20190315 Bellezza Cibo and Brunelli

 Stephen and I were at the Elephant by 4.45pm today. Stephen didn't realise that I was already in the pub and ordered another jug. We were sitting next to each other divided by the glass and we didn't see each other until he texted me! Upstairs became open so we took our 4 pints of beer upstairs and managed to secure a booth.

Con joined us shortly after and Chad not long after that. It's the last week of the Fringe so upstairs became busy very quickly and it was very noisy amongst the group chatter. Richard was going to a show and was going to meet up with us afterwards but ended up running late then going to a different show so he missed out on his turn to choose a place to eat.
Con was off to see a show in the Garden of Unearthly Delights so that just left Chad, Stephen and I to find a place to eat. We eventually settled on Bellezza.

The street was cordoned off again and we walked down the middle of the road and passed a street performer making their living.

When we arrived at the restaurant we asked for a table for 5 and they got us a seat inside. It was hard to choose on the menu - do we go pasta, pizza, schnitzel or something else? I went for the Calamari, Chad went for the Calzone and Stephen had the Pollo Pizza.

The disappointing service happened when I was served first. I had actually finished my meal by the time Chad's meal came out. We also had to ask where Stephen's pizza was.

What can I say about the food? Mine was bland - no tartare sauce. The 'salad' was bland with a few bitter rocket leaves and lettuce. The chips looked as if they were re-used as some of them were broken and squashed. I would give my meal a 5 out of 10.
 Chad's meal was worse. It was dry and flavour-less. The pastry was doughy and there simply wasn't enough sauce. It looks good in the photo, but the reality was highly disappointing. He would only give it a 3 out of 10.

Stephen frowned when his meal showed up because it had ham on it and he wasn't expecting that. He was expecting a thick tomato sauce with chicken. The reality was very different. The good news is that he enjoyed the small pizza and gave it 7 1/2 out of 10.

By the time we had finished our meals, Con's show had finished so we met up and walked to Brunelli for our coffees. Geez the street was packed. It was a hassle to walk through the crowds to the other end of Rundle Street. We managed to get a table after waiting a few moment. We sat outside. Chad ordered the coffees and served us. We saw the crowd with the headphones on singing and walking down the middle of the road.

Stephen (in between hiccups) was trying to organise a trip to Malaysia to see a concert where we could all go and explore. I can't see this happening myself. Stephen cancelled the BBQ at our place on Sunday due to the others having other priorities. We talked about maybe having a Christmas in July instead.

The coffees went down a treat and we were (again) treated to stories of Chad's travels to America and Canada. Who knew?!?!