At Christmas I gave Lindsey and Ian a voucher to the Shared Table in Buninyong.
It uses almost entirely local, regional or Victorian ingredients (in that order of preference).
It has recently been awarded a Chef Hat* by the Australia Good Food Guide. I did not know that when I got the voucher.
Anyway, yesterday was Australia Day and Lindsey and Ian decided to use their voucher for Sunday Lunch. Very generously, they invited me to accompany them.
We had the chefs' savoury selection which was:
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| Fresh baked bread with a savoury spread with Japanese notes |
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| Mortadella with pickled vegetables |
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| Blini with whipped cod roe and Yarra valley caviar |
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| Warmed olives |
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| Tiny pork pies - fillets of pork in a very delicate pastry |
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| Sesame prawn toasts |
And the main:
Then Ian and I shared a dessert (because it sounded intriguing)
There was of course:
A table with a view:
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| Roast beef with radicchio, asparagus, peas and a red wine jus |
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| A salad of chickpeas, cauliflower and grapes |
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| Tofu donuts, seasonal fruit and ice cream |
It was all very delicious.
Stella always said that the tasting menu at the Shared Table was interesting, innovative and very tasty. She was not wrong!
(* A Chef Hat is roughly the equivalent of a Michelin Star, but Michelin does not operate in Australia.)
That food looks amazing - just the appetisers would have been a feast for me!
ReplyDeleteEverything was quite small, mostly bite-sized and everything was to be shared between the three of us. Apart from the plates with the roast beef, which were individual portions, although the salad was shared. I came away happily full but not overfed
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