Wednesday night found us at the Red Herring for a delicious dinner accompanied by a selection of Leeuwin Estate Wines, thanks to those fabulous people at the Entertainment Book. What a great invention that is!
The Red Herring has a gorgeous atmosphere, set right down over the water on the Swan River, the lighting is warm & soft and with big windows all along 3 sides of the restaurant, there are views from everywhere. Our dinner started off with a glass of the sparkling Leeuwin Estate Brut, accompanied by a selection of seafoods for our appetizer. The tempura Coffin Bay oysters were superb, as was the wine, but the surprise standout here was a delectable seaweed salad.
We were then treated with a selection of dishes, including a very tasty pork belly, red emperor, duck, all with various side treats, and finishing off with a lemon cheesecake. Most of the wines were from Leeuwin Estate's Art Series range, but the one we decided was the best on the night was actually their Prelude Chardonnay, a light soft wine with the typical Margaret River chardonnay flavours (think buttery & toasty) that was not overpowering. The restaurant service was good, friendly at all times, but there were a few lags between delivering the matching wine and food course to the table. All in all a good night and we will be recommending The Red Herring to a group of discerning diners that we meet up with several times a year.
Taxi drivers are another thing though. The fare on the way back was almost 50% more than the fare on the way out. Even allowing for the driver going the long long way through town, we couldn't understand why the meter suddenly jumped up a few dollars as we went around the last corner. Come on taxi drivers of Perth, lift your game. Some of us do happen to know the shortest route and how much it should cost!
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