Assiette

In the tradition of the amazing Sunday degustations at Balzac that we are always on about, we've just discovered that chef Warren Turnbull of Assiette is also putting on special degustation dinners on the first Sunday of every month (just a few more Sunday's to fill in :P)

We went just the day before it's hat was doled out and not only was it our first degustation here but it was also our first visit to this location since the Becasse name came off the door.

We'd heard really good things about the food here, most notably from Keith at Fuel Bakery who kept asking us if we'd been yet, but even with the hype, it blew our expectations away.

The wine pairings too were excellent and the team here always had the time to give us a little bit extra information and opinion.

All in all, this meal ranks easily with the best meals we've had all year.

Here is how the order ran:

Oyster beignet with horseradish sauce and watercress veloute

Goat's cheese cromeski with beetroot and pinenut salad

Seared and tartar of tuna with cucumber spaghetti and ginger sorbet

Baked potato of salmon

Duck martini with beetroot olive

Pork and foie gras terrine with Pedro Ximinez jelly and crackling

Crispy chicken wing with seared scallop, mushroom duxelle and cepe cream

Crispy raviolo of prawn with saffron aioli, chorizo and green olive salsa

Squid ink risotto with sauteed squid and a herb vinagrette

Foie gras stuffed quail with garlic bread and butter pudding and lentil cappucino

Breast and cutlet of lamb with caponata and basil hollandaise

Bleu de Basque with waldorf salad

(I missed a photo here as I was too busy enjoying my wine....it was Buttermilk pannacotta with chamomile tea jelly and carrot granita)

Lemon and honey pudding with a citrus salad and orange ripple ice cream

Chicory creme brulee with coffee ice cream

Assiette is at 48 Albion Street Surry Hills Ph (02) 9212-7979

Comments

[Julia]

"Garlic bread and butter pudding" - love it! I've admired the menu for so long, I can't wait to try Assiette. I think this corner site can do no wrong!

[ben]

Hi, what are they charging for the dégustation dinner? Thanks

[Sean]

Hi Ben,

Believe it was $120 + wine (which for the record is $30 more than Balzac, where you can also byo) however that is for 15 courses.

Worth every penny in our estimation.