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Samesyn

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Mussels with macadamia “tofu” and fish-eye crackers.
1 / 11Mussels with macadamia “tofu” and fish-eye crackers.Chloe Dann
Inside the Torquay restaurant.
2 / 11Inside the Torquay restaurant.Chloe Dann
Cheese and onion eclair.
3 / 11Cheese and onion eclair.Bec Hudson
Dry aged breast, confit leg, grilled offal, and whole orange puree.
4 / 11Dry aged breast, confit leg, grilled offal, and whole orange puree.Bec Hudson
Chewy carrots with lovage and pumpkin glaze.
5 / 11Chewy carrots with lovage and pumpkin glaze.Chloe Dann
Potato churros with fermented capsicum puree.
6 / 11Potato churros with fermented capsicum puree.Chloe Dann
A dessert of milk jam and banana ice-cream.
7 / 11A dessert of milk jam and banana ice-cream.Chloe Dann
Pressed cauliflower.
8 / 11Pressed cauliflower.Jason South
Great ocean duck, pine mushroom, raisin, sorrel.
9 / 11Great ocean duck, pine mushroom, raisin, sorrel.Joe Armao
Oyster seaweed vinegar, pickled fennel.
10 / 11Oyster seaweed vinegar, pickled fennel.Joe Armao
Dark chocolate and peanut delice, milk sorbet
11 / 11Dark chocolate and peanut delice, milk sorbetJoe Armao
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Samesyn

Contemporary$$$

A study in deliciousness and social responsibility.

Heaven is a plate of roasted Jerusalem artichokes and crisp chicken skin served in a restaurant at the water’s edge. Welcome to Samesyn, where your kitchen team also runs the floor, and there are precisely zero bins. At the top, owner-chef and wine man Graham Jeffries might point you to a powerfully oxidative white from the Jura.

Chef Jonte Carlson may swing by next with a word on Samesyn’s stunning philanthropic efforts. And you’ll chat blue swimmer crab trifle, rare roo with fermented chilli, and crisp potato churros with the whole crew throughout this refreshingly intentional experience. Steak, dry-aged for 100 days and cut moments prior, is available by the 100 grams and sauced with garum butter for extra funk.

An inch of scorched Italian meringue tempers the passionfruit acids in the ice-cream that lies beneath; a texturephile’s dessert. Maximum flavour, minimal waste.

Good to know: Restaurant profits go to Feed Me, a local charity that cooks 6000 meals a week for people doing it tough.

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