Radii at the Park Hyatt

To celebrate a dear friend's 30th-
~ Entrees ~
* Duck rillettes, cornichons, toasted sourdough
* Salmon, lemon mascarpone, grilled zuchinni terrine
* Natural oysters

~ Mains ~

* Confit pork belly, cauliflower puree, scallops

* Swordfish, clams, mussels, leeks, tomato and fennel ragout

* Gippsland Tenderloin 200grams

Cafe Segovia

Popular cafe in Block Place, Melbourne City.

* Seafood Couscous

* Mushroom & Chicken risotto (with peas!)

Quaff

* jerusalem artichoke and hazelnut soup
* sesame and chilli spiced soft shell crab, tian of fresh crab, tomato, avocado, tomato consommé jelly (2 photos)
* seared japanese scallops, celeriac puree, ratatouille vinaigrette, baby coriander

* five spiced duck and fried abalone mushroom risotto

* crispy skin duck breastand slow roasted leg, glazed vegetables, sauce ala orange
* saffron spaghettini, hand picked blue swimmer crab, chilli, basil

* crispy skin fish fillet, baby leek, carrot, champagne sauce

* spiced rhubarb and blood plum crumble, homemade clotted cream

* oven baked filled crêpe, chocolate, walnut and vanilla bean ganache

* hazelnut and honey tart, coffee foam, white chocolate icecream

Food was good though abit salty!

Snow Pony Cafe

Great Breakkie Cafe in Balwyn :) Generous servings from fine produce!!! Excellent!!!

* snow pony scrambles w/ fresh herbs and holy goats cheese on wholegrain toast (Extra Bacon)

* open style fillet steak sandwich, aged cheddar, red onion jam with caponata + poached
greens egg

* Toasted Piadani- honey roasted pumpkin, baked ricotta, roasted peppers, caramelised onion, pine nut + basil

* smashed avocado w/ thyme buttered mushrooms + marinated fetta on toasted wholegrain bread w/ a poached egg

* poached eggs on toasted grain bread w/ spinach, red pepper pesto + hazelnut dukkah

punchlane

Nice little wine bar place. more a wine place then a food place. Food was decent, abit on the smaller side, and pricey too!
* Grilled rib eye with mushroom, lardons, shallots & jus

* Pappardelle with chicken, field mushrooms, cream, thyne & parmesan

* Kingfish with with buttered spinach and a wedge of lemon

* Seared scallops wrapped in pancetta with cauliflower cream, lemon & parsely salad ($36.50) and only 5 scallops!!!

Rare Steakhouse

Great steak & Chips!

* Pork Ribs

* Porterhouse

* Rib Eye

* German sausage

Fantastic Fish & Chips

The best so far! in Portsea!

The Botanical

* Sashimi of yellow fin tuna with roasted prawns, sesame & avocado (really good)

* BBQ 500 gram, 30 day dry aged Black Angus grass fed or Charolais grain fed rib eye with hot mustard coleslaw, bone marrow & parsley salad

Red Shed Cafe

The Age - COUNTRY CHEAP EATS CHAMP!



* Red Shed Killer breakkie - eggs w 4 sides (spinach, tomatoes, crispy bacon & avocado salad)
* Red Shed Ham hocked breakkie beans w yv fetta on organic sourdough

Vines at Helen's Hill

~ First Impressions ~
* Thai Calamari - Scored curls of calamari, fried and tossed with a lemon-grass sweet chilli sauce
* Zuchinni flowers - stuffed with smoked trout, served with steam locally made spagettini finished with saffron infused sauce
* Gnocchi - Yarra valley gnocchi tossed in asparagus, wild rocket and a pecorino cream sauce





~ Main Event ~
* Chicken breast filled with bocconcini cheese, wrapped in proscuitto and oven-baked, presented on porcini mushroom sauce and creamy polenta
* Filleted Barramundi served on braised tomato, potato and fennel, finished with chive butter sauce
* Noisettes of kangaroo with smoked bacon served with green beans and purple sweet potato with rich tarragon and cognac




~ Lasting impressions ~
* Chocolate Terrine - "Kennedy & Wilson" chocolate and nougat layered terrine served with chocolate sorbet and a chocolate cocoa wafer
* Bread & Butter pudding
* Baked apple and apricot crumble flan
* Rhubarb & Strawberry strudel