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Given how often its named as one of Aucklands top Italian restaurants, I was very excited to try out Baduzzi for myself. I adore the super classy, old…
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Environment:The restaurant is in a beautiful area- very pretty but I do think its crowded. Theres a lot of tables inside the restaurant that arent use…
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8 Reviews on “Baduzzi”
Given how often its named as one of Aucklands top Italian restaurants, I was very excited to try out Baduzzi for myself. I adore the super classy, old-school vibes of this restaurant- made me feel like Id been transported to Europe! We started our meal with piadina (flat bread) topped with stracciatella, eggplant and candied walnuts. Im not normally a fan of smoky flavours but I cant deny that the smokiness of the eggplant came together delightfully with the creaminess of the stracciatella & sweet crunch of walnut. 8/10 Baduzzi is known for their polpette (or Italian meatballs, for us uncultured souls), so was very thankful they did a vegetarian version. These ones were made with summer vegetables and cows ricotta. The balls were packed with flavour and simply melted in your mouth. Was thankful for the chunky tomato sauce on top as without they might have been a little dry. 8/10For my main I ordered the saffron and potato tortellini with goats curd, brown butter, almonds and fig confit. It came out beautifully presented as four perfect pieces of tortellini. The modest serving size may have disappointed me if I wasnt already full of entrees. This flavour combination is normally a winner for me, however, I surprisingly found the goats curd filling a little too rich, especially with the intense sweetness of the fig confit. It was still a well-executed dish however the flavours just didnt quite do it for me. 7/10Being at an Italian restaurant we had to order Tiramisu for dessert. It came out in a rather untraditional yet aesthetic wafer cylinder, filled with a lot of mascarpone and topped with hard biscuit chunks and a moist cakey layer infused with Baileys & amaretto. Each element of the plate had a strong texture and taste, however it was difficult to get all the different elements into one bite it didnt blend very seamlessly together like in a traditional Tiramisu 7/10Definitely willing to give @baduzzi another go in the future and try some more menu items as I can see the standard of food here is evidently very high, just didnt pick all the right menu items this time around!