Since Jaques Reymond sold his eponomous restaurant, renamed Woodland House a few years ago we've reviewed it three times see https://1001dinners.blogspot.com/search?q=woodland+house with moderate to high praise.
Neither the venue nor the format of the meal has changed but the food does. Last week we enjoyed the eight course degustation menu. You could have five courses, if you wished.and fortunately they did not insist that everyone should have the same menu.
The meal began with a variety of small bites
Local scallops, fermented chanterelle
Jerusalem artichoke fetta, Kombu tart, salted egg yolk
and spiced duck tongue with bamboo salt.
Next we were served wild garlic, poached calamari, seaweed butter,
a wonderful combinations of flavours and textures. Grilled scampi, white asparagus, saltbush where the only bad thing was this photo!
accompanied the Murray cod, green almond, smoked oyster
King Island wallaby, miso broad bean, pepperberry
Glazed Peckin duck, beetroot, horseradish
turned out to be my dish of the day. The flavours suited my palate. The sweetness of the beetroot blended perfectly. Duck l'orange couldn't be as good as this for me.
The Sher Wagyu fillet (How does one spell that word?), ginger mustard leaf XO
a distinct Waghu flavour and was super tender but I prefer other cuts with a much higher fat content. Next came the desserts. A roasted white chocolate sandwich in a basket of flowers that they reminded me of my childhood.
Blueberry granita, elderflower, buffalo milk
We drank a Bindi Heathcote 2016 shiraz which was quite pleasant
I have enjoyed some very good meals lately and this was one of the very best.
Score 17.5/20
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