Sydney restaurant Jade Temple is celebrating Chinese New Year 2018 with a specially created banquet menu.
Commemorating the Year of the Dog, the exclusive menu have been created by Neil Perry and Head Chefs Andy Evans (Spice Temple) and Peter Robertson (Jade Temple).
According to Neil Perry, the Chinese New Year banquet incorporates ingredients that promote the traditional themes of the season, including prosperity, happiness, wealth, longevity and rejuvenation. Diners are invited to experience a traditional and symbolic Chinese banquet, with every dish carrying a wish for good luck. Take a look at the menu below. The money bag shaped Jade Dragon Dumpling symbolises wealth, the crab and ginger soup reflects restoration and the pork symbolises the sharing of food at the tables and families coming together.
Each dish is exquisite with flavours coming together in harmony and the wine pairings work particularly well. The banquet ends with a perfect match between the raspberry dessert and the 2016 Braida Brachetto d’Acqui with its red berry notes and fine mousse.
Chinese New Year Banquet Menu at Jade Temple
Jade Dragon dumpling with scallop and king prawn
Pork and crab xiao long bao
Duck egg BBQ duck dumpling
Wine Pairing: 2015 Domäne Wachau Terrassen Federspiel Grüner Veltliner, Austria
Blue swimmer crab and sweet corn soup
Wine Pairing: 2016 Woodlands Wilyabrup Valley Chardonnay, Margaret River, WA
Coral trout with ginger and shallot
Longevity noodle XO and charcoal roast Spencer Gulf prawn
Wine Pairing: 2016 COS Rami Inzolia Blend, Sicily
Salad of roast pork, pickled cucumber, green beans, lotus and chilli
Roast duck with plum sauce & 5 grain fried rice with scallop
Wine Pairing: 2015 La Roubine Grenache Blend Cotes du Rhone, France
Raspberry fried ice cream with peach in osmanthus and golden caramel
Wine Pairing: 2016 Braida Brachetto d’Acqui, Piedmont, Italy
The auspicious Chinese New Year banquet menu cost $99 per person, with matching wines an additional $55 per person and will be available from Friday 16th February to Sunday 4th March 2018.
Jade Temple
11 Bridge St, Sydney NSW 2000
jadetemple.com.au
Photo Credit: Supplied except where watermarked.
