A Proustian moment with pizza

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The power table, the one in the corner, the round one from which I can survey the whole room. Could I have reached Godfather status in St Kilda already, with the staff at
I Carusi II (231 Barkly Street
St Kilda 3182
03 9593 6033) plonking me there?
After a few minutes the lavatory door wafted open, then closed and had one of those Proust like moments remembering the lavatory disinfectant on the way up to Taxi Restaurant. And again. And again.
You can’t book here or BYO anyone. Most nights it is full so I was surprised that it took as long as it did to bake a pizza for our wine to arrive.
The pizzas are thin based and spare on the ingredient front, just as I like it. Kylie felt they should have done more than show the mushroom pizza a Porcini though.

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Still, we were there for only a snack pre Burlesque d’Armour at The Prince Bandroom. Hi Ball Burlesque and man’s Ruin Burlesque presence was enhanced by the, er, burlesque presence of Timothy Spall.

Ed Charles is a journalist and digital consultant who spend the better part of the part two decades in Australia. He trained with IPC in London and has written for major international and national business and lifestyle titles. Establishing this blog in 2005, he was one of the first of a handful of food bloggers in Australia. He's spoken at the Melbourne Writers Festival and Emerging Writers Festival and has broadcasted regularly on food and digital media issues. He is currently writing a history of mankind told through food.

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