Dinner at 'Dinner'

We were unable to get a seating at Heston Blumenthal's Fat Duck restaurant when it temporarily came to Melbourne, but booked in to go to his new restaurant Dinner at the Crown Plaza in Melbourne with Hal and Tasha.  It was absolutely fantastic.  Kevin was so excited to try his infamous "meat fruit". A very special night out to get to experience this restaurant!

Meat Fruit - chicken liver made to look like a mandarin orange (share plate)

snails presented as the 'marrow of the bone' with pickled veggies (Cheryl's starter)

smoked ocean trout (Hal's starter)

cucumber soup with prawns (Kevin's starter)

grilled octopus (Tash's starter)

duck breast (Cheryl's main)

snapper and mussels (Tash's main)

Trumpeter fish (Kevin's main)

chicken breast (Hal's main)

chocolate ganache with passionfruit centre and ginger ice cream (Cheryl's dessert)

Tipsy cake (caramel brioche with grilled pineapple) (Kevin's dessert)

the grilled pineapples hanging in the kitchen for the dessert above

Lamington cake "Heston style" with vanilla rum ice cream (Hal's dessert)

brown bread ice cream with pear, salted butter sauce and yeast syrup (Tash's dessert)