Consisting of poached chicken salad, chorizo sausage, smoked kangaroo, beetroot, swiss brown mushrooms, carrots poached in verjuice, a mixed lead salad, ciabatta bread, a selection of cow & goats cheese, carrot chutney and kalamata olives. Goes great with their wines … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: December 2011
Pistachio, hazelnut, honeycomb, chocolate
Decadence overload (without the sugar overload – just the way I like it) Paired with a NV Sanchez Romate cream Sherry, Jerez Spain Part of a degustation at The Royal Mail, Dunkeld
Berries and fig leaf, white chocolate and rose
A contrast of colours, flavours, aromas, textures, temperatures… Paired with a 2009 Marenco ‘Pineto’ Brachetto d’Acqui, Piedmont Italy Part of a degustation at The Royal Mail, Dunkeld
Fallen fruit: apple, almond, caramel, chamomile
Part of a degustation at The Royal Mail, Dunkeld
Eggplant in white miso, dried grains, cured kelp
Part of a degustation (vegetarian) at The Royal Mail, Dunkeld
Duck and cucumber, coastal plants, calamari cream
The calamari cream was incredibly intense (a bit much so for my liking) Paired with a 1993 Chateau Pontet-Canet, Pauillac France Part of a degustation at The Royal Mail, Dunkeld
Eel and bone marrow, eggplant, pickled vegetables
Bone marrow, ’nuff said. Can you spot the eel? (hint: thin, crispy light-absorbing thing) Paired with a 2010 Best’s ‘Old Clone’ Pinot Noir, Grampians VIC Part of a degustation at The Royal Mail, Dunkeld
Vegetable broth, kohlrabi, pickled vegetables
Part of a degustation (vegetarian) at The Royal Mail, Dunkeld