I went with the chef's choice which started with oysters with a splash of local truffle oil and lightly cook asparagus spears. I didn't get a picture of this but had a pictures of the oysters from lunch the previous day. These oysters were a lot different than east coast US oysters. They were extremely creamy and didn't have the salty brine flavor I prefer.
Next course was a bit of pheasant wrapped in nori paper cooked tempura style. There as a smear of spinach purée and nori salt. This was a little bland but the nori salt helped.
The next course was my favorite and unfortunately the picture didn't come out. It was a risotto with local blue cheese and rare venison. The venison was very well cooked but in hind sight was a little strange after seeing a deer locked up in the pen at the zoo. I mean it's a deer.
I knew I was going to like the next course when they brought out this silverware.
That's right, it was a cheese plate. There were three local cheeses, one hard cows milk, a double creme brie and one goat. They also had the typical quince paste but also had some dried moscato grapes and dried figs with chocolate powder. The figs were sweet enough but the white chocolate powder did add an interesting depth that wasn't just another layer of sweet.
I finished the meal off with that brownie sundae I've been searching endlessly for. It was a chocolate brownie with brown butter ice cream and chocolate sauce. There was also some honey coated popcorn, granola, pepitas and pickled rhubarb.
They also threw in a few petit fours for good measure.
To wrap up the trip, I went with a little Tasmanian Rock Lobster for lunch the next day. I had to stick to half because it was crazy expensive. I could have bought 3 chix lobsters in Boston for the price of half a Tasmanian lobster (also known as crayfish). I wasn't sure what I ordered at first.
All in all it was a good trip. What makes it last a little longer is the case ad a half of local wines that will be delivered later this week.
Life is good
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