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He also asked about any dietary requirements — no coriander for Mr FPJ. The sommelier then returned asking if we needed assistance in picking a drink. I asked for a peach mocktail of sorts and was pretty happy with my peach and passionfruit mocktail.

Our starter were the roasted summer vegetables a bean, radish, squash and Dutch carrots that arrived still smoking in charred paperbark. This came with an eggplant dip sitting amongst our native flora. A very simple clean dish with a slightly smokey taste. Course 1 — Flinders island lamb served raw in peas. This was a fresh and delicate dish. The lamb was soft and lean, and it was paired well with the freshness of the peas.

Course 2 — striped trumpeter served with green tomatoes and clams. The green tomatoes were a surprise. They had the texture of celery — super crunchy but without the zingy bite of celery.

I never would have picked that it was tomato. The clams were chewy and I enjoyed the slightly rubbery but natural flavour of them on the trumpeter. The two snags had been filled with a crab mix, there were two mini-baguettes, a side of apple mustard, and slaw. The snags were super soft as the crab mix turned out to be more creamy rather than solid from mince. The baguettes were very oily, crunchy in the right spots and soft in the right spots.

Served with this course was the mud crab rolled in pickled kohlrabi with squid ink and marigold. Course 4 — three plates arrived for this course of marron from Western Australia. The poached marron with pea was succulent and so soft. The slightly charred marron head had been topped with sweet corn bringing out the natural sweetness of the marron.

The corn was crunchy and lathered in marron brown butter providing some nice crunch to the meal. Course 5 — barramundi with roasted koji, sea herbs and desert lime. Some aspects of the experience remain unchanged.

The swift ride to the 55th floor of the Rialto; the fluffy kangaroo skin chairs and table dressings of stretched black leather. Art installations remain important, with Melbourne street artist Rone having painted one of his haunting femmes over the entrance.

It seems impossible that they will ever retire the trademark chocolate souffle into which a perfect quenelle of billy tea-flavoured ice-cream is dropped while every diner films. For diners, but also chefs and sommeliers, it has always been a restaurant where the sky's the limit, its kitchens and cellars stacked with the best ingredients money can buy — a Grange to match many birthdates, fat marron and bailer sea snails, cheeses so rank they could walk right off the trolley, and the mostly deeply marbled full-blood wagyu, a huge dry-aged swathe of which is wheeled out to tables with ribs tickling the ceiling, in a barbaric and beautiful ode to meat eating.

Despite having such rich fodder at his disposal, the mark Allen is making is a measured and elegant one. Allen tucks beluga inside the delicate purse of a perfect plump blue mussel, steamed then chilled — the poor man's oyster elevated to dizzying new heights. Australia's aquatic stars have come to lead the menu. You begin with rusty wire rock oysters presented tableside or in the kitchen by chefs bearing your choice of condiments ranging from finger lime caviars to lemon aspen for contrasting bright and briny bites.

Bailer shells, those enormous orange and black sea snails here sourced from Western Australia , have a flesh that is sweet and floral, akin to abalone. This brought mixed views. Some loved the idea of being surprised when the next dish arrived. I prefer to know what's coming, so the taste buds get excited in anticipation and good wine selection can be made.

Although the Sommellier was spot on with the recomendations Unless you have deep pockets this is a "special occassion" restaurant. We will definitely return, but will ask for a table away from the front door!

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