Ben took me to Marque on Saturday night for my birthday. Why Marque? Because he knows I love French and Marque is a recent 3-hatter 
No photos were taken apart from this of me with my pre-dessert.
Marque only offers a 8-course degustation menu on Saturday evenings, which is fine by us because tasting menus allow us to sample the ‘best’ a restaurant has to offer and we enjoy taking the time to eat.
All the Marque dishes were very adventurous and creative with an interesting blend of flavours, textures and colours. Overall, the dishes were good but we must confess, we thought they were all a bit over-the-top (I guess as with all things, we prefer things nice and simple). Each dish had so many different tastes that while they didn’t contradict each other, they didn’t fuse all that smoothly in the mouth either. At times, the tastes were so confusing and overwhelming we struggled to know what we were eating.
On the positive, one of our fave dishes of the evening was the cured ocean trout. The trout was juicy and was well complemented with a lemon and dill jelly which was certainly very interesting. We also loved the chef’s various purees, of which the cauliflower was certainly outstanding.
To call Marque food French is certainly a bit of a stretch as the entire meal tasted more modern Australian than even contemporary French (I suppose duck liver is pretty French though) but it was sure an experience and we applaud the chefs for their innovation and the staffs’ superb service.
Degustation meal $145
With matching wine $75
Cheese dish is optional so only go for it if you enjoy your cheese. Ben had the goat cheese with rhubarb.
