Last week, Mark and I celebrated our 4th wedding anniversary and to honour this occasion, we did what we do best – go out to dinner! We ventured back to our old neck of the woods, New Farm to go to a restaurant which we have never been to before even though it has been there for many years – Anise!
Anise is a small, 21 seat European style wine bar and restaurant. There are no tables and chairs, everyone sits around the bar. I must admit at first I was not too keen on this but it turned out to be heaps of fun and really added to the ambience of the place.
The bar featured an impressive wine, spirit and cocktail menu. The friendly staff were really knowledgeable about the menu and were more than happy to chat with you about the different wines/spirits and even offered a taste of anything you weren’t familiar with.
The food menu is French inspired and it changes seasonally. We were treated with the winter menu which featured a great range of warming comfort food. My dinner consisted of the following.
· Entrée: pan seared scallops with boudin noir, celeriac puree & Caperberry noisette
· Main: grain eye fillet with carrot & Swede dauphinoise, truffle honey glazed carrots
· Dessert: profiteroles with gianduia (choc/hazelnut) ice cream, praline and chocolate ganache.
Each dish was cooked brilliantly and combined a variety of different flavours and textures. Very cool.
Find Anise at 697 Brunswick Street, New Farm
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