With so much expectation going into this, it was a dinner waiting to be disappointed. But i am very glad to say that the meal lived up to our expectation, but we feel that we don't need to revisit this premiere restaurant in Australia.
Service – 9/10
Most waiters were fantastic, but some looked a little arrogant and some looked rushed
Food - 9-9.5/10
All (12) dishes were tasty as you’d expect and a handful of them had the surprise factor.
We ordered 2 extra oysters (Coffin Bay) each with their rice wine vinegar dressing. Very nice, but a similar effect can be achieved by buying fresh oysters yourself, then buy the pre-packaged Tetsuya’s oyster vinargarette dressing.
The appetiser of sweet corn cold soup with vanilla ice cream was interesting and nice.
The outstanding dish was the signature dish - trout confit. I wouldn't mind eating that dish again! The spice and herbs blended magically with the oily flavours of the trout.
The deboned spatchcock was also amazing. It was stuffed with some foie gros. It had some capers in it. Blended so well with the red wine jus.
The Wagyu was nice, but not overly spectacular.
The wine pairing degustation was well worth it. We bought 1 serve and split into 2 halves. The sake worked well with the steamed egg custard. The pinor noir was amazing by itself and worked wonderfully with the spatchcock. There was a total of about 9 wines through the evening.
Ambience and decor – 6/10
It doesn't look like a "top restaurant" decor. Plus no views, only a jap garden outlook. chairs not that comfy. tables were quite close together.
Value – 8/10
They have "customer parking"... then we realised (after the meal) it was VALET parking @ $20. oh well. Not that $20 is unreasonable for such a restaurant, but i felt "conned".
Overall – 9/10
Comparatively:
Le Meurice, Paris - 9 - 9.5
Galileo - was 8.5, now 7.5
Bilsons - 7.5
Highlight of the evening - came from the table next to us. 2 chinese (a couple) came in... with a BYO birthday cake from BREADTOP !!!!!!!!!!!! (a chinese/asian cake shop) the waiter kindly told them that it would be best to leave that for consumption later at home.
Coming up...
We'll soon be embarking on our "2nd gastronomic honeymoon"... so hang tight and wait for some of fab food reviews... e.g. Roast Pork and Pineapple buns in Vancouver, Chiu Chow cuisine in Toronto, Maracons/Michelin starred restaurants in France, Tapas in Barcelona, Chilli Crab in Singapore...
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