I think before I begin with this one, I need to start with a disclaimer. I love nothing more than really good food. Like huge degustations with matching wines. They are just amazing. But I by no means have an infinite pot of cash funding this rather expensive hobby. Every one of these dinners I have enjoyed that I talk about here I had to work hard and save for!
With that out of the way, here we go.
I have a list. A long list, that is ever growing, of fine dining restaurants I really want to go to.
Needless to say, given how much they cost (we're talking anywhere from $500 - $1000+ for 2 people to dine), this list grows faster than I can cross restaurants off, but one can dream haha.
At the moment, I have a Sydney list, and a Melbourne list, and then an International list that is now slowly developing as well.
My fine dining partner in crime is usually my bestie Tara (the lovely human I still cook up a storm with meal prepping, even though she lives in Melbourne), and we try and do at least one, if not two, restaurants a year.
So why do I love these restaurants so much.
Food is an essential part of life. And even though I come from a chef background, there is nothing I hate more than getting home at 7pm and having to cook dinner from scratch. That's how meal prepping entered my life in the first place. Quick easy food, sometimes takeout. Finding the easiest, most cost effective way to eat day to day.
I love going out for dinner too on occasion; ones that are less fancy and more affordable. I'm always keen to find more of these to visit too, but I have two all time favourites, that would probably end up being a very regular places to visit if I lived closer.
An amazing Italian restaurant in a tiny town in Scotland, Claudios.
And a little gem in Balmain, Our Place on Darling.
But there is something about fine dining that just gets me. It's not even about the food (well, it partly is haha). It's about the experience. Fining dining menus are emotional. They tell a story. They take you on a journey. Fine dining food takes advantage of all of your senses and certainly challenges everything you ever thought you knew about food.
If you haven't experienced it, I would recommend it to everyone. Go with an open mind (sometimes this food can challenge you and totally confuse your senses haha) and let the experience sweep you along to wherever it wants to take you.
This here is a little intro to a restaurant review series for the fine dining restaurants we have enjoyed so far.
We have these restaurants under our belts so far, and I can't wait to add some more!
- The Fat Duck (from when it came to Melbourne for 6 months in 2014)
- Tetsuyas (a long standing institution in Sydney)
- Vue de Monde (a Shannon Bennett creation in Melbourne)
- Dinner by Heston (Both the London and Melbourne restaurants)
- Cucina Locale (a sneaky little fine dining discovery in Blacktown, Western Sydney)
Join me on Friday evenings for some delicious fine dining photos from my experiences at this restaurants, along with my thoughts on each of them :)
Hx
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