Farmer's Daughters is one of the new restaurants in the 80 Collins Precinct that opened earlier this year. Kate, Sally and I have had a couple attempts trying to eat here that were thwarted due to lockdowns, but tonight we finally got into The Restaurant for our Gippsland Getaway set menu dinner for $110 per person.
All the dishes in each course were part of a seasonal farm-to-table journey through the Gippsland region of Victoria. Even my cocktail, the Farmer's Collins, contained Gippsland Vermouth, pink grapefruit and elderflower (it's fantastic). The set menu can be tailored to meet different dietary needs, which happened for us having a vegetarian and pescatarian at the table.
The first course was the Lakes Entrance crudo with preserved tomato, Cafresco Organics vegetables and chargrilled O'Connor rip cap on a metal skewer.
Next was my absolute favorite course of the night with the house baked soda bread and cultured cream, and baked Baw Baw Alpine trout with mountain pepper cream and trout caviar. The dark soda bread was so good that we ordered more to eat and then had them chop up a loaf three ways that we could take home. The cream sauce and the trout were also excellent - I would eat that dish any day of the week.
The next two courses were the Sugarloaf cabbage with clam butter and Snowy River Station seagrass, and the Campfire Corner Inlet fish, with Japnut pumpkin and marjoram.
Our final main dish was the Terramirra Park venison with baked quince and pine mushrooms, which tasted great.
For dessert we had a little Carob and mandarin pavlova, which was a light dish to finish the menu with. Overall we really enjoyed all the courses of the meal along with the excellent service from the staff as they explained the origins of each dish when they brought it out to us.
Farmer's Daughters is located at 95 Exhibition Street, Melbourne. The Deli on the ground floor is open Tuesdays - Saturdays for lunch and dinner, with The Restaurant on level 1 open for dinner on those days.
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