Epicurean delight

I convinced one of my colleagues, Peter, to join me in an epicurean degustation at Tao, a fusion restaurant in the oh so elegant Cinnamon Grand Hotel complex down by the ocean. We careened up in a fume spewing tuk tuk, which thankfully dropped us away from the elegant main entrance, so it wasn't quite so evident that we were ring-ins from the humdrum outer suburbs.

The set menu had half a dozen entrees, a trio of mini soups, about 8 mains and 6 desserts. Morsels and mouthfuls, it all added up to a sublime feast. Unlike other degustations I have had the pleasure of enjoying, this one had less heavily constructed food and relied more on simple fresh ingredients simply prepared and paired with complimentary or surprising accompaniments.

Seated by a gleaming deep sapphire pool, breeze in the palm trees, delightful Argentinian wine, it was the epitome of elegant life in the tropics.



And the most delightful bit? With tip and taxes it was AUD25 each. We may just have to go back again next week!