The Grill, The Stirling Hotel - 52 Mount Barker Rd, Stirling
Before I begin, I should let you know that the Stirling Hotel is affiliated with the hospitality group I work for; however, I am not contracted to or employed by the owners of the Stirling Hotel. As with all my reviews, my relationship with the Stirling Hotel has not influenced my review.
We were joining five mates at the Stirling for a Friday night dinner and I thought it best to email ahead to book our table in The Grill and ask if the chefs could cater my vegan meal. All systems were go and I was strangely pumped about dining at The Grill - it'd been three or four years since the last time I dined there.
After pre-dinner drinks, the normal chatter from seven people who rarely catch up, we were straight into ordering. Our wait staff let me know the chefs had catered a vegan degustation a few weeks ago and were well versed in what I can eat - relief!
There's a few ways of dining at The Grill; a six course degustation ($80), two courses ($55) or three courses ($70). The two and three course options are chosen from the a la carte menu and served with side dishes, the degustation is the selection of The Grill's most popular menu items (accompanying wines are charged separately). We all opted for the two course option, some had entree and main, some had main and dessert.
Confident the chef knew how to prepare a vegan entree and main, I threw the decision making over to him for both my entree and main. Before our entree was served, spoons of apple and pear crumble were brought to the table and one special pear crumble for me. Not too sweet, this was a great palate opener and all seven of us were thankful of the gesture and enjoyed the crumble.
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Vegan pear crumble |
My entree of roasted baby vegetables arrived and I was stoked to see baby fennel on top of my baby carrots (also on a bed of crispy kale). I felt like a giant in the Land of the Giants with my big fork holding each vegetable while I cut it up with my big knife. As expected, the vegetables were sweet and full of flavour, the spices and salt they were roasted with brought out big flavours - thankfully, they were drenched in oil.
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Baby roasted vegetables |
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Quinoa salad with spice dusted potatoes |
Ambiance - 4.5/5: A feeling of luxury but I'm not a fan of banquet seating
Service - 4.5/5: Genuinely friendly, the staff are knowledgable and kept a rapport with us all evening
Food: 8/10: My vegan meal was excellent - hopefully a vegan menu will be added soon.
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