The initial courses were matched with a 1985 Bolinger R.D
Sourdough (left) and Squid Ink & Prune (right) served with Echiré butter
The first course is a new dish "Egg and Bacon" - a duck egg rests on a salt bed - filled with a duck egg sabayon, flashed-grilled until lightly browned it floats upon an intense bacon broth; two salt & sesame seed encrusted soldiers stand to one side, the perfect match for dipping, a sprinkle of salted sesame seeds underline the dish
Hand-crafted Laguiole cutlery
Sorrel wrapped snow crab filled balls; a sauce based on a reduction of crab shells and truffles lays underneath; shards of apple and carrot rest atop with a fine grating of boiled egg
Gratuitous shots of the kitchen during service
Ballantine of roasted pheasant stuffed with foie gras and pistachio mousse which is then surrounded in quince jelly. It's served with small cubes of quince jelly planted with chickpea shoots
To drink, a 2001 Mader Riesling from Alsace.
The 2002 Dujac AC Gevrey Chambertin was matched with this course.
Crushed kipler potatoes sit in the centre of this dish, borscht broth surrounds them, perched on top, a beetroot filled tortellono, draped with a thin slice of bacon. To one side, apple-smoked pork lays under a pasta-coated slice of seared black pudding; a smear of herbed crème fraîche and beetroot dust finish the dish
This was served with a 1999 Stoney Vineyard Domaine A Cabernet Sauvignon from Tasmania's Coal River Region.
The Pre-Desserts - arrive in the form of cucumber lollypops (cucumber slices soaked in pimms, then coated in pimms jelly to set) and a lemon sorbet shot, smothered in a warm, silky choc-orange foam
To drink, a 2001 Chateau Doisy Deane Sauternes from Barsac.
This was matched with a true classic - Chambers Grand Muscat from the Rutherglen region of Victoria.
Robert Parker said it best when reviewing this wine "life is too short not to try one of the Muscats or Tokays from Chambers Rosewood...a true Australian treasure."
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