It’s always nice to catch up with good friends over dinner and a glass of wine or two. So when we managed to get an invite up to the mountains, it also coincided with catching up with good friends and was a great excuse to check out nineteen23.
Entering the restaurant, it was already buzzing with laughter and conversations and appeared to be a full house. One big group in the centre of the room, a few couples and the 2 sets of parents sans baby and children- us.
Our hostess Pauline ushered us to our table and we decided on sharing so we opted for the chef-chooses-the-dishes-option. The service was fantastic, our wine glasses were topped and each course came at the right time and we found ourselves loving the food and were fighting over who was going to have the last spoonful.
We started with the braised tuna, cannellini and black cabbage crostini. I can’t describe how good it tasted and we couldn’t wait for the next flavour hit. The next course of fried cauliflower salad, chickpeas, labna and spices. I didn’t expect the sweetness from the labna and crunch of the spices, but the combination was fantastic and the reason why we were fighting over the last piece of cauliflower and labna.
Next course was the ocean trout tartare, horseradish and this dish was nice and light and gone in sixty seconds. That’s how good it was.
We finished our savoury with the grass fed veal flank, eschallot, watercress and fat chips. Those chips were DIVINE and the veal just melted in your mouth and it was at this stage we were getting full but had to try the cheese and squeeze in something sweet.
The cheese plate consisted of maddra aged cheddar, spiced carrot and cumin salad and house made lavosh. That lavosh was goooood and the salad went so well with the cheese.
I’m penchant for sweets so I couldn’t wait to try the pannacotta, poached pears, coffee and nuts. The pannacotta had the right amount of wobble, the pears with the coffee crumble and nuts were such an amazing pairing.
It was an incredible meal topped by good wine and good company. Can’t wait to come back and do it all over again.
Nineteen23 details
Silvermere Guesthouse
1 Lake St
Wentworth Falls NSW 2782 (02) 4757 3311
Fri to Sat 6pm - 10pm
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