{"id":3157,"date":"2010-10-19T07:35:39","date_gmt":"2010-10-18T21:35:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/?p=3157"},"modified":"2014-05-10T12:20:38","modified_gmt":"2014-05-10T02:20:38","slug":"aria-brisbane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/?p=3157","title":{"rendered":"Aria Brisbane"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/tagfood.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2854\" title=\"tagfood\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/tagfood.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"75\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/tagfood.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/tagfood-300x37.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jen and I recently went to Aria to try out their tasting menu.\u00a0 Unfortunately it was a spur of the moment decision so I didn&#8217;t have a camera on me.\u00a0 I took a few photos with my iPhone but they look pretty godawful.\u00a0 So rather than posting the full seven courses in their grainy 2 megapixel dimly-lit glory, I&#8217;ll just post my favourite courses from the night.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3158\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/ariakingfish.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3158\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3158\" title=\"ariakingfish\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/ariakingfish.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/ariakingfish.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/ariakingfish-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3158\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kingfish served with spanner crab, avocado, harissa and a smoked tea seasoning<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3159\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/ariaporkbelly1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3159\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3159\" title=\"ariaporkbelly\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/ariaporkbelly1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/ariaporkbelly1.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/ariaporkbelly1-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3159\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pork belly twice cooked Bangalow Sweet Pork belly with grilled cotechino and iceberg and apple salad<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"..\/wp-content\/uploads\/ariadessert.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"ariadessert\" src=\"..\/wp-content\/uploads\/ariadessert.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Banoffee banana br\u00fbl\u00e9e with caramel, almond praline and toasted almond ice cream<\/p><\/div>\n<p>What I can tell you about Aria Brisbane&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ariarestaurant.com\/default.asp?action=article&amp;ID=21653\">seasonal tasting menu<\/a> is that the twice cooked pork belly is to die for.\u00a0 That thing was cooked to perfection and I kinda wish I had captured an image of it that didn&#8217;t make it look like a small brown box.<\/p>\n<p>As for the rest of the tasting menu, I really enjoyed it but it was definitely the most filling tasting menu I&#8217;ve ever had and I was struggling by the time I got to the banana brulee.\u00a0 Don&#8217;t get me wrong, I can always find space for pudding but it was a real effort.\u00a0 I guess thats what happens when you have so many courses with cooked meat and you end up eating some of your wife&#8217;s unfinished courses also.<\/p>\n<p>On another note, I&#8217;ll be checking out an awesome looking <a href=\"http:\/\/greenbeenfood.blogspot.com\/2010\/10\/little-malaysia-156-boundary-st-west.html\">Malaysian restaurant<\/a> in the West End that Al put me on to.\u00a0 He also introduced me to this excellent food and wine blog based in Brisbane.\u00a0 It&#8217;s written by someone in the food industry and they actually compliment the posts about the restaurants with some high quality photos that actually do the food justice.\u00a0 If you live around these parts (or don&#8217;t) I&#8217;d encourage you to check out the most excellent <a href=\"http:\/\/greenbeenfood.blogspot.com\/\">Green Been Food<\/a> blog.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jen and I recently went to Aria to try out their tasting menu.\u00a0 Unfortunately it was a 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