MONA - the proper visit!

Finally, a chance to redeem myself! When I realised I had the chance to come back to Hobart and revisit MONA, I was determined to do this properly this time! Look at mustardy MR-II, though I ended up going on the grey MR-I, just like last trip. I've tried not to double up too much on my previous content, and I had a lot of fun properly exploring the outside too!

I didn't manage to get the shot exactly in the middle lol.

I love the trip up the river, the factories are fascinating!

This is the first winery I've noticed that doesn't allow people in it - the humanoid exclusion zone signs are hilarious!

Oh wow, this is new. This is an exhibit that wasn't there last time - it's a person who starts composing at the beginning of the day and then at the end of the day, a string quartet comes in and sight reads it. I think that's a really great way of showing an aspect of how music is created, as well as the artistic process!

This is the exhibit that leads to Faro restaurant, one of the fancy restaurants within MONA. It's a bit of a trek to get to from inside the museum and you can't use your phone or camera once you're on the pathway - for the reason that you have to watch your step; if you veer off the path there's a little drop!

Ok Faro restaurant is not only artsy, it actually makes great food! This beetroot mocktail was great!

Oyster salad, which had chopped oysters instead of whole oysters. And look at those succulents! I'd forgotten just how long it's been since I had really tasty ice plant and sea blight!

More eating the problem, this venison was soo good that I didn't actually need the cafe de Mona butter or any other condiments, but I ate it all anyway because it was all delicious!

This lemon parfait was cute, have you ever seen a cube ice cream before? Haha. All the food was so good, I should have spent more time and tried one more item on the menu too!

I think White Library was actually here last time too, but somehow I'd missed it. I'm not entirely sure how considering it's opposite Kryptos, but maybe that's exactly why I missed it haha. I love the concept of so many white pages, that's both inspiring and daunting!

And of course my favourite Kryptos. This time the exhibit had more traffic than last time, so it was fun listening to others get jumpscared by the final chamber haha. I still love the mood of this one!

And no more ladies lounge :( I missed out by a week or two, I'm so sad!

I stayed around till 4PM since I sensibly booked the last boat of the day, and was rewarded by a lovely session of string quartet performance! It was like a free concert built into my ticket, so awesome!

There was also a fun exhibit called Confession, where there's a soundproof chamber in the shape of the inner ear, and it's also super dark. At the end you get to speak out loud and the sound goes to the outside of the museum where passers by can have a dialogue! Of course anyone who is above ground and doesn't know about the exhibit would be so confused! I think that's so cool!

Whoops I forgot to post a picture (though I did take many) of a really random exhibit where two goldfish are in a shallow bowl with a knife in it. It's super fascinating to think about because from a human perspective, we freak out that it's so dangerous for the fish to be in the bowl, that being next to a knife is such a scary experience. But the fish don't know what a knife is, and it probably can't cut them, so they live on blissfully. Isn't that so interesting?

I was much happier with this visit and installed the O App as well, so I did it right and enjoyed it so much more! Hooray for art!

Hobart coffee adventures

Went to Hobart for work for a week, which was the perfect opportunity to explore the city and see how the specialty coffee scene has evolved since my last visit in 2017!

A lot of cafes don't open until 7 or 7:30AM so my choices on weekdays were quite limited, but I still I found some nice ones! Staple Coffee was one I kept returning to; their bagels and croissants are really tasty (and cheap?! A coffee and bagel/croissant was only around the $12 mark!).

Bloom coffee and bites is cute too! However I had a pretty strict morning schedule, and while they advertised being open at 7AM, I wasn't able to revisit because they opened a few minutes after 7 so I kept returning to Staple!

I revisited Villicia, and they still use Ona coffee!

Pigeon Whole Bakers now has an espresso machine and seems to have gotten more famous in the last few years! Their pastries are still as tasty as ever, and their filter coffee quality is still good! I even bought heaps of merch this time haha!

