November 2010


Cuisine: French with English influence
Service: Happy with the service, they did well with our various food and wine requests.
Food: Up and down. Some delicious dishes and a few insipid ones. The main dessert course was especially not to my taste.
Value: Pretty good, I think it ended up around $150 a head for the degustation + 1 extra course, corkage, tip.
Wine list: Did not look.
BYO Details: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday. $15 per bottle corkage.
Score: 13.5/20

Pork Pie and Piccalilli

Game Consomme with Rabbit Suet and Sage Dumpling

Courgette Blossom with Crab, Tomato, Mint and White Anchovy

Ravioli of Skate and Prawn with Celery, Fennel and Yabby Claw

Salt Beef, Horseradish Gnocchi, English Green Sauce and Calves Tongue

Milk Fed Suffolk Lamb with Pea, Savoury and Baby Artichokes

Braised Brisket of Wagyu Beef with Grilled Asparagus

Queso Tradicionales Iberico with Olives, Rosemary Foccacia and Smoked Paprika

Rhubarb “Champagne”

Pumpkin Pie with Yoguhurt, Caramel and Grue De Cocoa

Strawberry Shortbreads

Had a very nice dinner at Dietmar Sawyere’s Ad Lib Bistro in Pymble last month. The food was great quality and we brought along some great wines. BYO is allowed Monday to Thursday, but only for groups under 10.

Sea scallop carpaccio, lemon infused extra virgin olive oil

Prawns sauteed in garlic butter, baby spinach and paris mushrooms

Crisp pork belly, grilled leeks ravigote, puy style lentils

Raspberry Souffle