Ever heard of Da Biuso? This restaurant-on-wheels has hit the streets to deliver exquisite European-style fine dining beginning March 2023 in Ascot, with a schedule to pop up at other sites across Brisbane.
Brisbane’s first mobile fine dining restaurant will be rolling down Brisbane streets very, very soon in Ascot Green. Whilst you may see this converted vehicle as nothing more than an old 12.5m school bus, inside, this venue is a classy nod to old Brisbane tram services with its upholstered seats, elegant curtains, patterned carpet, wood detailing and subdued ambient lighting.
The bespoke mobile restaurant can accommodate 14 diners at a mixed two and four-seater table, or up to 18 diners when hired for a group function, which means it’s large enough to comfortably serve a satisfying six-course Sicilian-inspired degustation menu.
Owners, Biagio and Sarah have operated several restaurants across Brisbane, Sydney and Cairns including Marina Paradiso which closed in 2019 and Fortitude Valley’s Casa Nostra Ristorante. In fact, the idea of Da Biuso came when the family was trying to keep Casa Nostra afloat during the pandemic’s early stages with a limited seating capacity, which they realised worked very well for them.
Biagio and son Joseph will be in charge of the menu with plenty of seafood-based offerings including oysters with sea foam, watermelon granita and caviar cigars; scampi with prosecco and Aperol and orange gels that’s paired with a spritz cocktail; and Tasmanian lamb with broccoli stufati (stew) and balsamic bone reduction.
If that’s not enough, you can opt to add three more courses for an extra cost.
Meanwhile, Sarah will be offering a drinks menu that includes a 30-bottle Italian wines list along with Italian digestifs, cocktails, beers and non-alcoholic beverages.
Da Biuso will launch on 3 March 2023 with Ascot Green as its first stop. The mobile restaurant will operate from 12 noon to 3 pm for lunch and from 5.30 pm for dinner, Monday to Friday.
For reservations, click here.
Published 26-February-2023