Thread: Degustation menu (aka not the ultimate man sandwich)

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.