Happy Birthday Derek!

Sally took me to Attica to celebrate my birthday. Attica recently made it to the Top 100 Restaurants in the World, and in fact is Melbourne's only representative on the list!! It was one of the best meals we've had in a while, and we'd definitely recommend it for the next time you visit, Gerard and Siobhan.

We had the 8 course Degustation Menu.




First course: Snow Crab.
This was easily the best dish, absolutely spectacular. Crab meat covered in puffed rice, coconut, horseradish powder, egg white and pomegranate. Definitely moorish!!!





Second Course: Osmanthus and chrysthanthemum broth, abalone, cuttlefish, shitake mushrooms and chicken.
Delicious : )




Third course: Potato slow cooked in the earth it was grown in, served with Western Australian Manjimup truffles.




Fourth course: Bass groper with garlic and rosemary. This was also absolutely stunning, our equal-favourite dish!




Fifth course: Lamb with mushrooms roasted over wood, sauce of forbs, Jerusalem artichokes, and quinoa-covered goat's cheese.




Sixth course: Rib eye (export grade), with potato soaked in miso and soy, with white cabbage.




Seventh Course: Terroir: Sorbet covered in crunchy cranberries, beetroot and raspberries, with kiwi jelly and spiced leaves.
Despite its appearance, another absolutely stunning dish.





Eighth Course: Apple with celery, and warm shredded wheat. Shredded apple and celery, covered with caramel and custard with rice paper, and topped with warm shredded wheat and roasted hazlenut. SOOOOOOOOOO delicious.
This was a perfect end to a fantastic evening.