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It's all carbs and awesomeness at this new wave of Italian restaurants

First published on 3 Jul 2012. Updated on 6 Jul 2012.

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Rushcutters Bay

Lunch is king at this brand new Italian restaurant
Fratelli Paradiso alumni Flavio Carnevale and Fabio Dore are the guys behind this haven of snacking in new 'it' spot, Rushcutter's Bay. The pizze – try the principessa with buffalo mozzaralla, tomato and basil – are excellent, but it's the less round dishes we're falling for. Try slow-cooked lamb shoulder or zuppa gallurese – thin sheets of Sardinian crisp bread, lamb stock and cheese cooked until a bubbling lamby bread pudding. The Italian wine list's a treat, too. 

Buzo pasta degustation

Woollahra

All pasta, all the time? All good with us
It only happens once a month, and only if you book for it, but the Buzo pasta degustation, which started as something the crew did for friends and family, is available for the public and worth a try – as long as you're wearing your loose pants. Highlights include thin spaghetti with wild-shot hare and gnocchetti sardi (you'll just have to click on for a description of just what that translates to).  

Quattro Paste

Balmain

The Rosso Pomodoro team take on pasta – and win!
You all know Rosso Pomodoro. It’s that excellent Balmain pizzeria you can never get into. Well now they’ve opened a restaurant just around the corner specialising in pasta from the Emilia Romagna district. Pasta here – both fresh and dry – is a bit of a revelation. Especially the lasagne verde. Forget your suburban variety defrost-'n'-bake: here, sheets of fresh green pasts sandwich bits of pork sausage, it's all covered in molten cheese and it rocks our socks majorly. 

Via Napoli Pizzeria

Lane Cove

Because 99cm of pizza just isn't enough
Size isn’t everything, but we dare you not to get excited by this one-metre pizza. Yes, that's one metre. We say go for the Margherita (we're nothing if not traditional when ordering a pirate's-ship's-plank-worth of carb) or mix it up with three toppings. There is plenty of room for all three to party, and then some. And if you're not quite up to the metre – you are weak! – there are 13-inch round and half-metre pizze available. Oh, bonus: the pizze are delicious. 
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