April 2013
This is an interesting place. It’s like a fancy saloon, but with a cobblestone floor. Two of the chairs at my table are very tall lounge chairs. Lots of polished wood panelling and
Moroccan Lamb Rump with char-grilled eggplant, zucchini, fetta cheese, oregano. Served with soft polenta & red wine jus. 9 Lamb was perfectly cooked, being crispy on the outside
Going to popular restaurants unbooked often leads to suboptimal seating. Tonight I’m “al fresco” – also known as “out on the bloody street”. Hopefully that spot of rain doesn’t
Back for MOAR. Hard to get a booking for this place. 7 Slow cooked beef rib eye Slow cooked in miso, red capsicum & coconut milk with salt & pepper bug tails, roasted baby
Top of the price list tonight. Fancy place full of business types. 8 Entree: Tomato Soup The tiny serve of tomato soup was very nice. Strangely un-acidic. 5 Dorper lamb The main was
Very dark in here. I’m now going to eat whatever the establishment says is their best dish. That way there’s no excuse for badness. 6 Tivoli burger – with wagyu beef That was quite a
5 Tagliatelle Wild Rabbit Ragu RAGU now acceptable in Scrabble. Preeeeety sure that was tuna. Enquiring now. Apparently overcooked rabbit. Will be deducted from bill. This
6 Lamb Shanks It was their big special. So I figured I’d have it. I figured it would be funky. :P Passable for lamb shanks. Nothing special, but properly-done. The sauce was a fairly generic curry kind of sauce. The rice was a bit dry too. Not
Time to hit the Hutt. :) 9 Papardelle con Anitra Pasta ribbons with duck and capsicum. Maybe shoulda taken photo before deluge of parmesan. Feeding completed. Time for
6 Poached duck leg In orange tea-smoked duck breast with red rice and pickled quandong. Slightly unusual and fairly soy-ey, but the duck was very nicely done, if plain. 10 Walnut