What’s this? Another birthday? Another voucher? Oh we have been so blessed!
This voucher takes us to Lilys Restaurant, located in Seven Hills- not normally a place I’d venture to. Lilys is a company that designs project homes, is a major sponsor of a multipurpose stadium and now owns a function centre, bar and restaurant that specializes in wood fired pizza.
On our way into the restaurant was a gorgeous little function room set up either for the next up and coming event or simply just for display purposes.
It was on a Wednesday night so the place was pretty quiet.
Entrées:
We began with a garlic Crostini Di Pizza (pizza crust) with 3 dips: olive tapenade, capsicum chilli paste and sun dried tomato dip for $12.
It was a great starter that came out quickly. After lots of table discussion we could not decide on which dip was the best. They were all quite good- my favourite would have been the olive tapenade.
The pizza crust was wonderfully crisp and golden with some chew in the middle. The garlic was strong enough to linger afterwards (I like a lot of garlic).
The next entrée was Funghi Trifolati (Sauteed mixed mushrooms tossed with a dash of champagne and Mediterranean flavours) for $12.
This was a lovely little dish that came out in a small cast iron skillet. Great as an entrée for one to two people and a taste test for six people.
There was a mix of mushrooms –mainly king oyster and white mushrooms that was tossed in a salty buttery champagne sauce with sweet cherry tomatoes and slightly bitter rocket.
Mains:
There we so many things we wanted to try so all dishes were ordered to share.
While there were still mushrooms on the table, the pizza came out from the wood fire oven in all its steaming glory. These guys were efficient! Much appreciated!
We ordered the $18 mid week pizza on special: Pizza Supreme – with capsicum, mushroom, onion, ham, peperoni, olives and cabanossi.
It was heavy with incredients and yet the base was not soggy. Once you’ve had a good woodfire pizza it’s hard to go back to the usual takeaway/delivery pizza places.
A Chicken Caesar Salad ($17) came out soon after. We were surprised and delighted when out came a plate of salad that was straddled by large grilled medallions of chicken breast on either side. The Caesar dressing and Parmesan were generous. We thought it was good value!
We ordered another $18 mid week special- Bistecca alla griglia. i.e steak with chips and salad. It was standard pub food I say. I wasn’t too impressed with it and I think my photo reflected that.
The final dish for the night was the Seafood Platter for Two ($135) which could easily feed 3 people if nothing else was ordered that night. I apologise for the poor photos. This dinner party was not going to wait for any wannabe food blogger and I did not want to miss out!
The seafood platter consisted of a full lobster, several large very sweet scampi, soft shelled crab, oysters, scallops, a mountain of calamari, marinated bbq octopus and juicy prawns. The top tier was filled with steamed veggies and two bowls of garden salad on the side. My favourites would be the scampi, soft shelled crab, prawns and oysters. Wait – that’s most of the dish isn’t it?
Would we come back? I probably would if I lived closer! If we do go back again,I would focus on ordering the pizza and pizza crusts since they do specialize in their wood fired pizzas.
Lilys Restaurant
162 Prospect Highway
Seven Hills NSW 2147
Phone: 02 8818 5555
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