Because I had to go early to the Royal Exhibition Building to pick up and be fitted for my regalia, we didn't have time to stop for breakfast beforehand. But after the fitting we had a spare 40 minutes before I had to be seated, so we sneaked over to nearby Gertrude St for a quick bite. After walking up and down the street a couple of times and spotting our dinner destination that evening (Cutler & Co), we settled on Casa Ciuccio, a cute little (what appeared to be) Iberian themed cafe-restaurant.
Because we were in a bit of a hurry, I chose a bocadillo/sandwich, the Kick Ass—described on the menu as Wagyu pastrami, horseradish and rocket—after making a last minute change from the Cubano (spiced pork chipotle and coriander). After a bit of a wait, it came to the table toasted and looking like a panini. While the ingredients were fresh, the product definitely didn't match the description on the menu. The promised rocket was instead pea shoots while the beef didn't look to me like wagyu pastrami—it was brown and dry rather than pink and supple and there was next to zero marbling in sight. I wouldn't have actually minded as the beef was tasty enough—decently flavoursome and pleasantly peppery—but the biggest problem with the filling was that there wasn't enough of it. I can understand a thin layer of filling when it's something ultra premium and intensely flavoured like jamon iberico, but they definitely should have been more generous with these fillings. The result was that the sandwich was just rather dry and bland. M got the free range baked eggs and added (and paid for) bacon. After a very long wait, it came to the table sans any sight of bacon. Because we were in a hurry we didn't bother to complain about it. The baked eggs were actually quite tasty; just would have been better with ya know...bacon.
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