Italian diner Osteria Mucca rounds out the Australia Street precinct from Paisano and Daughters – the team behind long-standing favourite Continental Delicatessen – which also includes Joe’s Tavern and Hot-Listed Mister Grotto.

Italian for “cow”, Mucca is revisiting forgotten Italian classics like coppa di testa, a spiced “head cheese” from Emilia Romagna made from various parts of the pig’s head. And Tuscany’s Tonno del Chianti – the Ital cousin of French rillettes – made with pork shoulder, which is confited to a soft, tuna-like texture.

From the pasta menu, you might go for lemony prawn spaghetti flecked with bottarga or pappardelle paired with chicken liver and mushrooms.

But pasta is only the prince at Mucca; the griglia – that’s grill – is king. Take your whopping bistecca Fiorentina or di tonno (a T-bone and tuna steak, respectively) with something red from the all-Italian wine list.