recently we went to mojo by luke mangan! if you’re wondering why this name is so familiar, we first went to a luke mangan restaurant on board the pacific jewel; it was an amazing experience! relive the moment here.
when we saw that luke has another restaurant in sydney, plans were made to try it out. and try it we did, on a cold winter night. the restaurant was set in a refurbished warehouse which was tastefully renovated. you would not know that the restaurant is there if not for the bright lights outside advertising the restaurant.
we went in and were seated promptly at the table. we then ordered our meal and waited impatiently for our food to arrive.
first to arrive was the pork pancakes, hoisin sauce, cucumber, shallot and coriander ($22). the dish was served with diy assembly in mind. in terms of taste, it tasted very similar to a peking duck dish, with the exception of the pork. it was an okay-ish dish.
next was the shoestring fries with truffle and parmesan ($10). this was quite good, with strong truffle and parmesan taste and the chips were crispy.
for one of the mains, we had the 200g oakey reserve sirloin, charred onion, truffle mash and confit tomatoes ($34). the truffle mash was almost exactly the same as the one we had on the cruise and was really really delicious; the sirloin was okay and the confit tomato sweet.
the other main we had was the pan-fried potato gnocchi with mushroom, kale, basil and parmesan ($28). this was the better main of the two, and the gnocchi was deliciously crispy and pillowy. other parts of the dish worked really well with the gnocchi as well.
the dish of the day, however, was the dessert. the chocolate tart with caramelised banana, honeycomb and salted caramel ice-cream ($16) was simply amazing. the tart was crumbly, the chocolate gooey, the honeycomb giving crunchy texture to the dish and salted caramel ice cream.. was just utterly delicious. we said we might come back again just for this dish!
we also ordered another scoop of ice cream to try out. being adventurous we picked up the basil ice cream ($5). the taste reminded us of frozen pesto, which was a bit strange (though some might like it!) and it was slightly icy. nonetheless, it was a good way to end the meal especially when paired with the chocolate tart!
service was really good, staff were really attentive and filled our water glasses repeatedly throughout the night. we had a good time at luke’s again!
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