Lastly, Somewhere Coffee Bar! This one is a nice place, and has heaps of coffee on offer. This is probably the prime specialty coffee shop in Hobart now, and they're about 3 years old I think. I visited this one on the weekend so I had plenty of time to chat (and they're open till 5 on Saturdays!) - sampled some coffee from Good Life coffee roasters from Finland, as well as some Leaves Coffee from Japan. Oh, and they had Wood & Co roasted for Audrey coffee in Hobart - a cafe that is probably only really accessible by car so it wasn't on my to do list this trip.

One of the most interesting things while chatting was watching the barista make breakfast, which was a couple of slices of toast dipped in olive oil, salt and pepper. It's rare to see baristas making breakfasts for themselves so this was cool to watch!

Overall I think there's still some inconsistency with how filter coffee/batch brew tastes, as if it's still developing. I am pretty sure my palate was on point but a lot of the coffees lacked acidity/brightness. There was something else lacking (though sweetness was often prominent in the brews), such as body? I'm not too sure. But I am no coffee expert and I didn't have time to chat to confirm; but Pigeon Whole Baker's batch brew was the same as always so I wonder what it was!

It's great to see so many more coffee shops now!

Hello Tasmania, the cold but beautifully delicious food place

Oh Tasmania. The final state in Australia for me to visit, and now I've done all 6 states, and one territory. Northern Territory is my final frontier, but I don't think that's going to happen anytime soon. I've always wanted to visit Tasmania, but never really bothered to go. All I wanted to do was explore the food festival that happens every new year, but I never wanted to put up with the crowds and the cost of travelling in the holiday season.Well, finally I got my chance since I had a friend move there, so my accommodation was provided for. It was time to get to know Tasmania and see Salamanca Markets. All in less than two and a half days. First of all, here are some plane pictures!Wow, what a tiny airport! That it's it. It's so small that all the gates are in the same place too, and there are no airbridges. Just wheely stairs everywhere!My friends warned me that Hobart was really, really old. According to Google, it's the second oldest city in Australia. There are buses but no train system, a lot of things are still cash based, and probably other oddities, but I didn't notice too much....The air smelled really nice though, very oceany.I landed in Tas just after 10AM, and taxi'd it into the city. The taxi driver was telling me things such as needing to go to MONA and about the bridge that connected the east and west. She was super friendly! I was hungry so my first stop was Small Fry, which was at the top of my list. I didn't realise it was a tiny hole in the wall with a communal table, it was absolutely adorable! They also had some specials up on the board which were really nice. There was a single chef, whose kitchen was partly the communal table too, and he talked as he worked - sometimes guiding the waitstaff (it was a busy day so it took up to 30mins for food, and I heard him instructing the waitstaff to apologise for the wait), or simply talking to himself or the customers. They also had a sign that said that photos were ok, but to ask for permission for videos. I don't think I've ever seen a cafe put up that kind of sign before, so I wonder what prompted it. I'm not a fan of having people in my shots or taking videos, so it didn't really affect me.Because of how busy it was, there wasn't room at the communal table, so I said I'd be happy to sit at the espresso bar. Turns out, it's really awkward eating food on it because the chair height isn't suited for sitting and eating, even though it was perfect for sitting and drinking. I started to panic while waiting for my food though - the bar was a poor choice because it was on the outside and the sun was shining down! No! Being out in the sun that long was bad (and bad for photography) and now I felt like I was getting sunburnt! Oh well, it's not like it's the first time I've made poor cafe seat choices. However, I didn't realise until the next days when I checked my arms - no redness! Wow, the sun here musn't be as strong as on the mainland. I can't believe I survived that without a burn!I agonised over two of the three specials, one was a tomato tartine with goat curd, basil and egg; and the other was a classic pavlova. I decided to be sensible and get the savoury dish, and it turned out to be great! Totally loved it, though I must have looked totally weird standing up and eating. I don't mind though since I do that all the time though.They also have really cute coffee cups, and only serve espresso. They used a local roaster, and from the flavour of the flat white, a short black would have been too dark for me, but as a milk coffee, it was quite enjoyable. Most of the time, it's the