Inside the menu of Australia’s best restaurant
Chef Ben Shewry at Attica in Ripponlea, Melbourne. Picture: Aaron Francis
MELBOURNE’S Attica restaurant has just been named the best in Australia by Gourmet Traveller Magazine.
The industry authority claim that Attica is “Australia’s culinary standard-bearer on the world stage,” and that head chef Ben Shewry’s food “has never been more natural, confident and delightful.”
So what exactly is it about Attica’s food that makes it so delightful? Take a peek inside their multi-award winning menu and find out for yourself ...
8 course Tasting Menu
$190.00 per person or $305.00 per person with matched wines
As of August 2014, Attica’s tasting menu includes:
Snow Crab and Sour Leaves
Salted Red Kangaroo and Bunya Bunya
Minted Potato, Medium Rare
142 Days on Earth
King George Whiting in Paperbark
Pork, Rotten Corn and Lemon Aspen Pears and Maidenii
The Industrious Beet
A simple dish of Virginia Rose potato cooked in the earth in which it was grown at Attica restaurant.
8 course Vegetarian Tasting Menu
$190.00 per person or $305.00 per person with matched wines
Cauliflower and Sorrel
Cucumbers, Holy Flax, Goats Milk
Carrots, Ground Berries and Bunya Bunya
Minted Potato, Medium Rare
Leeks and Seaweed Butter
Ella’s Mushrooms
Pears and Maidenii
The Industrious Beet
Ben Shewry in the kitchen.
Tuesday Night Chef’s Table
$125 per person or an additional $70 per person for matched wines
Ben and his kitchen team use Tuesday nights as an opportunity to test and develop new menu ideas. Their Chef’s Table menu is a 5 course degustation, perfect for diners who are willing to trial some of the latest cooking ideas from the Attica kitchen.
More: www.attica.com.au
Plight of the Bees dessert at Attica.
Source: Herald Sun - 21st August 2014
