Pre-dinner drinks, eying the menu and a teaser of our magical outdoor setting outside.
Jon opening the doors to our outdoor setting. He was the best host and chef last night!
Magical!
Kay’s poem, read by Robbie, set the scene nicely.
Caroline’s mask. Everyone was given a blank mask and plenty of creative tools (in the form of scissors, paint pens, feathers and other accessories) to design and create their own masks, great idea!
Sydney rock oyster was a creamy starter.
Seared scallops on a heart shaped red wine tomato with wasabi mayonnaise. So good!
Lemon lime bitters sorbet made for the perfect palette cleanser.
Crispy skin pork with plum sauce was perhaps the biggest hit of the night. Too good!
Jon’s signature ‘Lady & the Tramp’ Spaghettini & meatballs.
Passionfruit sorbet.
Dessert for her. Frangelico & Hazelnut praline tartlet, berry pavlova with a berry compote, Nat’s rose essence cupcake & red velvet vanilla bean cream cheese frosting cupcake. complete with carriage.
Dessert for him came on a glass plate. Hmmmm!
Gen and Suga playing with sauce syringes.
Last night Jon, Kay and Robbie treated us to a very special Valentines dinner. Together we bought Jon a set of global knives on his B’day and he’s been planning to use them on cooking a dinner for all of us ever since then.
We all had a feeling he was going to go all out, but he truly surpassed himself last night. I wouldn’t go as far as saying that he deserves to be working for one of the few top restaurants in Sydney. I’d go further and say he deserves to own and run his own restaurant!
Dinner, drinks and company was awesome, and as usual, with the crazy crew, things got whack at the end of the night. I passed out first (damn it!) but regained consciousness at 4AM to drive us home haha!