Last Sunday night the sweetie and I went with Annie and Stu to Raku for dinner. They'd been there previously and wanted to go with us.
We went with Hao San's Tasting Menu ($110pp).
Merimbula rock oyster w tosazu dressing, pickled cucumber
Tasmanian salmon tartare w yuzy miso and squid ink cracker
Sashimi santen
Chef's selection nigiri
Tempura zucchini flower, feta, goma, tofu paste, dashi broth
Canadian scallop, jalapeno, pickled green apple, garlic mayonnaise
Tajima wagyo gyoza w truffle oil, white ponzu, pickled mustard seed, sesame; also Cherry tomato salad, fried quinoa, honey soy, spicy tofu creme, samphire
White miso dashi w tofu, wakame and spring onion
150-day grain fed Scotch fillet w wafu, wasabi sour cream, rhubarb salt
Toasted sesame ice cream w caramelised almonds
It was all delicous, a very lovely meal.
But on a side note. I do get that fine dining is expensive. I get that there's a lot of manual labour to produce these beautiful dishes and so I get the high prices for food. What I don't get is the markup on wine. We got a bottle of Mount Majura Pinos Gris to share. This bottle retails at $30. Raku sell it for $75 for a bottle or $15 per glass. That's totally in rip-off territory. This sort of over charging does put me off. Just saying.
Before we left I went to the loo. See anything wrong with this picture?
Yeah there's no toilet roll holder. And as soon as I grabbed it of course it fell on the floor lolz.
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