Address: 1208 Mornington-Flinders Rd
Main Ridge 3928 VIC
Phone: (03) 5931 0155
Food: European, French and Mediterranean
Average price: Entree: $15-$30, Mains: $29-$44, Dessert: $16-$25, Degustation menu: 5 courses, $90
Set menu: 3 courses, $79
Complimentary: Bread with marinated olives, Olive oil & balsamic.
The olives and balsamic were so delicious we asked for more.
Chocolate brownie
The brownie tasted stale and was overly sweet.
We ordered: Thanks to Blogger deleting almost all of my drafts, I have to go by memory as I no longer my original notes.
Entree: Vegetable soup
Good old honest creamy soup. The basil oil was a nice touch. Mine didn't come with the goat's curd as it was unpasteurised so I had to leave it out.
Terrine of Gippsland farmed rabbit, pancetta, prune and pistachio with onion marmalade and cornichons
Mr.M enjoyed this dish.
Main: Flinders Tomato tart and French goat cheese, Devon Meadows green, parmesan foam and thyme pesto
Nice simple flavours, nothing super exciting though. The tomatoes were a touch bland but otherwise nice enough dish.
Mickleham duck breast, poached quince, Shoreham honey and star anise jus
Dessert: Soft centered Valrhona chocolate biscuit, almond praline anglaise and Tahiti vanilla bean ice cream
The fondant was delicious. The ice creama nd almond creme anglaise were also lovely and subtle but were smothered beneath rich oozy chocolate. Great dish.
Caramelised Red Hill apple crêpe, Calvados crème chiboust, green apple sorbet
The crepes were rubbery and the fresh apple sorbet and cooked apples didn't mesh. I didn't really like it at all.
Cost: $158 ($79each) for 3 course lunch.
Service: OK. Waiters were great, received more of that balsamic when asked, however the kitchen was extremely slow. we were almost falling asleep in between meals despite the restaurant only being half full. the waits were far too long between each course, we ended up becoming antsy in anticipation for our food to arrive.
Atmosphere: Sunday lunch relaxed. Simple almost barn like decor with focus on the outside winery views. The petanque pitch is a nice touch.
Parking: Ample onsite parking.
Website: www.lapetanque.com.au/
Hours: Mon-Sun noon-3pm
Fri-Sat noon-3pm, 6.30pm-11pm
Would I return: No, the service was far too slow and there are other great places to try in the area.
the waitstaff really are lovely at la petanque. but the food.. it's not bad or anything, it's just kind of unmemorable.
ReplyDeletedid you make it to ten minutes by tractor? i love that place.
10mins was actually first on our list but they were completely booked out - will have to make another trip down there to try it
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