Universal Restaurant for my birthday

We've come to Christine Mansfield's Universal Restaurant in Darlinghurst for my birthday. Universal offers a number of dishes inspired by Christine's travels around the world. It is a sort of build your own degustation from a selection of smallish dishes that are each intensely flavoured and yet still build to a crescendo that really wallops you in the mouth.

Geisha Girl - a cocktail of sake, plum wine, elderberry flower and cucumber.

Spice quail, roasted rice, pomelo and mint.

Hiramasa kingfish cerviche, pickled seaweed, heirloom tomato and green chilli salsa.
08 Naia Verdejo

Steamed whiting, squid and clams, seared sea scallop, black beans, ginger soy broth.

Tea smoke aoraki salmon and pacific oysters, morcilla and green apple salad.
Mukai 'Ine Mukai' Hiire Genshu Sake.

Seared venison, spiced beetroot, pearl barley and parsley walnut salsa.

Sichuan pepper spiced duck, asparagus, lychee and watercress salad.
07 Lost Valley Cortese.

Slow braised wagyu beef shin and bone marrow vol au vent, chestnut mushroom tempura, spinach.
08 Domaine Singla 'La Crinyane' Carignan.

Beautiful pregnant lady - 38 weeks.

Beautiful pregnant lady and birthday boy.

Gaytime goes nuts.
Honeycomb ice cream, caramel parfait, chocolate crunch, salted hazelnut caramel.
It looks a little messy because Michelle couldn't wait to get stuck into it. It was delicious after all. A quick rebuild and it was okay to photograph.

Piccolo latte and blueberry friands.


Universal has been awarded 2 Good Food Guide Hats and is at Republic 2 Courtyard Palmer Street Darlinghurst.

Universal 6

Piccolo, single origin (India) and sweet butter shortbreads FTW.

Universal 5

Little miss muffet - something with Pedro Jimenez sherry jelly and candied rhubarb.
Black beauty - chocolate mousse, candied cumquats and caramel peanut butter brittle.

Universal 4

Smelly candle in the toot

Universal 3

Trevalla with pomegranate.
Green chilli and galangal braised wagyu beef shin,
prawn floss, wing beans and mint... and marrow. Sweet delicious delicate marrow. OMG.

Universal 2

Soft shell mud crab.
Chicken broth with wontons. Very hot soup. Like tom Yum goong.

Universal

Christine Manfield’s Universal is a 2 hat restaurant in Darlinghurst. Grubs up.
Prawn cerviche with palm sugar popcorn.
Smoked ocean trout with tea smoked oysters and green apple salad.

A Tavola 4

Pannacotta alla verbena con tangello - lemon Pannacotta with tangello and brandy snap.

A Tavola 3

Rotolo di manzo con insalata di prezzando - beef cheeks rolled in pasta sheets. So rich and delicious especially with a couple of pieces of crumbed marrow sitting on top. Parpardelle con ragu di agnello - lamb ragu with parpardelle pasta.

A Tavola 2

Crudo di cervo. Venison tartare. Yum.

A Tavola pasta restaurant

Monday night pasta

A Tavola pasta restaurant in Darlinghurst. 
Copesanti con insalatina di pane, gamberi con ozzo, papardelle con maiale brosato al latte, gnocchi di potate con guancie oli manzo. Trio di cioccolato, pesche con crema di marscarpone amaretto