experience that counts. It's also one of my barista's favourite places.Next stop, Villino. I remember when a barista friend gave me a list of Tassie cafes ages ago, he mentioned that multiple cafes generally had the same owners. I can't remember exactly which ones, but it became evident because usually there were two cafes next to each other or in very close proximity, and the connection became quite clear. How interesting! I'd actually tried Villino from Venery in Perth, and now I got to try it from the makers themselves! I had some Kenyan Githongo AB, which was quite passionfruity.Since the transport system looked really limited here, I decided not to get a transport card and just walk up to North Hobart for this particular cafe, because it popped up on my feed and looked nice. It was quite a leisurely stroll, and I could afford to take the time since I'd already managed to explore half of Hobart in less than half a day. Yep, it's a really tiny city. This is Born in Brunswick, a massive cafe with a lot of plants and natural lighting. My filter was the Kenya Windrush Estate by Rumble Coffee Roasters. I'd actually had the same coffee from Verve in Japan earlier this year, so it was nice to compare. It actually tasted very similar! And then because I didn't get any avocado toast while I was in Melbourne, I made up for it here.Taking touristy photos. What's really cool is that Hobart is actually rather hilly, and a lot of the houses are built in the hills so there's still a lot of greenery about!Jingle horses! I would have loved to ride on this, but I think it's a full tour that takes about an hour or so to complete.This picture looks fuzzy because it was taken from inside a car. That's the Tasman bridge, and apparently you can walk on it since there's a pedestrian footpath. I would have loved to walk across it; it's only about 1.5km, give or take, so it doesn't take very long to do. However, I didn't have that kind of time, plus, getting to the bridge is a pain, and then you'd need to go all the way back or proceed into the suburbs, so it simply wasn't worth it.Crossing the bridge in a car :)That night was dinner at Dier Makr, which has its own post.Because I was worried I would be hungry afterwards, I made my friend take me into Woolworths while I looked around and didn't buy anything.The clouds here are crazy looking!This was taken from a rooftop carpark since my friend was working that day. Pretty cool view!Pigeon Whole Bakers was a late find for me, but it looked so good that it went towards the top of my list very quickly. I'm really impressed with this place! It's right next to Franklin, and the pastries are delicious! I really enjoyed both my croissant and my super mini super juicy fruit mince pie. They did a whole bunch of other pastries that I would have loved to try, and their cookies and their jams too!What's also nice and unique about this place is that they only serve batch brew coffee. There's no espresso machine or anything, and they use Melbournian roasters such as Market Lane and Seven Seeds, so I was very eager to try the Market Lane Dukunde Kawa, which was absolutely delicious. Would definitely come back here again for treats.The final cafe that I really wanted to visit was Vilicia Coffee, because they were serving up ONA coffee, and ONA is a rare find for me. It's the first time I've had something other than raspberry candy as espresso, these guys had the founder blend so I took it for milk, had the Colombia La vega as a really tasty espresso and then struggled by the time I got to the Ethiopia Wush Wush as a filter. I knew the Wush Wush would be tasty, but I also remember it not ranking that high when I tried the varietal in my Cultivars of Colombia set (my favourite were pink bourbon and I think maracaturra). However, my one tasted a bit odd - my first thought was that maybe I had a quaker in my coffee! Just like that time I said my coffee tasted a bit weird at Steamtank, so they tried it, and then explained what I was tasting. This felt very similar, but I didn't verify since I was on my fifth coffee (the espresso was a double shot) in an hour and my heart was giving me warning shots, so I had to stop and hydrate up and eat the haloumi burger.I would have loved to chat with the baristas here if I wans't dying though.I deliberately gave Yellow Bernard, Bright Eyes and Ecru a pass. I think there is another V cafe that I decided not to go to?Luckily, I'd recovered enough that I could continue exploring instead of being incapacitated like that one time back in Sydney. So I found this little donut shop tucked away in a really dark downstairs thing. That's the most hipster thing I've seen yet!After having lunch at Franklin and being absolutely full, I stopped by Salamanca Markets to see what it was normally like (I had 45 mins to kill before the next boat to MONA). I picked up some edible souvenirs of pepperberry salt and wakame salt from the seafood shop, and I also found bugs in candy! Though hideously overpriced, I still