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ALL FIRED UP

I LICK UNCTUOUS, SMOKY brine off my fork and bask in the mental image that follows. Hazy holiday sun, impossibly azure waters lapping a rocky shore, a gentle breeze. I’ve stepped through a secret portal onto the sun-kissed shores of a large Italian island.

I’m at Pilloni, a much-hyped addition to Brisbane’s Italian scene. But I

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