maze

Had dinner at Maze last night
was really looking forward to it, as due to a series of unfortunate events I hadnt been able to eat at Maze yet, and i hadnt seen my friends in ages!

Night got off to a good start. Service was good, had an attentive Korean waiter (Lee, totally your type)
and i fell in love with the herby salted whipped butter for the bread.

We all had the degustation, and cause Jou and I wanted to get back early we requested it to be speedy, and it was!

I didnt bring my camera, so ripped these photos off the website.



I had

Marinated beetroot with goats curd,
cabernet sauvignon vinaigrette, toasted pine nuts

Applewood smoked kingfish,
fennel purée, pickled celery,
globe artichoke, finger limes- this was good. Miles better than the yellowfin tuna!

Pan seared scallop,
caramelised kelp, samphire, mussels,
Champagne - as in picture. Good, but couldnt identify which part was champange

A quail dish- wasnt very good. A little tasteless unfortunately, though it was tender.

Ox “tongue and cheek”,
caper and raisin, carrots,
horseradish pomme purée- as in photo: not a beef person, but Nick loved it. Horseradish mash was superb.

Exotic fruit vacherin,
passion fruit and banana sorbet- as in picture: this was terrible. Sorbet has a Vicks vapour rub aftertaste. Couldnt finish it!

maze “lamington”, rosella jam- as in picture: YUM. loose interpretation of lamington, but the coconut covered chocolate ganache, coconut icecream, sponge, coconut biscuit was a winner in my books.

Were given lolly bags at the end and some strawberry chocolate covered icecreams, was a nice surprise.

Food was a little hit and miss, was underwhelmed. But general consensus was it was better than Attica or Fifteen, and the service (and lolly bag) really does go a long way towards the dining experience!

And look!



my new place for now :D