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Saturday, December 05, 2009

Lunch @ Charcoal Lane

*Good News - Charcoal Lane has now got their license!*

While Charcoal Lane still unfortunately doesn't have their liquor license but there's been some interesting changes to the menu.

For lunch, there's now a sharing menu - smaller sized dishes that you can share and here are the dishes we selected:

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It's 10 out of 10 for presentation, just love the wooden peg. The pickled vegetable salad is housed inside a package wrapped with the cured wagyu and the peg keeps it all together.


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On the left is the wildfire king salmon, beautifully cooked, presented with a slice of crisp skin on top. On the right are rounds of sesame seed coated and barely seared yellowfin tuna served atop a seaweed salad - I could happily eaten all of this plate.

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A lovely example of tartare using wallaby instead of beef - well seasoned, the wallaby wasn't gamey or strong, it just tasted like really good beef. The perfectly runny quail eggs were a treat.

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The tempura was light and crisp as you would expect, the king prawns, sweet and juicy.

For dessert, we kept with the sharing theme and opted for the Dessert Selection:

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These are smaller versions of the 5 desserts offered on the menu.

We were impressed after our first visit and this visit reinforces that opinion - if you've yet to visit, what is keeping you?

The details:

Charcoal Lane
136 Gertrude Street
Fitzroy

Phone: 03 9418 3400

Open:
Tuesday to Friday: 12pm - 3pm and 6pm - 10pm
Saturday: 9am - 3pm and 6pm - 10pm
Sunday: 9am - 3pm

web
www.charcoallane.com.au

2 comments:

  1. Pegs! How very clever. I've finally booked my lunch for the new year, really looking forward to it. I'm definitely getting the dessert platter.

    Jetsetting Joyce

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  2. You should be in luck - they have their license now.

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