decided to buy one. I would have loved to gotten an edible tarantula too, but those were $20 and you couldn't see inside the packet to assess their "intactness," so I didn't buy one.I'd also managed to find a little Japanese shop that sold Tasmanian kombu, so I picked up a couple of packets of that so I could make dashi again, since WA isn't allowed to import Japanese kombu due to the iodine levels found within them or something?Anyway, then it was time to go to MONA, where I spent the entire afternoon there, and then went straight to Aloft aftwards for dinner. It was a totally hectic day!The next morning, off to Salamanca Markets for real! Oh yeah. This is what I like to see. It's no longer about the touristy stuff for me, I was here to eat raw vegetables and other goodies for breakfast.Look! Bruny Island oysters!!! At first I wasn't sure about getting these, but then I really thought about it, and since Tasmania is the place for food, I decided, why not. I'll definitely do oysters for breakfast. This place sold them according to their size, so the small ones were $15 per half dozen, and went up from there. They even had super jumbo giant oysters for $6 each, but that day they weren't that big (I had one maybe the same size or a tad bigger in Adelaide where I got it all dressed up), so I didn't get one just for the fun of it. I decided to stick with the small ones since small ones usually taste the best.The ended up being huge! Bigger than any I've had at a restaurant! But they were also very delicious. Really good, fresh stuff. Nothing beats fresh Tassie oysters. A lot of Asian tourists wanted the large ones. Nah, I don't think large ones taste better. You need tiny flavour packed morsels for maximum enjoyment. But anyway, I finally decided I'd ask this shucker where Flirty Bay was. And I got my answer! It is definitely Flirty Bay, not Floaty Bay, and it's sometimes known as Fancy Bay! So now I know :) Asking questions pays off!This was the stall I was looking for - Provenance Growers, who supply high end restaurants with amazing produce. I'm so glad  I found this stall! While there wasn't any fresh stuff that I could really enjoy raw, I bought some of their pepperberry salt, saltbush wakame salt, green tomato sauce, raspberry jam, and some rose/rhubarb/geranium shrub drinking vinegar concentrate (which I would later dilute with tonic water and maybe some gin). So far, I loved what I've tasted!Fat Pig Farm also had a stall here, which was a place my friend in Adelaide really wanted to go. They're also high end and farm to table, having a farm and restaurant. But since I'd already bought so much from the stall before, I settled for just some ham from this place. And it was really, really nice ham!!!I found some organic Tassie baby carrots, so I bought a bunch and nibbled away at them while I browsed the markets.I saw these the day before, apparently the scallop pie is a Tassie thing, so I tried one of these too. They're okay. Had to have one just to say I did. Probably wouldn't get another one since I could totally eat more oysters instead.Or more berries. Look at this wonderful little berry punnet! Red currants! Red currants that tasted inifinitely sweeter than what I had at Orana all those years ago! And those strawberries were so sweet, like the ones I had in Japan. Absolutely wonderful! I loved muching on all the berries here. I'd actually taken this to the nearby park and sat in the grass eating away, while watching a bagpipe group in action. Again, I'd spent hours in the sun, and no burn. Magical!Since I had a tiny bit of spare time, I could visit one last cafe, so I chose Pilgrim. They use Sensory Lab, but I haven't liked Sensory Lab beans much. Good thing I got the flat white and not a black coffee!And a gruyere omelette with bacon. Nice and filling, but nothing as spectacular as the brekky I got from Small Fry. That place was still the best for food.And that's Tasmania done. Two and a half days, covering several cafes, three restaurants, Salamanca Markets, and MONA. That was epic. At the airport, I also got a little survey thing to fill in, I'm guessing to help the government find out why people visit. Of course, my reason was food!To be honest, I think I didn't do my Tasmania trip correctly. I thought that there'd be enough "Hobart" for me to want to come back, but no, it was too small. I have zero interest in Hobart city except for the restuarants, Small Fry and Pigeon Whole Bakers. Maybe Vilicia. Oh, I'd redo MONA and spend a day there, definitely.Instead, what I would like to do, is instead of visiting Hobart, I'd visit Tasmania as a whole. I would love to spend a couple of days in the Huon Valley (apparently it snows here!!!!), then a couple on Bruny Island. Definitely a day for MONA, and whatever else there is. Tassie is so small that you really do need to go out of the city to take everything in. But that's a next time thing. If there's a next time. The food here is absolutely gorgeous.But for now, it's back to Perth.

