March 7, 2012
Whitewash
Don't misrepresent our conversation.
Don't paint the words the way that makes you look better.
Tell it like it went.
Be honest.
Be of your word.
Own it.
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March 6, 2012
Vue de monde - paradise on ten plates
The Captain and I rarely do any fine dining these days.
Since the arrival of the Batsman and the Bowler we have only celebrated both of our fortieth birthdays with a fine dining experience and other than that we have done the simplest of date night food like pizza, pub or laksa.
We love our food and no matter where you go, it's always a treat to be out for a meal.
The Captain has been working very hard of late. Actually, he has been working pretty hard for about a decade. In November, his place of employ may just have realised this and offered to pay for he and I to go out for dinner, to ANYWHERE we want to in Melbourne. Yes I know, a great and generous offer.
Vue de monde has been on my wish list for a long time and never more so since Shannon Bennett moved his flash city digs to even more flash digs on the fifty fifth floor of the Rialto building. So we made our reservation and since December we have cooled our heels ever so patiently courtesy of the three month wait to get a table for two on a Friday or Saturday night. But never mind that.
It was worth the wait. Every single second of it.
This kind of experience is not at all something that the Captain and I would have the means or justification to pay for ourselves but hey, on the company dime, we were not going to miss it. A ten, yes 10, course degustation menu with wine later and we pretty much had to ask our beautiful waiting team to wheel us to the lift on the cheese trolley. Stunning, divine, exquisite and absolutely flawless service. It was certainly an experience with food that I will remember forever.
I know there are some of you who read here who love your food so I thought I would share the menu we ate.
FRIDAY 2ND MARCH 2012
Oyster
&
Salt cured venison
&
Celeriac, Sunflower
seed
&
Smoked eel, white chocolate, caviar
2007 Dönnhoff ‘Norheimer
Kirschheck’ Spätlese Riesling, Nahe, Germany
2011 Moss Wood Semillon, Margaret River,
Western Australia
2010 Te Mata 'Elston', Chardonnay, Hawkes
Bay, New Zealand
1995 Yarra Yering Blanc de
Noir Sparkling Yarra Valley, Victoria
Cucumber sorbet,
crushed herbs
2008 Paradigm Hill L’Ami
Sage’ Pinot Noir, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria
2007 Cirillo 1850 Old Vine
Grenache, Barossa Valley, South Australia
2007 Tinto
Pesquera Reserva, DO Ribera del Duero, Spain
NV Eric Bordelet ‘Poire Granite’,
Normandy, France
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2007 Pressing Matters
‘R139’ Riesling, Coal River Valley, Tasmania, Australia
Tonka bean soufflé, smoked cocoa ice cream
NV Romate ‘Cardenal
Cisneros’ Pedro Ximenez, Jerez, Spain
2007 Cirillo 1850 Old Vine
Grenache, Barossa Valley, South Australia
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