Sunday, January 9, 2011

Ottoman Cuisine Canberra

I always got excited when it was Frankie's birthday in Sydney as there were so many choices of fantastic restaurants to go to, but here in Canberra it's not quite the same. There are only a small selection of restaurants that are really good.

Ottoman Cuisine is one of two restaurants in Canberra that has one hat (Italian and Sons is the other, which is very very good). I had also heard lots of good reviews about the restaurant, so decided to go ahead and book it.



I had heard the degustation was very good value for money, but when the waiter told us about the special entrees, we decided to fore go the degustation and pick our own menus.


 Whiting? with aioli and fennel and beetroot salad - $22


Not too sure exactly what type of fish this was, I am not too good with identifying different types of fish. This was really nice and had a perfect texture to it with the crunchiness of one side of it. I love anything with dill in it too. The salad complimented it very well also.


 Another view of the fish

 Scallops Moussaka - $22


These were just beautiful. I wish there were more of them on the plate! The perfectly cooked scallops sat atop a tender piece of eggplant with a tomato sauce of some kind. These should definitely be a regular on the menu.


 


Sish Tavuk - $29


Frankie went with the char grilled chicken with chickpea salad and yoghurt sauce. This was very nice, but nothing too different from something you can get at a Mediterranean restaurant.


 Ordek - $33


Whenever there is duck on the menu I usually get it, as I love duck and hardly ever cook it at home. The duck was beautiful here and so tender that it fell off the bone. It was served with a celeriac puree and juniper berry jus.


 Baklava
 Orange Semolina Cake


For dessert we got the orange semolina cake and baklava. I didn't think the desserts were that great actually. I found the cake to be a bit dry, I like my semolina cakes nice and syrupy and gooey.


At the end of the night as we were leaving we saw Peter Garrett leaving the restaurant too. Frankie wanted to get a photo with him, but he was quite rude and said that he was too busy and didn't have enough time :(

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