Ezard
187 Flinders Lane, Melbourne
03 9639 6811

To celebrate mum’s birthday, we head off to Ezard for a perfect Modern Asian experience.

I’ve been to Ezard on a few occasions, and I had a perfect experience every time.  The service was excellent, the food was fantastic, and this time there is no exception either. We went for a pre-theatre dinner option, a 4 course menu with tea and coffee for $65.

We were given an amuse bouche of kingfish tartare atopped with a beautiful puff and dill.  Such simple and clean flavours- a great start to our evening.

Our first course was the steamed crab and ginger wonton dumpling with tom kha and finger lime

The delicate wonton is enhanced by the bold flavour of tom kha sauce. Weird but surprisingly perfect combination.

Crispy white polenta with sauteed mushrooms, peas, poached egg and soft herbs.  The combination of texture is simply amazing.  Soft feathery herbs with a perfectly poached quail egg matched with the crunchy polenta, oozing with a soft centre.  Yummie!

Next up is the chinese style roast duck with green chilli and shallot sauce, stir fried garlic shoots, silk melon and coconut rice.  Once again, an Asian dish with a twist- yet the combination worked surprisingly well. 

The duck was tender and seasoned with authentic Chinese flavours, yet the coconut rice and the crispy sweet potato made it a pretty and interesting dish.  Yummy!

The dessert I wasn’t totally impressed though.  Honeycrunch ice cream, toasted gingerbread and sugar swirl

I wish the dessert is a bit more Asian-y. It’s a bit too sweet and there’s some crispy burnt black disc in the bottom… it’s just a bit weird.

Overall I loved this place.  I love how there’s a play in textures in virtually every dish and the falvour combination sounded weird but it actually works!  I can’t wait to visit again!    9/10