A long over due catch up with the girls was needed and Baby Pizza for some Italian food was in order. From the people that brought you Chin Chin's, the Lucas Group brings to you Baby Pizza. Open for several months now, just after the busy end of Church Street, Richmond, near Top Paddock. Baby Cafe & Pizzeria offers artisan pizzas made with flour imported from Naples and specialty pizzas with lighter base texture. 

I opted for a pasta for the evening, a handmade tagliatelle duck ragu. Suggested by our waiter for the evening, the tagliatelle was cooked al dente with soft richly flavoured braised duck ragu. Lightly tossed in the delicious ragu sauce, it has my thumbs up.

Miss N ordered the Piselli e Prosciutto - a delicious combination of buffalo mozzarella, san daniele prosciutto, pea, mint and shaved parmesan on top. Along with the Insalata Mista - a mixed green leaf and fennel salad. The texture of the mozzarella was smooth with a lovely bite, if I could bring this home and eat it on some fresh bread, it would be heaven. 

To top off the night we shared the specialty pizza - Pizza Dolce. Topped with salted caramel, poached pear, lemon thyme crumble and nougat gelato on top it was hard to say no, and very hard to stop at one bite!

The lemon thyme crumble was delicious on top of the salted caramel, giving the pizza a lovely crunch with the slightest hint of thyme. The nougat gelato on top was ahhh-mazing, with chunks of soft nougat throughout it's a very over the top, decadent pizza that is a must try. 

All in all, the pizza base texture here is a tad on the thin side, but still delicious and chewy. I rate the duck ragu tagliatelle as a must try if you do ever visit. Most of the dishes are designed to be shared with the group, and having little bites of all the delicious flavours is probably the best way to try Baby Pizza. 

Baby Cafe & Pizza

631-633 Church St

Richmond, VIC 3121