November 26, 2013
Explorer’s Restaurant at Kingaroy’s Burke & Wills Motor Inn will be holding a special five-course Degustation Dinner this Friday, November 29.
It will be the second Degustation Dinner the restaurant has held this year after a successful test of the concept in early October during the South Burnett & Cherbourg On Show long weekend.
Degustation is a French culinary term which means a careful, appreciative tasting of various foods focussing on the senses, high culinary art and good company.
Degustation dinners are rare in the South Burnett but Burke & Wills manager Michael Quinn would like to make them a much more regular occurerence.
“The South Burnett has many people who really appreciate good food and wine, and we have plenty of both right here on our doorstep,” he said.
“Tourists travel hundreds of kilometres from Brisbane, Toowoomba and the coast to visit our wineries and cellar doors, and food produced in our region is shipped all over Australia.
“We hope that our Degustation Dinners will help raise awareness of just how good the South Burnett really is and give locals a chance to see and experience what really draws tourists here.”
The dinner will be prepared by Explorer Restaurant’s head chef Eddie McGregor, assisted by chef-in-training Troy Hudson.
Each of the courses will be expertly matched to South Burnett wines and liqueurs from Kingsley Grove, Captains Paddock and Cranes Winery.
The dinner will kick off with a glass of Kingsley Grove champagne on arrival, followed by a first course of House dukkah with lavender-infused olive oil, sweetened balsamic and crusty bread accompanied by a Captain’s Paddock Verdelho.
The second course – salted Atlantic salmon with mango terrine – will be accompanied by a Captain’s Paddock Chardonnay; and this will be followed by herb marinated and seared lamb cutlets on a chive flat bread, matched to a Kingsley Grove 2006 Merlot, along with a kiwi fruit and Kingsley Grove champagne sorbet.
The fourth course will be Peking Duck with a mandarin jus accompanied by pak choy and baby carrots, matched to a Crane Cabernet Shiraz.
And this will be followed by a dessert of Peanut Affogato, washed down with a Crane Wines peanut liqueur.
In addition to wonderful foods and wines, guitarist Julia Quinn will be providing live entertainment throughout the night.
All-inclusive tickets to the dinner – which will get underway at 6:30pm – are $75 per head, and bookings are essential. Phone (07) 4162-2933.
- You can find out more about the Burke & Wills Motor Inn and Explorers Restaurant on their website
- You can find out more about Crane Wines, Captains Paddock Vineyard and Kingsley Grove Estate on South Burnett Wine
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