If you’re a solo traveller in Canberra’s CBD,and jonesing for a tall glass of red and no-nonsense pasta,this Sydney Building newcomer has your number.
That wine might be a Barolo with a nice bit of age;the pasta,tagliatelle with a juicy rubble of pork and veal bolognese bianco fortified with pancetta under a snowfall of parmesan.
Bada Bing does a lot of things right,from the wood-panelled interiors,reminiscent of a 1990s Sizzler,to balanced negronis,to blistered cannoli filled with whipped ricotta to order.
Couples can hunker down with pappardelle and long-flavoured lamb ragu,and a hulking veal parmigiana splodged with buffalo mozzarella and covered from edge to crunchy edge in fruity sugo.
Pizza,meanwhile,is properly leopard-spotted at the puffy rim and the diavola – loaded with sopressa,’nduja and extra chilli – is properly spicy. Bada boom.