Top 10 Dishes 2009

C's:
1: Watercress & horseradish bavarois, baby beetroot, candied walnuts, onion wafer, Puy lentils - $15 - Persimmon

2: Martini of bittersweet, chocolate, whiskey espresso granita, bourbon vanilla chantilly - Jacques Reymond

3: Glazed goats milk curd, caramel of green anise, iced sorrel - Raymond Capaldi @ Matteos

4: Battered & sauteed pear, pear & ginger sorbet, ginger cake, micro basil - persimmon

5: Tonka bean brulee, pistachio ice cream - $15 - persimmon

6: Stewed quince, pan perdu, milk jam & cinnamon stick ice cream - $14 - Persimmon

7: Valrhona chocolate custard pot hazelnut brittle & pumpkin foam with a banana souffle with Pedro Ximenez and drunken date ice cream - $16 - Coda

8: Chocolate creme brulee, fresh fig tart, Valrhona sorbet, vincotto syrup - $13 - Estivo

9: Home made Potato Dumplings (gnocchi)  with Asparagus, Truffle Oil and Cream - $22.00 - Dalmatino

10: Poached egg, sweet corn and truffle foam - Persimmon

R's:

1: Malouf’s pigeon bistayeea with Lebanese-style white cabbage salad - Momo

2: Watercress & horseradish bavarois, baby beetroot, candied walnuts, onion wafer, Puy lentils - $15 - persimmon

3: Roast Western Plains pork belly, celeriac baked in hay ash - Raymond Capaldi @ Matteos

4: Roast Tasmanian salmon, toasted cous cous, smoked tomato jam, red wine emulsion - $25

5: Grilled Baby Chicken with Sautéed Spinach, Pine nuts,  Sultanas and Grape Sauce - $21.00 - Dalmatino

6: Violet crumble - $18 - Attica

7: Veiled quail covered in leaves, house made chorizo-pine nut stuffing, feta whipped with mustard - $30 - Momo

8: Battered & sauteed pear, pear & ginger sorbet, ginger cake, micro basil - persimmon

9: Poached egg, sweet corn and truffle foam - Persimmon

10: Braised veal osso bucco, chickpeas, bone marrow & herb crust - $28 - Persimmon