Maze - Gordon Ramsay - Melbourne
Gordon Ramsay has finally arrived in Australia. Maze opened at the new Crown Metropole hotel with the very hot looking head chef Josh Emett. Josh is a kiwi who has worked with Gordon Ramsay since 2000. Over the years he has worked in the UK and USA and earned a number of michelin restaurant. He arrived in Australia this year and has caused a stir in Melbourne with his very creative and well balanced food. The menu is very interactive and you can create your own degustation menu. All the dishes are small so you can pick 4 or 5 through the menu to create your own or take the easy way out and go for the 7 course menu for $95. Not a bad price for a Gordon ramsay restaurant. We created our own degustation tonight. Each dish was beautiful. Perfect presented and well balanced flavours. It was hard to choose our fav dish of the night. Loved each dish. The service needs some attention though. Even though I was given a reservation code - they did not have our booking. Once we did get out table, the waiting staff were not very welcoming or knowledgeable about the wine or food. I am sure with time this will improve. Definitely a restaurant worth adding to your go to list and glad that GR finally arrived in town.

Seared yellow fin tuna with radish, yuzu, enoki mushrooms, black garlic

Marinated kipfer potatoes, smoked eel, sour cream, blackened leeks, shaved foie gras

Pan seared scallops, caramelised kelp, sugar snap peas, mussels, champagne

Roasted quail with sage, slow cooked quince and glazed turnips

Crispy roast pork belly, calvalo nero, soybeans, dashi

Ox 'tongue and cheek', caper and raisins, carrots, horseradish pomme puree

Hot chocolate and violet fondant, salted almond ice-cream

Coconut and white chocolate pannacotta, mango and black olive caramel