K, that was farking AWESOME
Muse on Allen. The two chefs are ex Matterhorn (been there, brilliant, especially the pork) and White House.
Definitely in the top 3 NZ restaurants on my list (Riverstone Cafe, Timaru; Matterhorn, Welly & Muse, Welly)
The menu:
- Freshly shucked market oyster, served with ponzu dressing
- Slow-cooked pork belly, green pea and broad bean ragout, cinnamon, Riesling apples
- Sashimi grade tuna, with ginger caramel, grapefruit, crackling
- Refresher
- Roasted lamb rump, gnocchi, goats’ cheese, bacon & mushroom jus
- Sous-vide black Angus beef fillet, cashew puree, duck liver mousse, sautéed mushrooms (served medium-rare) matched with a 2010 Charles Wiffen merlot from Marlborough
- Glazed pineapple, white chocolate snow, passion fruit gel & passion curd
- Caffe l'affare coffee and petit fours
The tuna was ridiculous (they had little blocks of soy jelly and salty pickled cucumber slices), and the beef dish taste was fantastic.
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