out - I highly recommend that you try Yalumba's Viognier - to the palate, it leaves a fruity yet oily residue which goes down beautifully with seafood.

Side-tracking back away from wine (another post perhaps), Alfresco is definitely a nice place to go when you are out and abouts on a late Friday night and wandering down Rundle Street (they were still serving food at 12.30am, and from the looks of the burgers the food definitely looked appetising).

That's all for this post. Happy eating and bonne nuit =)