The Bimbo and the Lucky Cock

No, it's not a bad 80's porno flick. It's two places in Melbourne where you can go and get a nice and interesting pizza for only $4.

There's the Lucky Coq, on Chapel St in Prahran, and Bimbo Deluxe on Brunswick St in Fitzroy. And if you're any self respecting 20 something socialite and consider yourself to be pretty 'cool' and 'with it', then you've no doubt heard of at least one of these places, and maybe even ventured in with your hipster friends.

We ended up at Bimbo Deluxe this evening. A far cry from the old Punter's Club, which was a great live music venue in the 90's. But instead of sticky carpet and peeling wallpaper, we now have interesting, kooky decor, dim, ambient lighting and they do serve some tasty pizzas, and cheap of course!

I went my usual Calabrese pizza, which is simply a thin-ish pizza base with napoli, cheese and covered in hot hot calabrese salami. I actually broke out in a mild sweat while consuming the thing, and loved every minute of it! Now THAT's a spicy pizza!

Of course there are other options too, and my parner in crime had a Caesar salad pizza. That's right, Caesar salad on a pizza. Not too shabby either, and different from the usual 'gourmet' pizzas that you might get elsewhere. They leave the slicing of the pizza up to you however, so make sure you grab a knife and fork from the bar when you order!

The $4 specials are on a varying times and days, so it's a good idea to check their website and see exactly when, otherwise you can expect to pay up to $10 for one.

They also have a range of dessert pizzas, which sound interesting but are maybe a bit too girly for us blokes. We like to stick to spicy meat and maybe a bit of salad on top of ours. ;)

So there you have it. Cheap and tasty pizzas for 4 bucks at Bimbo Deluxe and the Lucky Coq, go there with some mates, or for an informal dinner date.. the cosy, cool and funky atmosphere is more than enough to distract her from realising that you're being a tightarse! Have fun!

Five dollar pizza!

Don't let the price tag fool you. It's a five dollar pizza folks. Still, you get what you pay for, and at the newly renovated Temperance Hotel (formerly known as the Frost Bites) the free admission is worthwhile enough to get a look at what they've done to the place. I'll say nothing more other than the famous alcoholic slushies have been replaced with, well.. something else entirely.

But back to the pizzas, and I'll have to say, we did get a five dollar pizza each. Not that that's a bad thing mind you, I just wouldn't pay anything more for what was in front of me, personally. Although they did look pretty nice.

We ordered 2 pizzas:

• Virginia ham, bacon, tomato & bbq sauce
• Moroccan beef, buffalo mozzarella & basil

The first thing that went right was that our pizzas came out when we were no less than halfway through our first round of $5 glasses of Stella. Very good. But then something went wrong.. instead of getting a Moroccan beef pizza, we received something with salami and olives on it. My mate was not happy. So he had to rectify the situation. Then we sat and ate the one 'correct' pizza..

To be honest, we both agreed that the squirt of bbq sauce over the top doesn't quite work, I think the tanginess and sweetness of the bbq is a bit too overpowering for this pizza and should not be necessary. Still, we happily ate it.

When the Moroccan beef finally arrived, and we got stuck into it, we were both quite surprised at how good it actually was. Very nice mix of subtle exotic flavours, and the buffalo mozzarella has to be tried at least once by any true pizza lover. Give it a go and you will like it I swear, just don't go on any other night because you will pay $17 or so for the thing, which is not cool. So not cool, for what this 'pizza' is. I'm hoping that the 'usual' pizza is a lot bigger and/or with more of the toppings.. I dunno maybe on a real pizza base or something?

But still.. just go there, try their pizzas, but only on a certain day. Hmmm.. Which day???...

Better check eat4cheap!

Cheers!