A'Mews - Glebe

Last Saturday night Kate and I went into A'Mews in Glebe to have dinner to celebrate our 2 year anniversary. It was very nice - we picked it from the 2007 good food guide, and were generally very pleased with it.

Pre entree they offered a complimentary amuse bouche of duck consomme. It was fine, did the trick but wasn't a stand out - nice touch though.

Kate's entree below is a warm salad of leeks, scallops, and black pudding with smoked ham and quail egg ($17). It was very delicious, i though the scallops were well cooked, but could have been plumper.

Above and below is my entree of rabbit loin stuffed with mustard and bacon, marinated mushrooms, celery and apple. The celery and apple form the disc that the rabbit is served on - i was very impressed with this entree - though perhaps not as outstanding as the rabbit I had at Caveau.

Katies beautiful main course of Loin of Lamb with baby lentils, Caramelised pumpkin, Roast garlic and olive tapenade. ($27) It was wonderfully cooked and the flavoured were well balanced. I don't particularly like olives, but this tapenade was restrained and masked the aroma of the olive.My main was Roast Kingfish, crab and fennel bisque, saffron potatos and prawn ravioli. (also $27) Well - the fish was outstanding, absolutely perfectly cooked, and a wonderful piece of fish. The bisque was light and the flavour was good - but obviously quite rich and fatty for my diet. The potatoes were nice, but i did not feel they matched the dish well, and the ravioli was clearly hand made at the restaurant but still disapointing. The ravioli skin tasted quite dry, and the prawn meat filling lacked any zest and was very small.
That said, the service was friendly and fine, and the restuarant (located in a narrow 3 storey terrace on bustling Glebe Point Road). It is a shame they do not allow BYO wine on friday and saturdays, but still i guess that is ok. The wine list was reasonable, with a few choices by the glass. It was disapointing to see that just months after making it into the good food guide they have done away with their old price fixe 2 and 3 course meal options... which means it now costs more too. Still, we had a lovely night, and I would reccomend it.