Menu from Farina 00
Menu highlights
Entrées
DUSTED WHITE BAIT
Lightly dusted white bait, balsamic mayo, rocket leaves, salt, cracked pepper, parsley, seeded chilli.
PAN FRIED PRAWNS
Tiger prawns pan fried with garlic & chilli
CALAMARI FRITTI
Fried calamari, mixed salad with aioli
ARANCINI
With black truffle, porcini mushroom & Parmesan
GNOCCHI AL SUGO DI OSSO BUCO
Homemade gnocchi with herb, tomato osso buco ragu
LINGUINI MARINARA
Tiger prawns, mussels, scallops, calamari and pippies in a garlic, chilli, cherry tomato
PORK BELLY
Crispy skin pork belly with apple and balsamic reduction and roasted potatoes
RAVIOLI WITH BURNT BUTTER AND SAGE
Spinach & ricotta ravioli, burnt butter & sage, cherry tomatoes, chilli breadcrumbs
Pizza
SALSICCIA
Sauce, mozzarella, Italian pork sausage, wild broccolini , taleggio cheese*
SUPREME
Sauce, mozzarella, Virginia ham, mushroom, salami, capsicum, onion, olives, pineapple, bacon (L)
MARINARA
Sauce, mozzarella, tiger prawns, mussels, scallops, fish, garlic
AUSSIE
Sauce, mozzarella, Virginia ham, bacon, egg
More about the restaurant: Farina 00
Farina 00 is the home of woodfired pizza in Melbourne’s Northcote. Located on St Georges Road, just a short walk from Batman Park, Farina 00 takes its name, we suspect, from the 00 flour that traditional Roman pizzas demand. While this restaurant is known as the neighbourhood’s best Italian pizzeria, there’s more than just the classic pies being fired up in the kitchen. A good range of authentic antipasti and main courses, desserts, a non-condescending kids’ menu (little palates can be just as gourmet!), and oven-fresh foccacia are also available.
Frequently asked questions
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Thinking about making a Farina 00 booking?
It’s difficult, but we’re going to leave Farina 00’s famous pizzas to one side for now. The consolation prize is that we get to hover over this Northcote neighbourhood Italian restaurant’s menu in other delicious ways. Entrees here include pungent arancini made with black truffle, porcini and parmesan, and a fantastic antipasto platter stacked with cured meats, Italian cheeses, olives and marinated vegetables. A wonderfully down-to-earth but humbly luxuriant selection of authentic and inventive Italian main courses underlines the notion that Farina 00 is one of the best Italian trattoria-style restaurants in Melbourne, though it’s endearingly quiet about it. Spinach and ricotta ravioli come served with burnt butter and sage, while the crispy pork belly is paired with an apple and balsamic reduction, while the gnocchi gorgonzola offers homemade gnocchi with a genius pairing of the strong Italian cheese and roasted walnuts.
What you’ve probably been waiting for is a rundown on what Farina 00 is perhaps most well-known for, both in its home turf of St Georges Road in Northcote and by Melbourne pizza fanatics on the look out for the city’s best Italian discs. Farina 00 uses a traditional stone, wood-fired pizza oven of the sort mandated by the True Roman Pizza Association (no kidding) to turn out a menu stacked with delicious pizza pies. Classics ranging from the humble margherita and marinara to more elaborate Italian classics like the capricciosa meet modern (and to some blasphemous) variations like the Mexicana and the Aussie favourite pizza supreme. Ratcheting up the opulence, Farina 00 also do a long line in gourmet pizzas, with the Farina 00 Special heavy with ingredients like mozzarella, Atlantic salmon, tiger prawns, citrus fennel, and garden peas. Farina 00’s cosy restaurant, warmed and perfumed by the pizza oven, is the perfect place for a romantic rendezvous or a get together with friends. Book now!