Alphutte

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This place is widely regarded as one of Adelaide's best restaurants. The previous two times I've been here, I've had excellent, simple food.

Tonight, there's a set menu. One of six entrees, then one of six mains, then one of six desserts.

Mushroom buttons with leeks
5/10

Swiss brown mushrooms filled with sautéed leeks and bacon. Topped with grated cheese.

This is mostly mushroom, which doesn't have a huge amount of taste. The only real taste comes from the bacon and cheese on top, which gives this entree a slight pizza flavour. The sauce in the dish is cheesy, but a mushroom can't absorb it.

Emmentaler poulet
5/10

A tender, juicy chicken breast filled with that famous Swiss cheese, crumbed and fried, topped with hollandaise sauce.

The hollandaise sauce isn't on top of the chicken, so I transport it there. It's somewhat superfluous, however, given its similarity to the cheese inside the chicken.

The chicken is nicely done, but as always, it needs something with a stronger flavour. A layer of fairly bland crumbs doesn't add any flavour at all.

The mustard is good, but there's already a lot going on here.

The potato cake on the side is a bit crispy on the outside, but is just slices of boiled potato on the inside. The texture isn't particularly appealing, and it doesn't have much of a taste.

For some reason, there's plain white rice on the plate. I abandon the boiled potato and giant chunk of chicken, and wait for dessert.

Chocolate doodle
7/10

A pancake folded over ice cream topped with hot chocolate sauce.

Ice cream wrapped in pancake provides an interesting texture and temperature contrast. The topping over it has a nice marshmallowy taste, but is not too different from regular chocolate topping otherwise.

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