There's an interesting wine list offering selections from Australia, France, Spain, Germany, Austria and Italy.
Food wise we're offered a Brunch menu - there's your usual breakfast offerings, some share dishes and a 2 course weekend lunch special.
We've selected a couple of the share dishes and two entrees - all of which begins with piping hot bread straight from the oven
These are from the share menu - gourgères are stuffed with fresh crab and the croquettes are richly flavoured with a mix of porcini and swiss brown mushrooms. Both are excellent.
These are filled with goat's cheese and pinenuts and served with pickled cherry tomatoes and Israeli couscous. It's a satisfying dish, the flavours all work well.
I really enjoy the candied olives, they are flavour bombs. The cured veal almost looks like very lean pancetta in texture and colour.
For dessert:
This was one of those really excellent panna cotta - the ones that dare to stride the line between set and unset. Delicious.
Full of vanilla bean seeds - it's a well made version of a classic.
The Details:
Bistro Flor
555 Nicholson Street
Carlton North
9381 4443
Open:
Wednesday-Friday: 6pm to 10pm
Weekends: 7am to 10pm
www.bistroflor.com
Bistro Flor
555 Nicholson Street
Carlton North
9381 4443
Open:
Wednesday-Friday: 6pm to 10pm
Weekends: 7am to 10pm
www.bistroflor.com
That pannacotta looks gorgeous! And I'm not even normally a fan of pannacotta boringness :)
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