Aloft

Aloft. Out of the three restaurants I visited, this was my favourite experience. I can't really make a direct comparison with Franklin since I didn't have a dinner sitting there though, so now, Aloft was the one I enjoyed the most as a whole.I actually had some reservations (pun intended) about eating here simply because their style was Asian, and I have a tough time liking Asian food, but it's a hatted restaurant and had great views, and they had kitchen counter seats, so why not! I didn't need a view of the water, I needed a view of the chefs. However, the kitchen was limited to the banquet menu, though I didn't mind that too much. And what a surprise the kitchen was. As we were walking to be seated, I saw a super eye catching thing: fire.I got so excited that as soon as politely possible after being seated, I stood back up and started taking pictures of it. I must have looked so excited that the chef actually told me I could walk into the kitchen and take pictures. Wow, how nice! He even adjusted the flame intensity for us too, but it got pretty hot! That was so amazing, I couldn't believe he let us in!! Already a winner in my eyes!The lighting was great so I took heaps of pictures.It's always nice to see what a restaurant's bookshelf is like. They have Pier, the first restaurant book that I'd ever encountered and got me into fine dining!

Masterstock pig's ear + prickly ash

Okay, onto the food. First up, pig's ears. Oh my goodness. My last pig ear experience (not counting China where they do it they way I like by default) was at a Perth restaurant and it really wasn't nice because it was a single hard, crisp texture. However, these were crispy and flavour packed on the outside, and still crunchy-gelatinous on the inside, just the way I like it! They were seriously addictive!

Pacific steamed oyster , kimchi + sesame

Flirty Bay oysters make an appearance once again! But still, I couldn't make out the exact pronunciation of the word, so I still had no idea if it was Flirty or Floaty. I did try asking the all knowing Google, with various pronunciations that sided to Flirty, then to Floaty, but all I got were tips on how to flirt like crazy, or Flutes on eBay :(These were very good, but I didn't like them as much as I liked them au naturale. Probably just personal preference - nothing except maybe a dash of lemon!I had to make sure to take full advantage of my position at the counter by taking as many action shots as I can! Also, being so close, we had a great conversation about the swarming seagulls in the harbour. We commented that the seagulls were swarming, then one of the chefs said that it was unusual for them to be this close - usually they'd be flocking much further out in deeper water. Who knows, maybe they found some tasty stuff nearby.

Fig leaf + turmeric wafer, BBQ pork belly

Woot! Pork belly tacos! Well, that's what I kept calling them. Royal gala apples were shaved over the top of these, which added great flavour to the pork belly, and they were using a tool that looked like how crinkle cut potato chips are made! The turmeric wafer looked delicate and prone to shattering, but they were actually quite sturdy, which was great. The pork wasn't as soft as I like, so these were just okay.

