Clarence and V
An all-day eatery that’s all about minimum fuss and maximum flavour.
Greek$
It’s not all over Insta (yet), but this unpretentious city diner deserves your immediate attention.
Young chef Stella Roditis, who draws on her Greek heritage as well as stints at 10 William Street and Bar Vincent, oversees a menu that keeps the fuss to a minimum but does everything possible to maximise flavour.
See the late-season heirloom tomatoes, tossed through soft grandma-style beans, basil and a warm dressing of bagna cauda – a rework of Piedmont’s potent anchovy-garlic dip that seeps into all the crevices. Or salted potatoes that drink in chervil-heavy salsa verde before landing atop a plate of roasted and chilled porchetta, the flesh scented with Mediterranean herbs.
Clarence and V is not really active on Instagram, it’s not open weekends and, as of yet, it isn’t really busy. But as long as Roditis is baking semolina custard into hand-stretched filo for her exceptionally flaky bougatsa to finish, something tells us a queue on Clarence Street may soon form for them, too.
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