Lupo Lab Mt Hawthorn
Lupo Lab is an Italian restaurant based in the Mt Hawthorn. When they approached me for a blog post or a Lupo Lab review, I was super happy about it. I dined there a few times with my friends and always had great memories of the flavour of their pasta!
Daniele, after his big trip to Italy!
I was first introduced to Lupo Lab by Charlie when we went for a lunch date. This was before his trip to Italy, so he was super excited to try Lupo Lab's Tonnarello Cacio e Pepe (with melted pecorino cheese and pepper sauce) pasta. It was delish! I stole some bites off him. We had a cup of coffee on the side, but little did I know that I performed a faux pas!
When I went with Daniele to Lupo Lab, the Italian dude told me that I can't have coffee with my meal. I can start with an aperitivo, but leave the coffee until after lunch. I remembered ordering a plate of Cacio e Pepe there. I know, it's a bit addictive.
I convinced Shayan from the office to go for lunch to Lupo Lab one day. And I ordered the same thing, Cacio e Pepe. This was when I know I needed to try something else next time I went there.
Then another lunch date was set up in August. This time it was with Siu Fan, and I found out about the magic of Lupo Lab's tiramisu on this day. It was really delicious! I took away two servings to bring back to the guys at work. They were impressed with it!
By the time the invitation from Lupo Lab came, I was already familiar with the quality of their fresh pasta, and delicious food! So I went to unfamiliar territory and ordered Calamari Ripieni. Calamari tubes are filled with diced calamari, tuna, olives, capers, mint, basils, and served with crunchy homemade fishcakes, and salad. If you love your seafood, try out this dish soon!
BURRATA
And if you love your tomato, a must ordered dish for your side is Burrata served with tomato prepared three ways and pistachio pesto. It's a really refreshing dish, and perfect for the warm weather!
Daniele ordered Tonnarello Amatriciana. The house-made long round pasta was served with wine-braised Guanciale slow-cooked with San Marzano DOP Sugo.
Another BIG thing that Lupo Lab is doing is sourcing sustainable and ethical coffee beans. Mirko from Lupo Lab personally visited and purchased directly from farms in El Salvador, Colombia, and Brazil. With "Coffee Growing People" philosophy behind them, Lupo Lab wants to reinvest proceeds of their coffee to social programs.
One of their significant achievements is to be able to provide free education, technology and a new school building to kids of the coffee bean farmers. Find out more about Coffee Growing People here.
Everything about Lupo Lab is charming. From the moment the staff welcome you into the restaurant, when you sit at the comfortable space, where the fresh food gets delivered to you, and when you end with a cup of coffee with a fantastic story behind it.
If you haven't done so, then I'd love to encourage you to check Lupo Lab out soon either for breakfast, lunch, or dinner. Also, don't forget to try the Cacio e Pepe!