Bookings at the moment are open for the much-anticipated French-inspired venue in Melbourne which is about to open on 1 August.
Reine & La Rue was introduced earlier this yr in Might, and has been coming collectively at Melbourne’s 189s neo-gothic Melbourne Inventory Trade constructing.
The 150-seat venue will host a most important eating area, bar, and the eight-seat speakeasy La Rue which can even serve the principle eating menu.
The meals providing has been curated by Government chef Jacqui Challinor and Head Chef Brendan Katich and is impressed by traditional French dishes.
“Whether or not it’s strolling in for snacks and Champagne on the bar; a comfortable sales space for a three-course meal; or a desk stuffed with plates to share; we want our friends to create an expertise that fits the way in which they wish to eat,” says Challinor.
A few of the dishes set to star embrace Japanese Rock lobster cocktail with endive and rouille, queen scallop with truffle butter, a mushroom pithivier with soubise and chestnut, and a hand-picked mud crab brandade.
Reine & La Rue has additionally been fitted out with a wood-fired fireside which can see the menu host a big ‘from the grill’ part.
That part is about to incorporate a half Nice Ocean duck with sugarloaf cabbage and jus gras, and a collection of Victorian beef from Blackmore and O’Connor with a variety of French-style accompaniments.
Reine & La Rue’s Pastry Chef Vencenza Soto has additionally curated a dessert menu that includes a chocolate, espresso, and caramel tart; tarte tatin; and Jersey milk gentle serve from the in-house gentle serve machine.
The wine providing will proceed the Nomad Group’s deal with locality, with a big deal with Victorian producers alongside French and American wines.
The cocktail record is impressed by New York classics and is about to star the crew’s takes on the martini, Manhattan, and sazeracs.
Nomad Group’s Al and Rebecca Yazbek have been working with Heritage Victoria, RBA Heritage Architects and Akin Atelier to rework the area for the opening.
“We didn’t wish to overcomplicate or try to recreate the historical past
with the area, we wished a contemporary restaurant that our friends will really feel snug and relaxed inside,” says Yazbek.
“The whole lot in regards to the design of Reine & La Rue must be about stability.”
The area incorporates a ornamental gothic interiors with encaustic ground tiling and prismatic glass ground tiles, marble dado, stable limestone partitions, vaulted ceilings, and stable gray granite columns.
Reine & La Rue can be open Tuesday to Saturday for lunch and dinner and is positioned at 380 Collins Road, Melbourne.
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