Cosmetic Cupcake

Hi ladies! A quick foodie post for you today! About a fornight ago the hubby and I took my sis to Sepia Restaurant to celebrate her birthday. We were a bit undecided where to go and we ended up deciding on Sepia as they do Saturday degustation. There's nothing like a loooooooong lunch! Sepia is a three hatted contemporary Japanese influenced restaurant (recently named restaurant of the year!!) which is a collaboration between seafood supplier George Costi and previous head chef at Tetsuya's Martin Benn.


Inside the restaurant! The interior and decor is rather dark for my liking but nice all the same.


Pambula Bay oysters with vinaigrette to start off with:


I didn't feel like a cocktail and they didn't have any mocktails unfortunately so I went with teas for my degustation. How cool is this teapot!


Amuse bouche of water chestnut, smoked salmon roe and crème fraiche:


Sashimi of Big Eye tuna, steamed Japanese omelette, white soy jelly, dashi onion cream, puffed buckwheat, green apple and wasabi:


Sashimi of bonito, flavours of roasted chicken, umeboshi, upland cress, green tea and nori:


Yabby, seaweed purée, ginger, shellfish and blood orange emulsion and sorrel:


Scampi, sudachi, parsley root, white miso, nori fried potato and white Linaria flowers:


Bread and butter ball:


Charcoal grilled wagyu rump, sea urchin and wasabi butter, garlic chive, sea vegetables and mustard:


Seared Mandagery Creek venison, boudin noir, chocolate crumb, macadamia nut yoghurt, blackcurrant and shichimi pepper:


Optional course of Aged Garrotxa goat chesse, sake and goat milk dumplings, celeriac cream, nashi pear and celery:


Palette cleanser of Meyer lemon and lime butter, sancho and ginger bread crumb, sheep yoghurt sorbet, fennel and olive:


Soft poached meringue, truffle ice cream, truffle and rosemary honey, hazelnut praline and malt:


"Winter Chocolate Forest" - soft chocolate, hazelnut and almond, orange and thyme cream, sour cherry sorbet, cocoa brandy jellies, green tea, licorice and chocolate twigs:


They were lovely and personalised my sister's dessert with a candle and message!


Petit fours:


All in all a lovely lunch! Service was impeccable and I'd definitely recommend celebrating a special occasion there =) Thanks for looking as always!