Move over Halal Snack Pack, there’s a new carb-loaded delicacy in town.
And this time it’s covered in bolognese sauce.
The Italian Snack Pack is the brainchild of Enzo Cucinotta, who only opened his family-run restaurant Enzo’s Pizzeria in Melbourne two weeks ago.
And while his dish may be the newest viral hit, 54-year-old Enzo has been dipping chips into his mother’s famous bolognese sauce for half a century.
‘I’ve been eating bolognese sauce all my life,’ he told Daily Mail Australia. ‘When I was a kid I used to put it on everything. That sauce is something else.’
The Italian Snack Pack (pictured) just requires three simple ingredients: Chips, Enzo’s mother’s bolognese sauce, and mozzarella cheese
His mum turned Enzo’s favourite snack into a dish, pouring her sauce on top of chips and then melting cheese on top of it.
Fast-forward 50 years, and her creation has become the hottest snack in town.
The Italian Snack Pack just requires three simple ingredients: Chips, Enzo’s mother’s bolognese sauce, and mozzarella cheese.
‘Then it gets put into the oven, to get it all nice and melted,’ Enzo revealed.
The Italian Snack Pack is the brainchild of Enzo Cucinotta (pictured), who only opened his family-run restaurant Enzo’s Pizzeria in Melbourne two weeks ago
Enzo’s mum turned his favourite snack (pictured) into a dish, pouring her bolognese sauce on top of chips and then melting cheese on top of it
It only costs $7, and Enzo said the line has been out the door since pictures first started appearing on social media.
The popularity has been shocking to the family, especially Enzo’s 78-year-old mother – who came to Australia from Italy in the 1950s.
‘She can’t believe the reaction!’ he said. ‘She goes, “My god, all you do is put some cheese and sauce on some chips! What’s next, the Pope coming to visit?”‘.
The popularity has been shocking to the family, especially Enzo’s 78-year-old mother – who came to Australia from Italy in the 1950s (pictured)
It only costs $7, and Enzo said the line has been out the door since pictures first started appearing on social media
But the family couldn’t be happier to see Enzo’s restaurant find success so quickly.
‘It’s a little bit overwhelming,’ Enzo’s wife Gulsen Sipahi said with a laugh. ‘You see these things on social media and you don’t realise what the effect can be.’
Now everyone in the family – including Enzo’s mum – is pitching in, helping serve repeat customers who can’t get enough of the Italian Snack Pack.