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Doot Doot Doot

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Soft, fried steam bun filled with celeriac and truffle.
1 / 13Soft, fried steam bun filled with celeriac and truffle.Supplied
The striking ceiling art installation, Fermentation.
2 / 13The striking ceiling art installation, Fermentation.Dan Preston
Sweet spanner crab with creamy avocado on spelt crisp.
3 / 13Sweet spanner crab with creamy avocado on spelt crisp. Supplied
Truffled chicken pairs parsnip, date and supreme cappuccino.
4 / 13Truffled chicken pairs parsnip, date and supreme cappuccino.Supplied
Succulent pork chop char sui, black garlic mustard, sugarloaf cabbage and apple cider.
5 / 13Succulent pork chop char sui, black garlic mustard, sugarloaf cabbage and apple cider.Supplied
Pumpkin pie with macadamia nuts.
6 / 13Pumpkin pie with macadamia nuts.Supplied
Tasmanian treasures.
7 / 13Tasmanian treasures.Chloe Dann
Wallaby bolognese.
8 / 13Wallaby bolognese.Supplied
Salted white chocolate, carrot cream, chrysanthemum.
9 / 13Salted white chocolate, carrot cream, chrysanthemum.Josh Robenstone
Duck with radicchio, fig and hazelnut.
10 / 13Duck with radicchio, fig and hazelnut.Josh Robenstone
Storm clams.
11 / 13Storm clams.Supplied
Yuzu curd, matcha and sesame.
12 / 13Yuzu curd, matcha and sesame.Supplied
Custard apple, walnut, yuba and miso.
13 / 13Custard apple, walnut, yuba and miso.Supplied
Good Food hat15/20

Doot Doot Doot

Contemporary$$$

A glossy spot within a seriously luxe hotel.

For somewhere with a 10,000 globe chandelier, Doot Doot Doot is defiantly dark. But the sleek black interior only makes the artful dishes pop more. You might watch clear mushroom broth poured from a teapot onto a bed of silky pine mushrooms and neat chestnut-filled agnolotti.

Golden fried buns possess serious crunch that gives way to oozing celeriac puree. Staff come prepared with detailed explanations of dishes, including dumplings made from tender sheets of kohlrabi that wrap a sweet macadamia filling. Char siu-style pork chop looks otherworldly. Puffs of crackling bloom like mushrooms from the sweet charred meat, and black raindrops of deeply funky black garlic mustard speckle the plate.

Hazelnut Basque cheesecake comes with a toffee-like bruleed top; three accompanying house-made beetroot gummy bears make the perfect coda to this high-concept tasting menu.

Good to know: Each dish has a wine pairing listed to help those who are ordering by the glass.

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