Foglia di Fico

Tucked away on La Trobe Street, this low-lit Italian dining room turns multi-course dining into an unhurried, intimate ritual. Sourdough lands with rich tapenade before giving way to delicate plates of vitello tonnato and thick, charred beef tongue brightened with lemon mayo. The house-made pasta earns regular praise from patrons—particularly the silky cappellacci neri di mare, folded around sweet crab meat and crowned with grilled prawns. The kitchen also handles dietary requests with uncommon ease, readily tailoring pasta cuts or dialing back sauce richness without skipping a beat. Diners linger over generous cuts of tender lamb steak or potato gnocchi with bitter radicchio, before wrapping things up with creamy house tiramisu and a glass of dessert wine.