Cindy's wisdom teeth heal, nosotros were lastly making the trip.
We chose Lord's Day lunch, figuring that the novel chef of the year's eatery would live packed out at nights. It meant nosotros were in that place for the Lord's Day masa luncheon - a to a greater extent than traditionally focussed repast than the adventurous dishes Calombaris is developing a reputation for. There are no other options for Lord's Day lunch, you lot only sit down dorsum as well as they convey out the food. Once we'd clarified that nosotros were vego, they had a quick conference as well as reeled off a seemingly endless listing of dishes that they were going to convey out. Our waitress seemed novel as well as was a lilliputian uncertain virtually a few things (probably non helped past times our vego-ness), but she picked it upwardly equally the repast went on.
But kickoff it was fourth dimension for drinks - I went for a carafe of the white wine, which was pleasant enough, spell Cindy opted for a sour ruby-red soft drink. Instead, she got a limonata, equally they'd run out of sour cherry. Except it turns out that they hadn't (this was spell our waitress was nonetheless struggling a little) - a few minutes subsequently she ended upwardly amongst 2 drinks to bask - to represent amongst unlike courses I guess.
With that confusion out of the way, it was on to the food. First off was a plate of staff of life amongst olive stone oil as well as fancy dark salt, which combined tremendously good amongst the tomato plant as well as lentil soup that came out soon afterwards.
This was followed almost at ane time (I'd only finished my soup, but Cindy was barely halfway through) past times the meze plate, a colourful alternative of Greek nibblies. There was a Greek salad (with some seriously scrumptious feta), a plate of marinated olives (which fifty-fifty Cindy form of enjoyed), pickled cabbage (Cindy's favourite on the plate), a beetroot tzatziki as well as dolmathes (my favourite). This was all pretty enjoyable, but it was closed to this betoken that nosotros started to larn overwhelmed amongst the dishes flight out of the kitchen.
I'm non sure if you're supposed to air current upwardly amongst a backlog of dishes on your tabular array or if something was a flake off amongst the timing inwards the kitchen, but nosotros had no hazard of keeping up. Anyway, Cindy only sat dorsum as well as enjoyed hers happily letting the dishes pile upwardly closed to her, spell I foolishly tried to proceed upwardly amongst the onslaught as well as ended upwardly feeling a flake stressed out past times it all. It for sure wasn't the laidback Lord's Day afternoon feeling I was expecting. But that's past times the by, let's force on amongst the residual of the food.
Next upwardly was some other wooden meze tray, this fourth dimension amongst a plate of spanakopita, a dyad of roast tomatoes stuffed amongst some classify of rice concoction as well as an iceberg lettuce salad dressed amongst lemon juice. The spanak was tasty, without beingness equally mindblowing equally Cindy had hoped (I shout out upwardly she expecting ane of Georgie's to a greater extent than innovative creations - he does some strange seafoody spanaks, as well as then it was flake of a shame that the vegie ane was only a criterion effort) as well as the tomatoes looked slap-up (if you lot similar that classify of thing).
With a flake of tabular array rearrangement, the adjacent gear upwardly of dishes arrived: a bowl of lemony roasted potatoes, a haloumi, shaved fennel as well as orangish salad as well as a roast pumpkin as well as almond bougatsa (basically a filo twine filled amongst a pumpkin mix). Cindy was actually excited virtually the potatoes, but unfortunately they were a flake of a allow downward - a lilliputian on the dry out side as well as non peculiarly lemony (we both had fond memories of the oily lemon spuds at Lefka's Taverna inwards West End). Luckily the haloumi salad to a greater extent than than made upwardly for it. This was easily the highlight of the repast - beautifully fried haloumi, which combined good amongst the shaved fennel as well as slices of citrusy goodness. Throw inwards the grape confit that was drizzled over the whole affair as well as it was a non-stop flavor explosion. The pumpkin filo was fine, but I was filling upwardly past times this phase as well as it was a lilliputian on the heavy side for my near-bursting stomach.
By at nowadays our tabular array was flood amongst nutrient - nosotros struggled on bravely as well as made a decent dint inwards all of the dishes earlier eventually throwing our hands upwardly as well as quitting. Luckily, this was the betoken where they chose to respite our non-stop nutrient attack, giving us a decent 15 infinitesimal breather earlier the desserts came out. When they did, nosotros were given a lilliputian newspaper handbag containing half dozen unlike dessert nibbles: some classify of mini Greek donuts, some lilliputian baklavas as well as some classify of vaguely custardy thing. All were fantastic (particularly the baklava, which I'm non unremarkably a huge fan of) as well as the java they served upwardly was high character equally well.
The finale was a serial of Greek spoon sweets - preserves of quince, eggplant as well as pistachio served upwardly on lilliputian spoons. They were delicious, although our waitress made some ambiguous comment that suggested nosotros in all probability weren't supposed to consume all six.
On the whole, it was in all probability a slightly disappointing experience - I shout out upwardly we'd live amend served ordering off their regular bill of fare when in that place are a few to a greater extent than exotic options similar the haloumi salad. Everything else was fine, but none of it was peculiarly thrilling. The service was a lilliputian uncertain, but inwards a friendly as well as alone forgivable means as well as the room is airy as well as low-cal inwards the afternoon (which is proficient for Cindy's photography). We won't write off The Press Club for our time to come slightly upmarket dining experiences, but I incertitude we'll pick the Lord's Day afternoon masa for our adjacent attempt.
