30 November BlackStar Christmas Party

Another massive and busy year at BlackStar.  A big blur of cooking, faces, coffee, early mornings and late nights. It seems each month the place looks smaller as we accumulate more staff. It’s like life on the Beatle’s Yellow Submarine! (most days).

I wanted to give the guys a real treat this year so the BlackStar Christmas party was held at Tomislav Restaurant. We had long tables on the balcony overlooking the city filled with 24 beautiful Newtown types tucking into molecular bistro food. (And affordable wine lucky for me!) The standout dish was a prawn and saffron risotto made with pilaf. It had incredible lightness and full flavour. The powdered foie gras (I didn’t know goose liver grew in the ground!) on the vegetarian main was cold and delicious, paired with gazpacho.

We then hung out at Love Tilly Devine, a really brave and interesting wine bar. One of the owners has stocked the wine list with rare stuff that he has collected through his career. Must be hard to let it go but it makes for a truly unique place. Loved it. They also serve platters of sliced smallgoods. Very Continental.

I wonder if anyone thought the service was patchy the next day?…?

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