Vue de Monde

Dining at Vue de Monde would simply have to be the most exciting and complete culinary experience available in Melbourne. The whole experience from being seated to leaving the restaurant lived up to every expectation I had in my mind. We ate the Degustation Menu with matched wines, and it was not only delicious and perfectly cooked and presented, but challenged your concepts of food, and especially of wine matches. The Sommelier has done an extraordinary job of finding some amazing matches for some challenging dishes.

I cannot start to describe every dish we ate, or try to explain it on this blog. It would simply not do it justice. You must go. It is not cheap, for four of us it was about $1600.00, but it was awesome. We were taken on a tour of the kitchen, and on leaving were presented with take home bags with the makings of eggs on brioche for breakfast, along with some of their own tea blend, and home made cookies.

I have listed below the menu we ate along with the wines to match.

Rating 20/20

AMUSE BOUCHE

Lettuce & crayfish & Blue fin tuna & Vegetable terrine

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BABEURRE, POMMES, FENOUIL, FLEURS

Buttermilk, apple, fennel, flowers

2007 Benjamin Leroux Puligny Montrachet AOC Cote de Beaune Burgundy, France

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anguille fumÉe, pomme, chocolat blanc

Smoked eel, apple, white chocolate

FROMAGE DE CHÊVRE, PETIT POIS, LARD

Goat’s cheese, peas, bacon

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OEUF DE CANARD,RIS D’AGNEAU, ASPERGES

Fried duck egg, lamb sweetbreads, asparagus

2006 Boekenhoutskloof Semillon Coastal Region WO Western Cape, South Africa

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JARDIN DE LÉGUMES

Heide vegetable garden

1999 Leroy Bourgogne Blanc, Burgundy France

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SORBET AU CELERI

Celery sorbet, elderflower granite, lime

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ÉCREVISSE RÔTIE

Roasted marron, crab, radish

2009 Francois Labet Bourgogne AOC ‘Vieilles Vignes’ Burgundy, France

PORC, CHOCOLAT BLANC, POMME, THYM

Pork, white chocolate, apple, thyme

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VENAISON

Venison, rosella, coffee, chocolate, lightly smoked at the table

2008 Achaval Ferrer Malbec Mendoza, Argentina

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BŒUF DE BLACKMORE ET BETTERAVE

Blackmore wagyu beef cheek, beetroot, smoked marrow

2008 Battely Durif Beechworth, Victoria

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FROMAGE

Maffra cloth matured cheddar, plum, rye bread

NV Ruinart Rosé Brut Reims Champagne AOC, France

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ENTREMET SUCRÉ

Frozen lolly, popping candy, homemade lemonade

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noix de macadamia, yahourt, canneberge

Macadamia, yoghurt, cranberry

2008 Michel Torino Don David Torrontes Reserve Cafayate, Argentina

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mangue, ananas, soufflÉ À la noix de coco

Mango, pineapple, coconut soufflé

2009 Framingham Riesling ‘Noble’ Marlborough, South Island, New Zealand

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NOTRE SÉLECTION DE CAFÉS, THÉS, INFUSIONS ET PETITS-FOURS

A selection of coffee, teas, infusions & petits-fours