The Ops-Normal round table dinner......Menu?

[EA01]

I found the menu from the place we went to in Cairns last year. We wanted to go to this French restaurant but on the night we wanted to go it was only this 'Degustation Dinner', and accompanying wines from Wynns Estate in the Coonawarra region of SA....Pinky would know the region no doubt!



Seasonal Amuse Bouche
Cucumber / mint / elderflower Champagne cocktail

Foie Gras & Scallop Terrine Rolled in Crushed Nuts / Orange Curd / Kaffir Lime Sauce

Estate Reisling 2017

Twice cooked Pork Belly / Vanilla Poached Pear / Onion & Fennel Anglaise / Burnt Leek Dust
Coonawarra Chardonnay 2018

Ocean Trout Marinated Saucisse / Delicate Berry-Wine Sauce Semi Dried Raspberries

Michael Shiraz 2012

Quail Breast Pithivier / Roasted Leg / Cherry Demi-Glace
V & A Lane Shiraz 2013

Rosemary infused Venison Tenderloin / Olive Dust / Jerusalem Artichokes / Goat Cheese Apple Cream / Mustard Crisp

John Riddoch Cabernet Sauvignon 2015

Cassis Petit Four to Share

Coffee / Tea

It was very good, Hosted by Sarah Pidgeon of Wynns Estate

[EA01]

Oops, hitting quotes rather than italics! but you get it food in blue, wines in red

[ian16th]

Twice cooked Pork Belly / Vanilla Poached Pear / Onion & Fennel Anglaise / Burnt Leek Dust
Coonawarra Chardonnay 2018

Why do these posh places like Belly Pork so much?

This place, the best around here. We go for wedding anniversaries et al.

Has this:

PORK BELLY
slow roasted pork belly | apricot, prune and orange jus | crackling | baby corn | mange tout | fennel seeds & cauliflower croquettes

as one of their 'signature dishes'.

Not that I am complaining as I love it.

Now I'm worried.
I've just looked at their post lockdown menu and noticed that there are no prices on it!

[EA01]

Yeah, don't know Ian16th,...maybe because as you say it's so delicious! (Pork belly), but it sure wasn't around these parts 20 years ago!

[Hydromet]

I'll go with those wines, Fliegs, but why not go for the local produce in the food? How about ...
Tasmanian Scallops with tempura local mushrooms.
If we must have a pork dish, lets have roast suckling pig, rather than pork belly
Replace the Ocean Trout with wild caught Barramundi.
Instead of quail breast, how about Wompoo Pigeon. Sure, they're protected now, but dad reckoned they were excellent eating.
Replace the venison with kangaroo back steak, with Davidson Plum chutney from the Hydro garden.

[TheGreenGoblin]

One assumes that the round table will be well supplied with mead and syllabub for the daintier palates. Sweetmeats offered on trays by fair maidens in medieval garb, some of whom maybe playing upon dulcimers and lyres. A fun evening, full of jugglers, fire eaters and a troop of jumping Jews from Jerusalem playing on the harp. I can see it now...

[ribrash]

One assumes that the round table will be well supplied with mead and syllabub for the daintier palates. Sweetmeats offered on trays by fair maidens in medieval garb, some of whom maybe playing upon dulcimers and lyres. A fun evening, full of jugglers, fire eaters and a troop of jumping Jews from Jerusalem playing on the harp. I can see it now...

I'll bring one of my guitars with mask of course.

[TheGreenGoblin]

A musical feast, I like the idea and salute your mask prudence ribrash but one hopes you will set it aside when you eat lest you create a spectacle even more diverting than the jumping Jews from Jerusalem...

[CharlieOneSix]

A musical feast, I like the idea ....

So do I......when I lived in Cork eons ago I went with a party to Bunratty Castle near Shannon for a medieval banquet. It was a fabulous evening....

[TheGreenGoblin]

Just watching that video has made me hungry. Looks like jolly good fun.

[G-CPTN]

I went with a party to Bunratty Castle near Shannon for a medieval banquet. It was a fabulous evening....

I did the same at Warwick Castle with workmates.
As the new boy I was given the head of the table with my wife - we were 'guests of honour' for the event.

[jimtherev]

All I can say is that the Grosvenor House cook the ox-heart extraordinarily well.

That's offal!

Was going to say this last time round - but I now feel provoked to tell you it made a hearty meal.

[EA01]

Mrs Fliegs and I will be catching up with an old school friend & his wife for dinner on a Saturday in October....The little Truffle, Mermaid Beach....looks good!

https://www.littletruffle.com.au/

[barkingmad]

For the ‘Welcome to the Party’ drinks could we perhaps have a carboy or ten of this mixture, ready to serve in quantities sufficient to relax the most shy/nervous of the attendees?

https://thethingswellmake.com/agua-de-v ... iner-10702

There are variations on the proportions of the ingredients which will have the desired effect. I have practised this concoction on various occasions, best served on a sunny day or evening when the ambience allows!

[bob2s]

The recipe features an disabled picture on the border,I take this to mean that you will need a wheelchair, as you will end up legless after partaking of the brew.

[EA01]

BM!! Sounds delicious!!,... may well be chucking down a few of those this weekend!!

[ribrash]

For the ‘Welcome to the Party’ drinks could we perhaps have a carboy or ten of this mixture, ready to serve in quantities sufficient to relax the most shy/nervous of the attendees?

https://thethingswellmake.com/agua-de-v ... iner-10702

There are variations on the proportions of the ingredients which will have the desired effect. I have practised this concoction on various occasions, best served on a sunny day or evening when the ambience allows!

Could we leave out the orange juice.

[barkingmad]

I thought the OJ was part of our 5/day RDI?

Certainly try leaving it out but it’s a Mediterranean type cocktail and needs the presence of the orchard.

[EA01]

Sounds fine as is BM!!!, actually, by way of co-incidence, I have been imbibing freshly squeezed orange juice with a semi dry vermouth and an 'infused' mineral water in the afternoons, very pleasant indeed! (Infusion is usually raspberry or blood orange or lime)...we don't all live like convicts down here!!

[4mastacker]

..........................
Could we leave out the orange juice.

........Or replace it with Cointreau?