Good evening nomsters,
Tomorrow is the boyfriends birthday and because of our clashing work schedules, I decided to spoil him today. One of his spoils was being taken out to a fancy dinner.
After trying to book at Meat & Wine Co., which sadly was fully booked till Saturday, I decided to try Mr. Mason. Located on the bottom end of Collins St, we were expecting it to be just a little bit fancy and we were not disappointed.
It is located in an office building (I think) on Collins St but you can enter via Little Collins St. It looks very unassuming from the outside, but my mother taught me to never judge a book by its cover. Walking inside, I was very impressed by the stone and wooden walls, the comfy seating area near the bar and the fireplace by the dining area. I feel that it was very cleverly designed, the way that it partitioned the dining area away from the bar with just the stone wall, allowing there to still be a sense of openness about the area.
The service was excellent, with the waitress being very informative and honest about her opinions. Her humour also added to the enjoyment of the dining experience.
The menu is divided into small, medium, large, sides and dessert. The small is just an entree for a single person, a medium dish is an entree to be shared, large is your main meal and the rest is self explanatory.
After careful consideration and a rather beautiful pitch from the waitress, we chose our meals.
We decided to share an entree which was a salmon tartare with crème fraiche, nasturtium and warm sourdough. I had chosen to have a confit of duck leg with green beans, a polenta puree and roasted onions while Brad had a beef rib with parmesan polenta and spinach.
The salmon tartare was amazing, so fresh and light. The flavours just burst through my mouth and everything really went well together. I don't know how I'm going to eat salmon any other way after this.
My duck was so good, juicy and tender. I had to save it till last because I do this weird thing where I eat all my vegetables on my plate before I eat my meat, because I don't really like vegetables that much. So by the time I actually got to the duck, it was sort of cold but still delicious!
Brad's main was also very soft and fell off the bone like butter. His polenta was packed with flavour and complemented the meat and other veggies on the dish.
My favourite part of any meal is the dessert and chocolate anything is my number one choice on the menu. I did want to try the creme brulee but apparently Brad is not a fan, and after stuffing our faces we did not really want to have one dessert each. So, we settled (and I mean settled in the nicest way possible) on the chocolate souffle with homemade honeycomb and vanilla bean ice cream.
It. Was. Amazing.
The ice cream was so amazing, not so thick and I could really taste the vanilla bean. The honeycomb was nice and crunchy and I could really appreciate it being homemade. The best part, of course, was the souffle itself. Slightly gooey and warm on the inside and a slight crunch on the outer shell. The chocolate was rich but not over the top. All in all, it was amazeballs.
We were two very happy customers and I will definitely go back to Mr. Mason for a special occasion, as I am a student with very limited funds. The money spent tonight was well worth it and I'm always happy to support restaurants that feed the hungry people with amazingly good food.
Mr. Mason
Shop 10, 530 Collins Street
Enter via Little Collins
(near corner of King Street)
http://www.mrmason.com.au
Taste: 9/10
Price: 8/10
Location/Ambience: 7/10 (The location is a bit funny but the ambience makes up for it)
Final Verdict: 9/10
Peace, love and nomnoms,
Jo
Tomorrow is the boyfriends birthday and because of our clashing work schedules, I decided to spoil him today. One of his spoils was being taken out to a fancy dinner.
After trying to book at Meat & Wine Co., which sadly was fully booked till Saturday, I decided to try Mr. Mason. Located on the bottom end of Collins St, we were expecting it to be just a little bit fancy and we were not disappointed.
It is located in an office building (I think) on Collins St but you can enter via Little Collins St. It looks very unassuming from the outside, but my mother taught me to never judge a book by its cover. Walking inside, I was very impressed by the stone and wooden walls, the comfy seating area near the bar and the fireplace by the dining area. I feel that it was very cleverly designed, the way that it partitioned the dining area away from the bar with just the stone wall, allowing there to still be a sense of openness about the area.
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| Mr.Mason |
The service was excellent, with the waitress being very informative and honest about her opinions. Her humour also added to the enjoyment of the dining experience.
The menu is divided into small, medium, large, sides and dessert. The small is just an entree for a single person, a medium dish is an entree to be shared, large is your main meal and the rest is self explanatory.
After careful consideration and a rather beautiful pitch from the waitress, we chose our meals.
We decided to share an entree which was a salmon tartare with crème fraiche, nasturtium and warm sourdough. I had chosen to have a confit of duck leg with green beans, a polenta puree and roasted onions while Brad had a beef rib with parmesan polenta and spinach.
The salmon tartare was amazing, so fresh and light. The flavours just burst through my mouth and everything really went well together. I don't know how I'm going to eat salmon any other way after this.
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| The small - Salmon tartare $17 |
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| My large - Confit duck $26 |
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| Brad's large - Beef rib $26 |
It. Was. Amazing.
The ice cream was so amazing, not so thick and I could really taste the vanilla bean. The honeycomb was nice and crunchy and I could really appreciate it being homemade. The best part, of course, was the souffle itself. Slightly gooey and warm on the inside and a slight crunch on the outer shell. The chocolate was rich but not over the top. All in all, it was amazeballs.
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| The dessert - Chocolate souffle $14 |
We were two very happy customers and I will definitely go back to Mr. Mason for a special occasion, as I am a student with very limited funds. The money spent tonight was well worth it and I'm always happy to support restaurants that feed the hungry people with amazingly good food.
Mr. Mason
Shop 10, 530 Collins Street
Enter via Little Collins
(near corner of King Street)
http://www.mrmason.com.au
Taste: 9/10
Price: 8/10
Location/Ambience: 7/10 (The location is a bit funny but the ambience makes up for it)
Final Verdict: 9/10
Peace, love and nomnoms,
Jo
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