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Crab salad, cucumber jelly


Sour cream and cold crab.

Chicken liver paté, raspberries, caramelised onion, toast

Barramundi, asparagus, lemon butter, candied lemon and lime zest

Grilled chicken, glutinous rice, kale, Indonesian-style jus

Lamb fillet, pumpkin mash, candied eggplant/aubergine, grilled pepper/capsicum, griddled spring onion, Kalamata olives, balsamic jus

Perfect with Pierre Gaillard Saint Joseph 2011.

Crottin de Chavignol, Comté, croutons, cinnamon sugared almonds, Christmas relish

Lavender and orange blossom honey icecream, pomegranate seeds, toffee pistachios, pomegranate molasses


The concept was to have this with fresh figs (and rosemary and honey icecream), but it was the week or two between regional fig seasons.

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Pork chop; apple-miso purée; caramel; roast fig, roast almond and Kalamata olive 'tapenade' topped with hazelnuts, grilled green capsicum/bell pepper and greens


Pretty good with an (off-dry side of dry) Savennières.

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Miso salmon; potato bake; fennel, apple and herb salad


Miso, soy sauce, mirin marinated salmon. Slivers of potato and butter stacked, baked and compressed. This dish did NOT work with a Fromm Vineyard Pinot Noir 2004, but perhaps that’s not a total reflect on the pairing, since the wine was pretty poor itself IMO.

Chinese pork belly; baked onion and beets, balsamic glaze, fennel; onion caramel Sherry sauce


A root veg theme. Onion blanched briefly before a quick pan-browning and then baking. Sauce was onion juice and caramel with some Sherry (beware the power of the fresh shallot, though).

Poached pear, ginger orange honey sauce


Red wine poached. Powdered vanilla sugar down one side, powdered black pepper down the other. Nice combo.

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