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So the missus and I like to go out for dinner each month on our anniversary day.
Couple of months ago I scored one of these TreatMe deals for half price.
We're off to enjoy a 8 course tasting menu tonight. Will report back in about 4 hours if I am still able to move :D
What restaurant? Enjoy.Quote:
Originally Posted by ebf
I went to a similar thing down at Shed 5, bloody awesome.
I live with the head chef :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Raging Bull
Thought you lived with a copper Dougie.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dougie
Does he cook at home... for his flatmates? If so, can I be a honorary flatmate for lunch sometime...Quote:
Originally Posted by Dougie
Shed 5, Monsoon Poon and Logan Brown... my fav Wellington restaurants. Pricey but good food.
We also live with our good mates :) and yes, he does cook for us sometimes. 'A snack' the other day included fried egg, roast chicken and a bloody steak. And some salady stuff. Anyway it looked and tasted amazing. He's brought the standard of cooking up in our house, he's an awesome teacher :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Rushy
Thought you just finished saying he was a chef. Sheesh Dougie you are hard to keep up with. HahahahahahaQuote:
Originally Posted by Dougie
K, that was farking AWESOME :thumbsup:
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.
Damnit I ought to pay more attention to those treatme deals, that menu sounds mouthwateringly good.
A lot of it is on the main menu, and the prices were pretty reasonable for top-end dining. Around $15 for starters and average $ 25 - 30 for mains.
The dishes seem a bit more simplistic compared to Matterhorn, but when it comes to good food I am a fan of less is more...
Degustation deal was $ 70 a head, very good value...
Worth a return visit, happy customer :thumbsup:
$70 a head sounds like very good value for a that menu. Will have to keep an eye out for the deals.