First on the menu, is the Watermelon with Rose Water, Whipped Yarra Valley Dairy Fetta Cheese and sunflower shoot salad with clear tomato jelly and olives (sorry no pic for that), followed by...
The Half Shell Spring Bay Scallops with crispy pork belly, shaved shallot, tamarind and spearmint.
The Marinated Bluewater Barramundi with gingered wong bok and shitake mushroom was served next. This is definitely my favourite.
The sorbet!
Next, I had the Hopkins River Natural Beef with naked strezlecki blue cheese ravioli and rainbow chard with a beefy broth.
And for desert, the Turkish Delight and Rose Petal Ice-cream! The desert contains the following ingredients, glanced ginger, pomegranate seeds and Persian fairy floss.
Various Australian wines were also served throughout the dinner, Yabby Lake Chardonnay 2004, Heathcote Estate Grenache Noir 2005, Yabby Lake Pinot Noir 2004 and Heathcote Estate Shiraz 2004.
I left the gala dinner a very happy man.
That's me and the Chef himself. Doesn't he look excited taking a photo with the one and only IZ Reloaded? Hehe.
Special thanks to Tourism Australia!!! Oh, and if you're in Melbourne or planning a trip there (you should!), do visit the Pearl Restaurant + Bar at Richmond 3121, Melbourne, Australia to taste Chef Geoff Lindsay's delicious cooking aye. He also has a restaurant in Hong Kong called Pearl On The Peak at Level 1, The Peak Tower, 128 Peak Road, Hong Kong.
16 comments:
how was the heathcote shiraz? issit any good?
>That's me and the Chef himself. Doesn't he look excited taking a photo with the one and only IZ Reloaded? Hehe.
I bet he was.
;o)
I love Aussie food!!
the chef is huge or is it because you are small? haha!
Finally a pic of IZ without a cap! My, your hair has grown.
The Turkish Delight looks like an interesting desert.
>how was the heathcote shiraz? issit any good?
It was the best of the lot!
finatiq: well, i'm at 173 and he, a giant! maybe it's because of all the good food he eats.
I like the last pic the most.
Persian fairy floss!!!
I also want Tourism Australia to invite me to go gala dinner liao.
He has his arm around IZ!
Im jealous.
cute as always!! heeee! so hows the tower club iz?
IZ: I am heading to Melb two weeks from now. Will check the Pearl out. So will I get a discount if I tell him I'm an IZ Reloaded reader? Hehe.
thanks for making me so hungry... shit... im late for lunch.
looks yummmmmmy!! :P
hmm, i meant food!!
Gaylord said: He has his arm around IZ! Im jealous.
Well, dude, you can IMAGINE you and IZ hugz together in the photo ONE day!
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