Buca has renewed my love for Italian food.
The place has a rustic feel to it with exposed brick, high ceilings and meat lockers.
The menu changes occasionally and the current ones are date stampped
My friend and I shared the lamb brain app (2 pieces fried in a thick batter for $7), porchetta pizza ($19) and black squid ink pasta with a duck yolk ($24).
The lamb brain was good. I don't have it often at all so it was different so it was nice to try it in a different form (I previously had it in ravioli).
The porchetta pizza was delicious with wide strips of porchetta all over (amazing) with fried rosemary. The crust was crisp and didn't end up being soggy at all in the centre of the pizza. It comes with large sewing scissors for you to cut in strips. I like things a bit spicy so they provided some homemade chili sauce (they don't have chili flakes). Delicious.
The black squid in pasta was really savoury which was perfect for sharing, otherwise I think it would be too much for one person. The waiter mixed it at the table (to incorporate the duck yolk) and served us both.
Looking forward to coming here again!