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SMH Good Food Guide 2007 - Two Chef's Hats |
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Food 8 |
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The degustation was wonderful. Some really interesting dishes and some really tasty ones. The wait staff and sommelier were friendly and not pretentious.
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zurich08 -
See my reviews 19 , 13 August 2008
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Food 6 |
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Great atmosphere, the service was a little slow. Cocktails were unusual but they seemed to work ok.
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JessChanel -
See my reviews 7, 22 July 2008
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Food 8 |
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Been here a couple of times, the first was a work function, which I enjoyed much more because I didn't have to pay, the tapas and wine selection are perfect for such an occasion.
The second time I also had tapas, which was creative, surprising, but I wish I hadn't been feeling so hungry!! I will return for dinner, after a while, I think this place will be around for some time. Nothing to rush to.
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mishi -
See my reviews 31, 15 July 2008
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Food 10 |
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Value 10 |
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How fabulous is this place? We loved everything; the anchovies, cod & potato, crispy chicken and potato & chorizo to start - taste sensations.
Mains, he had the duck and said it was the best he's ever had. I had the veal - to die for (except the asparagus foam wasn't to my taste).
The dessert degustation - superb. My fav dessert now is the carrot cake with olive sorbet *Brilliant*.
Great job you guys are doing - fantastic service - can't wait to return.
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florizal -
See my reviews 28, 07 July 2008
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Food 10 |
Ambience 9 |
Service 10 |
Value 8 |
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We usually have the tapas here sitting at the bar and it is always fantastic. Very busy on our Friday night but the service didn't miss a beat. You could feel the happiness of diners all around you which makes the atmosphere sing. Outstanding dishes were the squid with ink risotto, the soft shell crab (best ever- now I can see what the fuss is about!) and the amazing artichoke dish with little artichoke chips on top. It's delightfully inventive food without being so crazy sounding that it doesn't appeal.
The sommelier, Nick is charming and knowledgeable and a very modest man for someone with so much skill. This is the one place we recommend to all our friends and o/s visitors knowing that they'll have a fun time as well as an excellent meal. Can't recommend it highly enough.
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todi -
See my reviews 17, 15 June 2008
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Food 9 |
Ambience 8 |
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Value 7 |
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Interesting, very interesting. Some unique idea's and pairings that I wouldn't necessarily say didn't work, I just don't know if they worked..ie carrot cake and olive sorbet...I dunno. I disagree with some of the below comments however, as a consumer I think I have the right to assume that no matter how wacky the combination, the dessert (in this case at least) will still ultimately be a dessert.
Chicken liver parfait in 2 forms was the best I've had in Sydney, the main courses really stood out for me, very good indeed!!! Little disappointed at the attention to detail on the service side of things for this 2 hat restaurant, perhaps the food critics need to receive the same service as everyone else or floor staff levels needs to be fine tuned a little. But hey who's perfect I guess.
I have a feeling this is why this restaurant gets such a hard time on this site. Their product is very good all in all, but as an entire product perhaps it doesn't always meet the high expectations that are set I guess. I enjoyed it none the less anyway!!!
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sam le frog -
See my reviews 10, 13 June 2008
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Food 8 |
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Value 4 |
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We had booked in advance and were looking forward to a great Christmas dinner with our best friends. We ordered our dinner (couple with a couple of bottles of great wine) and mentioned to the waiter that we were excited about the dessert menu, as heard great feedback from friends. We were served entress and main, yet felt the food took quite a while between courses.
When we came to dessert we were told our time was up and the table was needed for the next round of guests. We can appreciate it was a busy time of year, but at no point during the night has we been told we needed to be out by a certain time. Also, the fact the food had come at a very slow pace more or less made us miss dessert. We left disappointed and curious how this place could have won two chefs hat?? Definitely not expected and won't be going back again.
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Sam and the City -
See my reviews 12, 11 June 2008
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Food 10 |
Ambience 9 |
Service 8 |
Value 6 |
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Expensive, but a Big night out. Did the degustation and loved every course. Food is worth the hype and the wines were a great match. Service is what it should be and it is expensive but it is good.
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twcox -
See my reviews 4, 05 June 2008
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Food 9 |
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Value 7 |
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We went here on a Saturday night and had the tasting menu with matching wines.
The food was quite good, although on the tasting menu had one horrible dish, which was the sardine dish. The sardine dish (which was only 1 bite size) left me grabbing for bread and wine to take the extreme fish taste from my mouth.
I thought the tasting menu was rather varied. The duck dish was the highlight for me. We had the additional cheese course which was Epoisses with Maple Syrup and Capers. The cheese was exceptionally pungent, but when consumed with the matched wine was an amazing dish. The dessert, which was white chocolate and mandarin fizz, was to die for.
The place has a really nice atmosphere and the staff were attentive and charming.
We had a great night, well worth the try.
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coconanas -
See my reviews 19, 21 May 2008
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Food 8 |
Ambience 6 |
Service 7 |
Value 6 |
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There are certainly some daring flavours here, mostly hits but there are a few misses - we got the carrot cake with black olive sorbet for dessert, the saltiness of the olive was hard to partner with a sorbet. It did make a good story to tell people for a few weeks after though. Just about everything else was spot on - I'd recommend the basil pudding or the caramelised pork cheek for entrees (the pork comes with bright pink ravioli - tastes much better than it looks) and everything I've tried on the tapas menu was good. I've never had the tasting menu but it's definitely on the to do list.
As other people have said, the wine list is mammoth - if you're not big on wine, definitely ask the bar staff for a recommendation, they seem to know what they're talking about.
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shabadoooo -
See my reviews 3, 13 May 2008
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