JACK JACK JACKSONS

My brother has flown over from Queensland on business and his first request was "Let's do dinner at Jacksons". I gave him the Jacksons bug a few years ago on a visit so he's always keen to get into a Dego menu. Things had changed slightly from the last time I ate there, as in on a Saturday night you can only have the Dego menu, regular ala carte is gone and I'm so very okay with that. I think Jacksons works best when it does degustation. A winner in my books and why I rate it amongst my top five which is really 8 or something like that, I lose track.

Their Dego menu is 7 courses to which we added a sorbet course and they added a further 3 courses bringing it to a total of 11 courses all up. Keep in mind that the courses are smaller than a normal meal would be but also keep in mind that you get a different glass of wine with each course. A fantastic journey of flavours and smells.

The salmon course

These below were one of the extra courses, pastry twirls filled with a liver parfait



We had two desserts and then we were given these as a final petit four with coffee.

As always the service was impeccable, the staff have a great knowledge of what it is they're serving and each dish is explained in detail, the very same goes for the accompanying wines. It all adds up to a memorable dining moment. Be aware though that Jacksons is top end dining and so it's not cheap. The Dego costs $125, with the standard wine package it's $180 or the Premium wine package which rounds out at a cool $240 a person. Special occasions only? Quite possibly

High lights: The "steamed bun" course = wow!
Low lights: Honestly, nothing at all

Score: 9 secret courses out of 10