One lovely afternoon, His Fussiness, My Housemate the Happy Camper, the Curly One and I decided to ditch our studying (or more like a futile attempt at being more studious) at the State Library and go to our favorite road in Melbourne - Brunswick St, Fitzroy. It was a lovely Sunday afternoon with marvellous weather, which you don't get too often in Melbourne.
After walking up and down Brunswick St, visiting shops such as T2 (which has this wonderful concoction of their apple tea - apparently they put mint and rosebuds in it) and Nobody Jeans, my stomach started its routine groveling for food. The Curly One recommended that we visit Bimbo - our kind of joint since it has alcohol (yay for drinking in the afternoon) and food. Apparently the pizza was "really good in a way that I wasn't expecting it to be" (Curly One, 2007). So we each ordered a pizza. I had the Aglio Olio pizza with extra anchovies, Curly One ordered the Salmon pizza, and Happy Camper decided to order the Chocolate pizza. By the way, Bimbo also has this Vodka Infused thingy, which they placed in groovy fishbowl like thing on top of the bar - we didn't try it because we figured it was too early to get drunk. HA. I wish I had though! Oh well, more reason for me to go back! Heheheh =D
So anyways, the pizza arrived. I wasn't expecting much, since cafes don't usually serve good food - just average food. Boy, was I wrong!!!! First of all, it was quite cheap for a pizza about 9 inch - only $7.90. Second of all, the crust was thin and the topping was really generous. Mine came with a big chili in the middle of the pizza (which gave a nice spicy flavour to it), garlic confit (this I obviously learned from His Fussiness =p), and lots and lots of anchovies! Curly One's pizza was lavishly topped with salmon as well. And it was good. Boy, it was good. Easily one of the best pizza I have had in Melbourne. The topping of the pizza was simple, the crust was thin and crispy, in short, it was delicious-in-a-way-that-I was-not-expecting-it-to-be. And I like it when something or someone proved me wrong. and Happy Camper's chocolate pizza was excellent, without it being too sickeningly sweet (in contrast to Max Brenner's chocolate pizza, which I personally found to be WAY way too sweet).
The service was OK, it's a really relaxed joint, so you get the kind of service that you would expect from a place like that. The place itself is a bit claustrophobic for me. It's quite dark inside, with only red lamps placed strategically near the floor - basically the kind of place that makes you feel that it's already dark outside when in reality it is still 3 pm in the afternoon. There were lots of comfy sofas weirdly situated, one of them even faced a pillar.
After our early impromptu dinner, His Fussiness, the Curly One, and Happy Camper played a game of pool, where Happy Camper promptly beat the two guys' asses! Maybe it was the pizza, or the home brewed Bimbo beer, or the fact that she's just a way better pool player than the two boys, but Bimbo is certainly the place where you can kick back, enjoy a cocktail or two, and relax with your friends.
376 Brunswick St, Fitzroy.
www.bimbodeluxe.com.au