Drunken chicken wing, buttermilk + avruga caviar

But this next dish. Woah, what a turnaround! A fried chicken wing! I honestly didn't think I'd get to eat fried chicken throughout my trip, especially as I couldn't do Belle's Hot Chicken's fried chicken and waffles since I was busy on the weekend, but lo and behold, fortune favours the... insane? This wasn't just any old fried chicken, it was fried in shaoxing wine, so it was tasty fried AND tasty drunk!!! I love drunken chicken, so this was a win win, then another win because that avruga caviar was super smokey and aromatic.These were eaten with hands (as were the tacos, oysters and pig ears), and we were given the magical towels that start off dry and tablet sized, then just add water and POOF! they turn into wet towelettes!!!Oh, by the way, does this slightly remind you of Rockpool 1989's kombu butter chicken wing? Maybe that's just me haha.LOOK AT THIS ADORABLE CHUNKY KNIFE THAT I DIDN'T EVEN USE FOR THE NEXT COURSE EVEN THOUGH I WAS SO EXCITED ABOUT THE CHUNKINESSBut first, another plate up shot, because I can.

Yellow fish curry + coconut pickled fennel

Fried fish!!! Tonight's fish was black trevally, and the curry sauce was really, really mild, so much so that I actually wished there was a teeny tiny bit of spice to it, but no matter. No burning is better than burning. I didn't like the pickled fennel only because it was a little too acidic for me. I would have been happy with just the fish curry since it was light enough.

Chargrilled koji beef, miso + eggplant

I was really, really full, and then this came out! A massive (not really massive, just looked that way because of how full I was) chunk of really incredibly tasty Cape Grim beef, with eggplant and miso mayonnaise. And topped with kale. There was a lot of eggplant, and I think I had to eat my friend's portion of eggplant cause she didn't like it, so I was really, really, bursting full at this point, but that beef. was. so. good. Wow. Yep, I definitely love Cape Grim Beef. The only time David Blackmore's wagyu has been better, is in Rockpool Bar & Grill Sydney's David Blackmore full blood wagyu burger. Every other time, a Cape Grim cut will do, it's that good. Absolutely loved this dish.

Our classic condensed milk ice cream, coffee + sable

And finally, dessert. My friend was happy this was an ice cream dish so she wanted one to herself. I was really full, so I didn't really care. What was hilarious is that we saw how the palm sugar curls were made - a couple of chefs took out these trays of palm sugar stuff and started scraping away at it with spoons! Madly scraping! My friend had pointed it out and as soon as I looked, I had that stupid happy face that I get when I'm really excited about seeing food being made, so much so that the chef noticed!So, when he had plated up our dessert and handed it to us, describing it, I asked, "is this meant to be shared?" at which point he said yes, so I asked if we could have one each pretty please, so he was happy to make another one. We must have looked like crazy dessert lovers! Yes, I did manage to eat all of mine. Dessert is a second stomach, after all! It was quite delicious and I loved the sweetness level of the palm sugar. Having the word sugar in it made me worry that it'd be too sweet, but it was actually really balanced with a deep, almost toffee/burnt caramel flavour. Then a hit of bitterness from the coffee syrup was really nice too.All in all, yes, Aloft was my favourite experience because the chefs were so friendly, also the view of the chefs, and because I enjoyed a good number of these dishes. If I came back, I would want the a-la carte menu so that I can order the pig's ears, natural oysters, chicken wing, but also I really wanted to try their dumplings because the dumplings looked absolutely amazing, and I'd not order the fish curry or the pork belly tacos. But as an Asian themed restaurant for someone who doesn't like Asian restaurants (Spice Temple being the exception), this place did really well.And that's my Hobart restaurant adventures done. I'm exhausted from all this writing!

