KESC 5 review.

We had a completely lovely night at Giovanna last Friday. Giovanna is a lively, happening place with a mix of families, couples and groups, so we booked ahead. It is quite nice to arrive at a restaurant to a shiny, clean, properly set table.

We collected a lot of notes, and now it is up to me to compress a page of various bad handwriting and bad spelling into a coherent review. I'm going to include the bad spelling.

We ordered:

• Pizza—boccochinni and proscuitto
• Lasagne,
• Pesto—gnochi,
• Fetticini marinara,
• Chicken bosciola
• Veal parmigiana
• as well as a bowl of mussels, some garlic bread and a couple of drinks.

The portions were large, the meals were hot and fresh from the kitchen, and smelled great. They came out pretty quickly and pretty close together. It all looked and tasted pretty fantastic.

Hits

• the gnochi was the best gnochi ever, hand-made and melty
• the roasted veggies were delicious
• salads were fresh and yummy
• garlic bread was garlicy
• we liked the water bottles.

Misses

• Steak knives would have been handy for the veal and the brocoli
• no cracked pepper
• mussel casserole not the freshest
• no parsley on the lasagne
• pizza hard to bite into due to size of pruscuitto bits

Value
This is the top of the price range of Kingsford, as pastas and pizzas were around $15-20, mains were $20-30. Can't afford to go there frequently, the value for money isn't great, but it is a good quality place with great food.

Desserts
Were surprisingly not overpriced. Gelatos and tirimisu and so on. The menu didn't have prices on it, so we guessed the prices and they turned out cheaper.

Overall, we gave it 4/5 challenge stars. Best challenge so far!