The Twelve
Most Exciting Australian Dishes Of 2010
By Franz Scheurer
2010 has been a year of fabulous food, lots of unusual dishes, combination of flavours and interpretations on a familiar theme. Here are my favourite twelve dishes, in order:
Grilled Hervey
Bay Scallops, White Cut Chicken and Prawn Cracker with Sweet Corn, Green Beans
and Fish Fragrant Dressing
Rockpool,
Sydney
Cucumber Sorbet,
Elderflower Granite & Frozen Lime
Vue de Monde, Melbourne
Spinach,
Lentils & Cèpes, layered, with Polenta, Gnocchi
and Ricotta
Vulcans,
Blackheath
Beef Tartare
Bentley
Restaurant & Bar
Tortellini of Peas with Broad Beans, Morels & Light
Tarragon Butter
Guillaume
at Bennelong, Sydney
Radish, Dashi
Butter, Bread Rolls
Duke,
Sydney
Pasta
Francesco
Pilu
at Freshwater, Sydney
Grilled
Sourdough with Lardo & Roast Garlic
Bar
H, Sydney
Capretto Brasato with Roast Potatoes
Il Bàcaro, Melbourne
Black
Sausage, Organic Egg & Crispy Pig’s Ear Salad
Bistro
CBD, Sydney
Stir-fried
Broad Beans with Preserved Mustard and Pork Mince
Chairman
Mao Chinese Restaurant
BBQ Silver
Lake Eel, Sushi Rice, Confit Leek and Liquorice Powder
Sepia,
Sydney
And The Six
Most Exciting Dishes I Ate Overseas in 2010
Tête du Cochon, Mushroom Ketchup, Preserved Lemon, Quail Egg
Luke’s
Gastronomy, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Saffron
Risotto with Coriander Juice
Cracco Ristorante, Milan, Italy
Pappardelle with White Alba Truffles and Burnt Butter
Splendido,
Tornonto, Canada
Pettole
Trattoria
I Due Sassi, Matera, Italy
Fiesta
Sant’ Elia, Sa Serra,
Sardinia
Small Bresse Chicken in Two
Courses
L’hôtel
de Ville, Crissier, Switzerland