The Green Herring Restaurant, Gold Creek ACT

The Green Herring Restaurant

http://www.thegreenherring.com.au/

Food: 2.5/5
Atmosphere: 2.5/5
Service: 3/5
Cost: $$$

Positives

• Large warm fire place during winter
• Crab ravioli!

Negatives

• Clothes and hair smelling of campfire after we left
• Overpriced meals
• Restaurant appearance is a run-down old shack
• Garlic and herb bread tasted more like damper
• Too quiet and small for even a group booking of five people
• Abrupt wait staff

Recommendations


• Arancini - filled with mushroom, semi dried tomato, spinach and persian fetta served with a roasted capsicum sauce
• Atlantic Salmon - oven baked fillet served over house made crab ravioli sauced with a shallot beurre blanc and bok choy.

Garlic and herb bread

$5.00

Arancini - filled with mushroom, semi dried tomato, spinach and persian fetta served with a roasted capsicum sauce.

$14

Arancini ball, halved.

Oven baked Atlantic salmon fillet served over house made crab ravioli sauced with a shallot beurre blanc and bok choy.  

$36

Oven roasted lamb shank served over cannellini bean mash, finished with a rosemary and balsamic jus; garnished with baby carrots.

$35

Duck confit served with Asian flavoured pork belly; napped with an orange, honey and cardamom reduction.

$39

Venison medallions served on a goats cheese gateau and rocket puree; dressed with a red wine jus.

$38

Mashed potato finished with truffle oil.

Chocolate chilli tart served with white chocolate semifreddo; finished with a raspberry compote and chocolate crumbs.

$16

Caramelised honey cream cheesecake served with an apple and cinnamon puree, poached apple slices and lemon ice cream.

$16

The Green Herring Special (Serves 2)

Chocolate and hazelnut spring rolls accompanied with rum syrup and raspberry ice cream; Caramelised honey cream cheesecake served with an apple and cinnamon puree, poached apple slices and lemon ice cream ; Lavender pannacotta served with almond snaps and almond praline topped with vanilla bean mascarpone; Sticky toffee pudding served with butterscotch sauce, pecan toffee biscuit and double cream.

$32.00

Complimentary chocolates.