In the sleepy southside suburb of Yeronga, tucked into a bend in the Brisbane river, most street names begin with the letter ‘o’. Get off the Brisbane Corso at Ormonde Road, take a right on Orient, left on Orsova past the park and fight into Orontes, to find – what else? An osteria. Lorenzo Nobilio has realised a lifelong dream opening his lovely Osteria Epoca, here in the old building of a former post office. It's the real deal, and just the kind of place you'd find in Vicenza, west of Venice, where Nobilio's great grandmother owned such a place.
Drop in for supplies of prosciutto, gelato, homemade Italian pastries, pastas and olive oils, or pause for a moment to enjoy coffee and cannoli. The osteria opens for breakfast, lunch and dinner with Nobilio's orecchiette al funghi a menu favourite. Little ears of handmade, Italian pasta come tossed with flavour-filled dried porcini, fresh field mushrooms and garlic in a saucy white wine and cream sauce with garnish of crunchy pangrattato, truffle oil and a showering of Grana Padano.