Franklin

Yay, Franklin! While Franklin has always been on my Hobart list, my excitement grew recently after discovering that a chef I am aware of (but didn't actively stalk at the time) moved here and started working at the restaurant. I would have loved to come here at night for their full dining experience, but because I had far too many places to go and not enough time, I ended up shuffling this one to lunch simply because it was open for lunch while my other restaurants were dinner only. That bumped Templo right off this visit, but maybe next time....To start with, a house soda. It tasted kind of elderflowery to me, which was very cool. Not too fizzy, not too sweet, and very drinkable.Delicious bread and butter. I love how the butter was scraped on the side! I still find that Sepia's perfectly round butter was really weird to see (even though I said it was cool, because it was also cool); I like messy thing sometimes better than neat.What's even cooler? This was the shot down the bar towards the entrance - what you see in the background there is actually Pigeon Whole Bakers! How awesome!

Oyster

To start with, three oysters. Usually I get two for myself, but this is Tasmania, land of the best fresh produce you could ever get, so I treated myself to one more. When they were served, the waitress said that the oysters were from Flirty Bay, however, Flirty sounds a LOT like Floaty, especially if you moosh the vowels a little bit. So I literally had no idea what she said. I wasn't sure about asking again because I didn't want to come across as hard of hearing lol.These were probably the best oysters I've ever eaten. Yeah, better than the Wapengo ones from Embla. Before, my Tassie oysters of recent memory all came from "my local fish shop" and weren't that nice at all, to the point where I would avoid buying Tassie oysters, but the real deal is actually nigh unbeatable! I think also, SA oysters taste better than TAS oysters when in Perth simply because it's closer so there's less time lost in shipping?

House pancetta and cicely mustard

I had to try the house pancetta, mainly because I love cured meats and I also wanted to see how this compared with Embla's jambon. Sorry, the jambon still wins. But look at that fat! So good! I almost didn't want to add the mustard, but, the mustard did make it taste even better.And guess who is here!!! A super sneaky shot of Analiese Gregory!!!! I was pretty sure it was her, but I didn't want to seem like a creepy fangirl, so I kept my distance. Also, because I wasn't absolutely sure, just mostly sure, I would have felt awkward if it wasn't actually her. I managed to confirm by overhearing the waitress as someone else came into the restaurant looking for her.

Chicken liver parfait, pickled cherries and yeast crisps

Alright, now the real deal of the restaurant. Chicken liver parfait. Yes. Look at that. Isn't it so picture perfect? And I love those wafer thin parfait receptacles! This was my first time eating pickled cherries and they were nice, and offset the richness of the parfait really well! Also, I deliberately held back on eating my bread too quickly to be able to mop up leftover parfait :)

Raw littlewood lamb with anchovy and horseradish

Raw lamb with anchovies and horseradish. I feel like I've eaten so many new things while here! My first time eating lamb tartare, and it was absolutely delicious! I loved the presentation of this one too!

Crispy potato with brown butter and salted caramel

However, it was dessert that really took the cake. It was described as crispy potato with brown butter and salted caramel. Oh my goodness. The waiter recommended it and said that if I couldn't eat it, he would. Too bad, I wanted to try this anyway since this is the first time I've seen potato in a dessert dish. Oooooh yeah. Those potato slices were so thin and crispy and the natural savouriness of it worked!The brown butter was soooooo good and it was just the right texture too, but the real winner, the thing that made this dish so godly, was that salted caramel. You think other salted caramels are good? Wait till you try this one. It's like, if Werther's Original was taken to the highest level possible by the most talented chefs in the world, this is what you get. Something you can't stop eating because when mixed with the potato and butter cream, was just. Amazing. Wow. Oh yeah. Come here for this. Lots of this. Yesssss.And some pictures of the restaurant because I like their decor and setup. I would have loved to come here for dinner simply because they make use of their oven and that's when all their meats come out (according to their website, their oven can actually fit a whole cow in there!).Yep, I definitely like this place!