Market & Co and more Nobu desserts at Crown Perth
Being a veterinarian makes me the only scientist in my direct family; my mother is a retired Jazz singer, my father is a fashion designer and even my sister will oil paint in her spare time. Whilst I do enjoy the freedom and creativity of the arts, my strongest loyalties will always lie with my furry patients and their owners.
This isn’t to say I don’t love and cherish my blog too and with Chompchomp turning three this month it has been so exciting to watch my readership steadily grow each year. I find it so touching to know that through my writing I can help others with food intolerances find the courage to dine out while still providing some entertainment to those who are not restricted in their diet. These days I find my inbox filling up with invitations and product trials at an alarmingly fast rate. Because of my long shifts and late hours, there are many events that I have to knock back and I need to ensure to only choose the ones that I think are relevant to me and my readers.
I recently attended the South Africa Roadshow held at the Burswood Convention Centre. South Africa has always been on my bucket list and I imagined this would be an event aimed at people in the travel media including journalists and bloggers. I soon found out that it was actually a night for travel agents to help them learn to pitch and sell different tours and resorts to their customers. Not really applicable to my blog at all.
While the Boy was keen to stay and enjoy all the free South African wine, I had come off the back of a long day with not much to eat and was hungry enough to eat my own arm. After asking the waitress three times if there was anything gluten free I quickly grew tired of waiting around for a reply and decided to leave. I had given the event organisers advance notice of my gluten free requirement but obviously this was to no avail.
Instead of returning home, the Boy agreed to stay for dinner but requested we go somewhere cheap. I have a history of blowing the budget at the Crown and with their flagship restaurants including Rockpool, Nobu and Bistro Guillaume it is an easy thing to do. I knew that their cheaper option Market & Co was in the Entertainment Book which would mean we would get a discount of up for $45 off our meal. I found a bunch of gluten free options on the menu with a few more dishes able to be adapted. We started with the salt and pepper cuttlefish with Asian coleslaw. It was fairly decent serve for the price, freshly fried and coated in thin gluten free batter. The coleslaw had seen better days and was not much more than a pile of tired looking cabbage.
The Boy ordered the lobster risotto. It was served on a bed of truffled corn purée and garnished with random blobs of salsa verde splashed across the plate like an accident. The risotto was laced with a generous amount of “lobster” meat which was really crayfish however this dish was somewhat ruined by the faint dishwater after-taste as if the rice had been cooked in a dirty pan.
I chose the grilled salmon which the chef adapted to be gluten free. It came with a shiitake mushroom risotto and an oddly placed squiggle of saffron beurre blanc on the side of the plate. Presentation was seemingly not the chef’s strong point for the evening but despite my dish’s appearance the mushroom risotto was creamy and tasted freshly made.
The only gluten free dessert option at Market & Co was a fruit salad which didn’t inspire me at all. Instead I managed to twist the Boy’s arm and convince him to head next door to Nobu for a night cap. On the walk over I reminded him of Nobu’s drop dead gorgeous gluten free chocolate fondant with its luscious eruption of gooey chocolate centre. I even dug up a photo on my phone to remind him.
I am pretty sure he wasn’t even listening to me, he just heard “green tea ice cream” and it was a done deal for him.
However after taking our seats at the bar in a brief moment of spontaneity, I ended up ordering us the other gluten free option on the menu; the salted caramel miso parfait. Topped with Tonka foam and white chocolate and garnished with caramelised popcorn, it appeared to me that my highly esteemed fondant had met its match.
The obvious solution to this conundrum is that now I am going to have to go back to Nobu again, order both the fondant AND the parfait and then compare them both to find out the real winner! 😉 I mean, chocolate fondant + salted caramel parfait + popcorn + champagne….does it actually get any better than that?
Chompchomp was an invited guest of the South Africa Roadshow where she enjoyed a couple of glasses free wines and cheese. Sadly that was the extent of the freebies for the evening and the meal at Market & Co and Nobu was funded for by herself and the Boy. Not to worry as the Entertainment Card gave a neat little discount off the total bill making it a super cheap night. Market & Co Crown Promenade Perth, Great Eastern Highway, Burswood WA 6100 | (08) 9362 7551 | www.crownperth.com.au/restaurants/casual/market-co/about Nobu Crown Perth, Great Eastern Highway, Burswood 6100 | (08) 9362 7551 | www.noburestaurants.com/perth15 thoughts on “Market & Co and more Nobu desserts at Crown Perth”
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Mmmm – the chocolate fondant does look delicious.
A big congratulations on turning three!! I had no idea your dad was a fashion designer-would we know his name or label? The risotto sounds odd indeed but thank god for dessert at Nobu!
Thank you so much Lorraine! Time has certainly flown by! Now for a shameless plug… my dad has two of his own shoe labels… Diavolina (http://diavolinashoes.com.au/) and Robert Robert (http://robertrobertshoes.com.au/) xxxxx
No way!! I own lots of pairs of shoes from both brands-I have worn two pairs in particular to death because I love them so much! What a small world!! 😀
OMG!!! It really is a small world! And chuffed you love his shoes too…..I am secretly very proud of his masterpieces!
Awww 3 already! Congrats – and what a perfect dessert to celebrate the occasion 🙂 xx
I know crazy right? Time flies when your having fun I guess!
Happy 3rd bloggiversary! And I love the sneaky way you wrangled a night cap at Nobu. Oh look here’s a photo on my phone! I do the same kind of thought planting too. Haha!
Thanks Helen! It was a well planned move…I mean we have to have a good desert dont we? I mean fruit salad pfffft!
The risotto sounded interesting, but good to know there was generous amounts of lobster in it.
Plus………………… happy (3rd) blogirthday to you, happy bogirthday!
Thanks Sara! Its hard to believe its that old!
I understand about blowing the budget at Crown! My hubby and I are shocking at over indulging at the complex….even a few sneaky oysters and cocktails at Rockpool before a gamble! Market and Co is where we are heading for Hubby’s Work do this year.. Next time I’m having dessert at Nobu!
He he he …I have a problem I think. It’s just too easy at the Crown! Make sure you skip dessert and head next door…it is worth it!
Looks like the desserts were the stars that brightened the evening. I couldn’t let both pass, either! Looking at that gooey fondant and tiramisu please don’t make me choose!
xx Gourmet Getaways
It’s not such a bad way to end an evening!