Man Cannot live on bread alone - but we can give it a try!

By Bianca Coleman

There can be few things more comforting than the aroma of freshly baked bread, or more satisfying than popping a morsel of soft dough, still warm from the oven, into your mouth.

With an on-site bakery, Doppio Zero not only serves a selection of breads to your table before your meal, but you can buy to take home. The range includes ciabatta – plain, with olives, or sundried tomatoes, seed loaf and Turkish (with sesame seeds and an extra brushing of olive oil to crisp the crust), among others. Each of these is baked, from scratch, in a certain order each day and customers in the know make sure they are there when the loaves come out the oven.

With a vast menu running to several pages of more than 200 items, Doppio Zero offers something for everyone, from breakfast (they open at 7am) through to dinner (9pm on weeknights, 10pm weekends). Choose from gourmet sandwiches on ciabatta, seed bread, bagel, rye or Turkish bread; croissants and tramezzinis; hearty soups like minestrone, butternut, Moroccan bean or goulash; light meals and salads; and main meals of chicken, meat, fish or vegetables, done Italian style. Many of these are available in half or full portions and priced accordingly. The health conscious can also swop out chips for caprese salad with some options.

This is all fantastic enough, but Doppio Zerio does specialise in pizzas and pastas, says owner Viron Manolos. On his recommendation we sampled the Costa Plenty pizza topped with roast lamb, rosemary, feta and tzatziki, which is making me hungry just thinking about it. We also had the spaghetti frutti di mare – a tomato based sauce with mussels, prawns and calamari, and to offset the kilojoule guilt, a Thai chicken salad. Absolutely delicious, darling.

For more information or to find out what time the bread will be ready, call 021 683 6527.