62 Bridge Street, Sydney NSW 2000
http://www.etchdining.com
Nice decor for a quick meal
Throughout the Festival, between 12 noon and 1 pm and/or 6 pm and 7 pm, visit any of the Fast Festival Feasts restaurants listed and receive a main course with a glass of Stoneleigh wine, a Kronenbourg 1664 beer or a bottle of Tasmanian Rain water for just $30 (inc GST).
Thanks to Madam Wu for my birthday gift at the 1 hatted Etch restaurant— one of my favourite presents is being taken out to dine. Arriving at 6 pm we theoretically had 1 hour on the clock to take advantage of the Fast Festival Feast but there didn't seem to be any rush to leave after 7 pm, perhaps because they weren't overly busy. Starting with a nicely presented entree special of the day of Kingfish prepared three ways ($20) it was a little challenging to share the small portions but we did our best interpretation of MasterChef judge George in dividing it up. The Kingfish sashimi had the most flavour but I was more a fan of the deep fried croquette along with the silky smooth avocado mousse — a dozen of these would have gone down well.
The Festival promoted main of Ballottine of chicken, sauteed baby gem and asparagus, lemon thyme veloute ($30 with glass of wine) was fairly substantial in size with nice flavours although for some reason I was expecting a more elegant smooth sausage like form rather than the large rustic chicken pieces. It seemed nicely matched with the quaffable Stoneleigh Pinot Grigio. A reasonably priced side of Provencal potatoes, aged prosciutto, smoked garlic mayonnaise ($9) was full of flavour and helped make the whole meal quite filling. Peppermint tea ($5) is made from real leaves and the nicely made roasty flavoured Cappuccino ($5) had thankfully little bitterness. Service was friendly, efficient and surprisingly quite down-to-earth. The comfortable dining area had a nice ambient feel with its mood lighting and chic decorative elements.
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SNAPSHOT REVIEW:
PROS: Friendly and professional service, Nice decor, Well presented dishes, Interesting menu
CONS: $30 main and drink deal only available during January
MUST TRY: Provencal potatoes with aged prosciutto and smoked garlic mayonnaise
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Kingfish tartare with creme fraiche sorbet
Kingfish sashimi served with avocado and wasabi cream
Kingfish croquette
Avocado mousse
Ballottine of chicken, sauteed baby gem and asparagus, lemon thyme veloute ($30 with glass of wine)
Provencal potatoes, aged prosciutto, smoked garlic mayonnaise ($9)
SIMON FAVOURITE :-)
Peppermint tea ($5)
Private dining room
Pretty cool lamp shades
Nice feature clock
Rooster salt holder and table candle
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