I booked a table for 2 at Gordon Ramsay's new restaurant at the new Crown Metropol on our 21st mthly-versary. It opened it's doors about a month ago and I knew Juin was dying to try it. I kept it a secret until we got into Crown. The surprise was too much for him to bear.




We thoroughly enjoyed the experience. The restaurant was nearly constantly full but not packed. It was excellent service at an affordable price ($38 pp). Oh the food was so luxurious. It's the kind of restaurant where they serve everything in tiny morsels but they were surprisingly filling.





We had 3 courses each: Entree, main and dessert. Juin had a glass of red wine to compliment his pan-seared tuna and ox tongue and cheek (oh by the way if you feel icky about eating things like rabbit, ox cheek and lamb, this is probably not the restaurant for you because they don't offer your everyday cuisine like...chicken hurhur) and I had a glass of lemon lime bitters which came served in a tall glass looking pretty in peachy-pink with chunks of lime and ice. Yummy. We also had sparkling mineral water on the side.



Starters (above):
Seared yellow fin tuna,
white radish, yuzu, enoki mushrooms,
black garlic



Juin's choice as above:
Ox “tongue and cheek”,
caper and raisin, carrots,
horseradish pomme purée




My choice as above
Lamb cannon and shoulder,
cauliflower purée, anchovy, stinging nettles



My lovely dessert:
Exotic fruit vacherin,
passion fruit and banana sorbet

I loved the atmosphere and how delicious and innovative the food was. Juin was quiet through most of the meal because he was so busy chewing his food like a cow chews grass and savouring every tiny morsel of it. And the warm toasted chewy bread sticks they gave with sea salt and flavoured herb butter was to die for. We munched on it throughout the meal (maybe that's what fills you up).

We will definitely go back again. Not until we've tried Maze grill though. The menu looks promising.

Sometimes it's hard to believe it's only been 21 months.



All pictures courtesy of Juin and http://www.gordonramsay.com/mazemelbourne/