OK, new segment. as well as my random and rather pointless reviews of films, I'm also going to review restaurants I visit. First review... SOS @ Melbourne Central. We had dinner there on Friday night.
SOS is quite a unique venue, situated in a rather hidden corner of Melbourne Central on the food/bar/movie level. The entrance is hidden behind an automated sliding door; behind the door is a long dimly lit corridor, complete with a Japanese style rock garden/fake tree trunks as decoration. Exiting the corridor reveals the restaurant itself, complete with large central bar, long "communal" style tables, similar to Longrain, and a spacious balcony. After entering via the shopping centre, the views across Swanston St to the State Library are refreshingly unexpected. I would put the restaurant vista up with Verge and Taxi for impressive dining views.
Anyway, so what is a fine dining restaurant doing in the middle of a shopping centre? Quite incongruous...
I read somewhere that SOS is a "veg-aquarian" restaurant. Which basically means seafood and vegetarian dishes only, no meat or chicken. Still makes for a pretty tempting menu to choose from. My selections were; for entree, carpaccio and tartare of salmon with a black olive sauce and citrus fruits; for main course, ravioli filled with porcini and thyme, with butter and blueberries; for dessert, macaroon and white chocolate terrine with grapefruit sorbet and citrus salad.
Very very tasty, although I have to admit my selections were not so adventurous. I'm always a sucker for nice salmon, and the ravioli sounded so simple and tasty. I was maybe slightly underwhelmed by the entree; the salmon was lovely, but there perhaps wasn't enough overall flavour to the dish. The main course was great; 5 large ravioli pieces, with a delicious filling, and a rice buttery sauce. The blueberries were a strange but welcome addition. The dessert was fantastic, an explosion of sweet, sour and rich flavours; the white chocolate in the terrine was sweet, the delicate grapefruit sorbet had a great sour kick, and what I presume were alcohol soaked cherries buried in the terrine added the richness.
All in all, awesome company, great meal. Highly recommended, even if it is in a shopping centre. I can definitely see myself out on the balcony having a leisurely meal over spring or summer.
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What do you mean "good" company, "great" meal?!?!?
Hmphhh.
Better?
Was it really pricey?
I had dinner at the Rathdowne Tavern on Sunday night - tasty. And within stumbling distance of home!
Miss M, I would say it was mid-range pricey.
Certainly more than your average casual restaurant, but not up to the costs associated with a meal somewhere like Taxi or Pearl.
Check out the link on the right - the restaurant website has a downloadable menu, which was pretty close to the available menu on the night, apart from the specials.
Better? Does that mean the food was better than the company?!
Better as in the text now reads awesome company, great food.
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