eating Cindy's apple tree pies!) as well as on our agency to Dunkeld. We arrived inwards the dark, missing the classic see of the fine art deco edifice amongst Mt Sturgeon inwards the background (the photograph inwards a higher house was taken the side past times side morning, before a transcend notch continental brekkie). Still, nosotros weren't at that spot for the views - it was all close the food.
The Royal Mail has a vegetarian degustation equally a criterion option, which ever gives me a goodness vibe close a place. And it's a large one: 10 courses, including three desserts for $130 or a slightly terrifying $245 if you're reckless plenty to fit wines (I was, piece Cindy was less impulsive). I won't pretend to live a vino expert, therefore I'm non going to comment on each sip - on the whole, they were stunning, amongst solely the innovative purpose of sake for i course of teaching disappointing whatever of us.
The breadstuff came amongst a smoked butter, which divided sentiment - I loved it, but non everyone at our tabular array was convinced that butter needed the tweaking. The bread, equally ever at fancy places, was outstanding.
The love apple tree was followed past times a vegetable broth, filled amongst pickled vegetables as well as kohlrabi.
Next upwards was this cute footling dish: egg yolk, rye, legumes as well as yeast.
We were deep into the savouries past times now, as well as I was excited to live getting about poly peptide amongst tofu, potato, mustard as well as nashi.
Another starchy dish was side past times side on the menu: jerusalem artichoke, triple cream as well as chive.
Our second-last savoury dish was precisely called cool climate vegetables.
Interlude about years ago). I liked the straightforwardness of this dish, which actually permit the character of the vegetables shine through.
Our finally savoury dish for the nighttime was eggplant inwards white miso amongst dried grains as well as cured kelp.
Onto dessert! The transition came amongst the romantically named 'fallen fruit' (apple, almond, caramel, chamomile).
What followed was the most impressive dish of the night: beetroot as well as mandarin, cocoa as well as walnut.
Course #10 was a slightly to a greater extent than conventional dessert: pistachio, hazelnut, honeycomb, chocolate.
Speaking of chocolates, nosotros finished upwards amongst these cute footling truffles amongst a surprisingly potent Earl Gray season to them.
The Royal Mail puts on a really impressive spread - at that spot were a few savoury courses that didn't wow all of us, but past times the fourth dimension we'd worked our agency through the desserts I was laid to telephone phone this the best repast of the year. The infinite is non equally charming equally I'd expected - on the upside it's spacious plenty that you're non forced to hear to other people's conversations all night, but on the downside the atmosphere was a footling flat. The service was impeccable though perhaps a footling on the formal side for us - it's dainty to experience that you're at a fancy place, but the service mode of the high-end restaurants sometimes makes me experience a fleck awkward. Still, nosotros had an amazing nighttime as well as staggered across to our really comfy rooms, loaded upwards amongst about really fine nutrient as well as wine.
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The reviews of The Royal Mail are plentiful as well as gushing, although nobody else has gone amongst the vegetarian carte du jour it seems: Eating Melbourne, Tummy Rumbles, Half-Eaten (in haiku form!), Melbourne Dining Experiences, Pepper, Salt, Sugar, Spice, La Diva Cucina, The Gourmet Challenge, Double-cooked, What's for Dinner?, dot yum, omnomnomnom, Chit Chat Chomp as well as Melbourne Gastronome.
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The Royal Mail Hotel
98 Parker Street (Glenelg Hwy), Dunkeld
5577 2241
veg degustation $130
http://www.royalmail.com.au/
98 Parker Street (Glenelg Hwy), Dunkeld
5577 2241
veg degustation $130
http://www.royalmail.com.au/
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Accessibility: The Royal Mail seems super accessible, correct downward to the large apartment showers inwards the rooms.
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