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For our 6th wedding anniversary, Alec and I dined at Quay Restaurant – Australia’s most awarded restaurant, and one of two Australian restaurants on the prestigious S. Pellegrino World’s Top 50 List. The menu, created by chef Peter Gilmore, is modern Australian with Japanese and Chinese influence.

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Starters (same for both menus)
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Goats curd with frozen sorrel and green tea.
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Salad of summer squash, sheep’s milk feta, lemon jam, young almonds

Regular Tasting Menu
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Raw smoked Blackmore wagyu,
horseradish soured cream,
fermented rye crisps,
raw funghi

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Southern uni, koshihikari rice,
salted yolk, maw, sweet prawn,
caterpillar mushrooms, umami broth

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Slow cooked abalone,
smoked confit pig jowl,
fermented shiitake chawanmushi,
bamboo, koji cultured grains

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Crayfish, XO sauce, organic radishes

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Roast masterstock duck,
scorched pickled cucumber,
sorrel, iceplant, agretti, karkalla

Vegetarian Tasting Menu

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Eggplant tartare, horseradish soured cream,
fermented rye crisps, raw funghi

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Green asparagus congee, egg yolk emulsion

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Fermented shiitake chawanmushi,
hen of the woods mushrooms, bamboo,
koji cultured grains

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Silken tofu, XO sauce, organic radishes

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Stone pot organic green rice, mountain spinach,
spring cabbage stems, seaweed

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Optional cheese course $25
Ours was an amazing swiss cheese cut into a flower shape, on top of a bed of grains and quince.

Desserts – same for both menus.

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Snow Egg

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Cream, honey, almonds,
muscovado, oloroso caramel, prune

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Coffee, Tea and Quay Petits Fours

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The staff surprised us with an adorable bonus cupcake to celebrate our anniversary.

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The view! Doesn’t get any better than this.

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Gorgeous cocktails with a stunning outlook.

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Even my bag was well taken care of with a Quay branded purse holder.

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We had such a wonderful evening at Quay. From the kind, thoughtful and efficient staff, to the amazingly created food and the snow egg dessert that was well and truly the best dessert either of us has ever tasted, Quay went above and beyond to deliver a dining experience that we will never forget. What a wonderful way to celebrate our anniversary.

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Quay Tasting Menu is $235 pp 8 course degustation

Quay Restaurant
3, Overseas Passenger Terminal, George St & Argyle Street, The Rocks NSW 2000
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5 comments on “Quay Restaurant: 6th Anniversary Dinner”

  1. I’d love to go there, but I would rather not know what it is I’m eating before I ate it, lol! I will try anything before you tell me what it is, but when I read things like funghi and pig jowl the preconceptions of those words can overshadow my tasting experience, even though I know they will taste amazing. Do you get what I mean? It’s why I sometimes let Dave order for me if we go somewhere new and super fancy so I can just enjoy the food as it comes and find out what it is afterwards.

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