Marque Modern - Hats Off Dinners, The Age Good Food Month 2013

'Marque Modern' - Tuesday 12 November 2013

The team from Mark Best's Marque comes to town, giving Melbourne an eight-course menu that celebrates the food, service and style of the emerald city. $160 per person; matched wines $85 extra.

Oyster with Sea Foam

Beef Tendon

Almond Gazpacho with Blue Swimmer Crab

Eel with Pumpkin Sauce and Parmesan Gnocchi (Parmesan Whey)

Wagyu with Ice Plant

New Zealand Hapuka with Potato Paper, Green Tomato and Verjus

Squab with Rouennaise Sauce, Radicchio, Blueberries and Squab Head

Goats Cheese with Candied Wakame and Sea Bananas

Jerusalem Artichoke Date with Buttermilk Curd & Whey Caramel

Coconut Sorbet with Beetroot and Licorice

Sauternes Custard

Pei Modern

Collins Place, 45 Collins Street, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (03) 9654 8545

Open from early 'til late Monday through to Saturday

Marque Restaurant

4/5 355 Crown Street, Surry Hills, New South Wales, Australia 02 9332 2225 
Open Monday – Friday dinner from 6.30pm, Saturday dinner from 6.00pm, Friday lunch from 12 noon

'Friends of Attica' Dinner II

Attica

74 Glen Eira Road, Ripponlea, Victoria, Australia (03) 9530 0111
Open for dinner Tuesday to Saturday, 6:30pm to late

A Garden by the Lighthouse - Lighthouse gin, elderflower, mint, cucumber and lime topped with soda

Wesley Wilson - Ardbeg 10yo whiskey, Sanchez Romate PX, lemon, Fever Tree ginger beer

Sorrel Leaves from our garden - Attica

Sorrel Leaves from our garden - Attica

Pickled Carrots - Attica 

Crab, Shiitake, Eleven Basils - Ben Shewry (Attica)
"unique, sweet, crunch" 

Marron, Mace, Cauliflower, Curry Leaf - Andrew McConnell (Cutler & Co)
"creamy, winter, cheesey"

Red Deer and Smoked Eel - Michael Meredith (Merediths)
"surprise, texture, crackle"

'Autumn Leaves' - Mark Best (Marque)
"savour, earthy, challenging"

'Autumn Leaves' - Mark Best (Marque)
"savour, earthy, challenging"

Chicken, Calamari, Carrot and Seaweeds - Michael Ryan (Provenance)
"textural, chicken, combination"

Bread, Beef and Dripping - Darren Robertson, Mark LaBrooy and Shannon Debreceny (3 Blue Ducks)
"mouthful, sharp, chorseradish"

Blueberry Cheesecake - Karl Kanetani (Town)
"pie, chilled, biscuit"

Banoffee Pie - Matt Wilkinson (Pope Joan)
"sweet, banananananananaskins, calorific"

Pukeko's Egg - Attica

See our first visit to Attica (Tuesday Night Chef's Table) and the first 'Friends of Attica' Dinner!

Meal style: Friends of Attica Dinner II (degustation)
Cost: $260.00 per person (not including drinks)
Time and date of visit: 7:30pm Wednesday 17 April 2013