{"id":1531,"date":"2009-12-15T08:01:52","date_gmt":"2009-12-14T22:01:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/?p=1531"},"modified":"2014-05-10T12:22:27","modified_gmt":"2014-05-10T02:22:27","slug":"5-second-review-aria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/?p=1531","title":{"rendered":"Aria"},"content":{"rendered":"

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After getting home from work on Tuesday I was browsing a video game messageboard thread about French Laundry<\/a>, looking at some high res photos of their nine course degustation.\u00a0 It was around this time that Jen got home, looked over my shoulder and decided she felt like going out to dinner.\u00a0 I called around and managed to get an impromptu booking for four at Aria.\u00a0 Owned by celebrity chef Matt Moran (My Restaurant Rules, The Chopping Block<\/em>) Aria is the second restaurant of its kind to open in Australia, the original being in Sydney.\u00a0 It carried a reputation for being both high quality and a tad pricey.\u00a0 Their lunch menu features a $43 meat pie 0_o.<\/p>\n

\"Pea

Pea soup<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Half

freshly shucked Stradbroke Island rock served oysters<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Tuna

Tuna sashimi with quail egg<\/p><\/div>\n

\"twice

twice cooked Bangalow Sweet Pork belly with apple pur\u00e9e and black pudding<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Peking

Peking duck consomm\u00e9 with duck dumplings and mushrooms<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Blackmore

Blackmore wagyu (200g)<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Roasted

Roasted lamb rack with cumin spiced neck confit, labna and eggplant<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Two

Two dudes stuffing their faces<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Flat

Flat white – We were too stuffed to have any dessert<\/p><\/div>\n

All up, we had a fantastic night.\u00a0 All of the entree courses were incredible.\u00a0 Jen was a little down the lamb rack.\u00a0 While tender and juicy, it didn’t quite have as strong a flavour as she would have liked.\u00a0 The steaks on the other hand were incredible.\u00a0 The service was awesome and the meals prepared in timely fashion.\u00a0 I’d definitely go back.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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