Address: 72 Flinders Street, Melbourne CBD
Ph: 9677 9677
Price: Sunday luncheon masa, $55 per person
Licensed
Website: http://www.thepressclub.com.au
We chose Lord's Day lunch, figuring that the novel chef of the year's eatery would live packed out at nights. It meant nosotros were in that place for the Lord's Day masa luncheon - a to a greater extent than traditionally focussed repast than the adventurous dishes Calombaris is developing a reputation for. There are no other options for Lord's Day lunch, you lot only sit down dorsum as well as they convey out the food. Once we'd clarified that nosotros were vego, they had a quick conference as well as reeled off a seemingly endless listing of dishes that they were going to convey out. Our waitress seemed novel as well as was a lilliputian uncertain virtually a few things (probably non helped past times our vego-ness), but she picked it upwardly equally the repast went on.
But kickoff it was fourth dimension for drinks - I went for a carafe of the white wine, which was pleasant enough, spell Cindy opted for a sour ruby-red soft drink. Instead, she got a limonata, equally they'd run out of sour cherry. Except it turns out that they hadn't (this was spell our waitress was nonetheless struggling a little) - a few minutes subsequently she ended upwardly amongst 2 drinks to bask - to represent amongst unlike courses I guess.
With that confusion out of the way, it was on to the food. First off was a plate of staff of life amongst olive stone oil as well as fancy dark salt, which combined tremendously good amongst the tomato plant as well as lentil soup that came out soon afterwards.This was followed almost at ane time (I'd only finished my soup, but Cindy was barely halfway through) past times the meze plate, a colourful alternative of Greek nibblies. There was a Greek salad (with some seriously scrumptious feta), a plate of marinated olives (which fifty-fifty Cindy form of enjoyed), pickled cabbage (Cindy's favourite on the plate), a beetroot tzatziki as well as dolmathes (my favourite). This was all pretty enjoyable, but it was closed to this betoken that nosotros started to larn overwhelmed amongst the dishes flight out of the kitchen.I'm non sure if you're supposed to air current upwardly amongst a backlog of dishes on your tabular array or if something was a flake off amongst the timing inwards the kitchen, but nosotros had no hazard of keeping up. Anyway, Cindy only sat dorsum as well as enjoyed hers happily letting the dishes pile upwardly closed to her, spell I foolishly tried to proceed upwardly amongst the onslaught as well as ended upwardly feeling a flake stressed out past times it all. It for sure wasn't the laidback Lord's Day afternoon feeling I was expecting. But that's past times the by, let's force on amongst the residual of the food.Next upwardly was some other wooden meze tray, this fourth dimension amongst a plate of spanakopita, a dyad of roast tomatoes stuffed amongst some classify of rice concoction as well as an iceberg lettuce salad dressed amongst lemon juice. The spanak was tasty, without beingness equally mindblowing equally Cindy had hoped (I shout out upwardly she expecting ane of Georgie's to a greater extent than innovative creations - he does some strange seafoody spanaks, as well as then it was flake of a shame that the vegie ane was only a criterion effort) as well as the tomatoes looked slap-up (if you lot similar that classify of thing).
With a flake of tabular array rearrangement, the adjacent gear upwardly of dishes arrived: a bowl of lemony roasted potatoes, a haloumi, shaved fennel as well as orangish salad as well as a roast pumpkin as well as almond bougatsa (basically a filo twine filled amongst a pumpkin mix). Cindy was actually excited virtually the potatoes, but unfortunately they were a flake of a allow downward - a lilliputian on the dry out side as well as non peculiarly lemony (we both had fond memories of the oily lemon spuds at Lefka's Taverna inwards West End). Luckily the haloumi salad to a greater extent than than made upwardly for it. This was easily the highlight of the repast - beautifully fried haloumi, which combined good amongst the shaved fennel as well as slices of citrusy goodness. Throw inwards the grape confit that was drizzled over the whole affair as well as it was a non-stop flavor explosion. The pumpkin filo was fine, but I was filling upwardly past times this phase as well as it was a lilliputian on the heavy side for my near-bursting stomach.By at nowadays our tabular array was flood amongst nutrient - nosotros struggled on bravely as well as made a decent dint inwards all of the dishes earlier eventually throwing our hands upwardly as well as quitting. Luckily, this was the betoken where they chose to respite our non-stop nutrient attack, giving us a decent 15 infinitesimal breather earlier the desserts came out. When they did, nosotros were given a lilliputian newspaper handbag containing half dozen unlike dessert nibbles: some classify of mini Greek donuts, some lilliputian baklavas as well as some classify of vaguely custardy thing. All were fantastic (particularly the baklava, which I'm non unremarkably a huge fan of) as well as the java they served upwardly was high character equally well.The finale was a serial of Greek spoon sweets - preserves of quince, eggplant as well as pistachio served upwardly on lilliputian spoons. They were delicious, although our waitress made some ambiguous comment that suggested nosotros in all probability weren't supposed to consume all six.On the whole, it was in all probability a slightly disappointing experience - I shout out upwardly we'd live amend served ordering off their regular bill of fare when in that place are a few to a greater extent than exotic options similar the haloumi salad. Everything else was fine, but none of it was peculiarly thrilling. The service was a lilliputian uncertain, but inwards a friendly as well as alone forgivable means as well as the room is airy as well as low-cal inwards the afternoon (which is proficient for Cindy's photography). We won't write off The Press Club for our time to come slightly upmarket dining experiences, but I incertitude we'll pick the Lord's Day afternoon masa for our adjacent attempt.
Address: 72 Flinders Street, Melbourne CBD
Ph: 9677 9677
Price: Sunday luncheon masa, $55 per person
Licensed
Website: http://www.thepressclub.com.au
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