a few days ago, we went to try the restaurant at the flynn, a busy pub located near wynyard, lil’ damita. according to their website, their menu is french-vietnamese inspired but i would say it’s more modern australian.
we were there on a deal which includes a drink, an entree and a main. the four of us (yes! it’s not just the two of us this time) ordered beef carpaccio, sichuan style salt and pepper squid, twice cooked polenta fries and roast baby beetroot with buffalo mozzarella. the entrees were amazing, a great start to a meal!
i don’t normally eat raw beef but the beef was really soft and had amazing creamy aioli with truffle oil. the beef carpaccio was a favourite amongst us. the sichuan style sat and pepper squid was good, according to t. i enjoyed the beetroot and mozzarella dish but thought presentation wise, it could have been better. last but not least of the entrees was my favourite, the polenta fries. i have never tried polenta before, let alone polenta fries. i have heard so much about so i was super excited to see it on the menu! the fries were huge and i really loved the crunchiness of them, with a smooth creamy mash on the inside. t, it was his first time trying polenta as well, thought the texture was too weird and felt like he was eating coconut for some reason…
having had enjoyable entrees, i was excited about the mains. we ordered three angus beef steaks and one riverina lamb rump. we all ordered them to be cooked medium. when my main arrived, i was a little suprised by the simplicity of the presentation. at first, it looked like there were only two onion rings on top of the steak. however, if you put the onion rings aside, there was more to it. i then went on to cutting my steak. to my disappointment, my steak was over-cooked. it was cooked almost to well-done… t and my other companion’s steak were cooked just right so i was a quite disappointed. i guess i should have sent it back to the kitchen but i didn’t want to make a scene since we did get the meal on a discount. t noticed i was disappointed and he took the liberty to swap our mains =) all in all, the steak were good if they hadn’t overcooked it. t said the lamb was pretty good, better than the beef and the potato dauphinoise that went with it was awesome!
to finish off the meal, we had wanted to try the affogato and sticky date pudding but their coffee machine broke. we decided to just head off to noggi for some froyo! the flynn was a nice place to have dinner, providing they don’t over cook your steak. the atmosphere was nice but quite busy and noisy on a friday night. we would consider going back to try out other stuff they offer!
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