Rockpool

Last night Jeff and I had dinner at Rockpool Bar & Grill which was Georgie's very generous Xmas present.

The restaurant fit-out is great. The decor is modern and luxurious and much bigger then we expected. We were presented with a large menu which is updated daily. Beef is the star of the show, but they boast of having the best seafood in the world as well.

For entree Jeff had a lobster omelette with prawn sauce, which he said was delicious...


but when he tasted mine he wanted to swap. My entree of king prawns with bio-dynamic goat's cheese, tortellini, burnt butter, raisins and pine-nuts was simply fantastic.




With steak being the raison d'etre of the restaurant we both wanted to try it, but with 4 types of beef on the day's menu, and a further choice of 13 various cuts, it wasn't easy to choose. In the end Jeff had the dry-aged 42 days grass-fed 350g rib-eye on the bone...


while I had the Wagyu 240g rump. His was surprisingly the more tender, but the richness of flavour in both was excellent.

The mains came just with lemon wedges, a choice of bernaise and horseradish cream, and a choice of a number of condiments such as harissa and mustard, so we ordered a couple of sides...

Jeff's choice of dessert - cherry trifle - was disappointing, but my Strawberry juice with mango sorbet and fruit was great. The flavour of the strawberry juice (not jus!) was so intense it was as if I'd ordered a yummy cocktail.



Overall, we had a fantastic dining experience. I've read a few bad reviews of the service, but we found it excellent