Larios Food And Wine

I quite like watching Masterchef and MKR and those junky TV cooking shows.
What I don’t get is why they call risotto the dish of death… or something like that, I forget what they actually call it cos I can tune out whilst watching crappy TV.
Risotto only needs good rice, good stock, and twenty minutes of your life. Be aware that good rice will absorb anything you put into it. Only use good Prosecco good butter and resist the temptation to put too many different things in. Porcini mushrooms are brilliant but make sure theres no grit. Prawn and saffron (courtesy Chris Manfield) will knock your socks off. I once, and only once, bought a fresh Tassie truffle and shaved it onto a smoked chicken risotto before collapsing into an ecstatic taste coma.
Larios is the place to get your rice. Aged for seven years Aquarella Canaroli rice is the best going around.
Larios is one of those places that make you realise Sydney’s food scene is the best. A bloke from Italy who brings out the best Italian stuff for us Aussie home cooks to salivate over. Stuff that is only to be found here.
Check it out on line — the food is sensational.
And they are fabulous people. The lady who usually takes my on line order once dropped it at my home cos she knew I needed it for the weekend! There is a shop in Waterloo if you want to pick up stuff and avoid delivery costs. If you do go in for a visit, I bet you come away with more stuff than you went in for.