Little date at Little Snail

So before i start blogging about my food adventures, i should mention that i got myself a little something...
i only work part time, so i cant afford to splurge so much on something i didnt need too much... and it felt a little awful!! because i havent had such an impulse buy in ages..

But! i needed to mention that because all the photos are taken with this camera, except the picture of the camera box, that was taken with my phone :)
And because i dont know how to use the camera just yet, so all the pictures are edited.


So on Saturday night, After running heaps of errands, we decided to have a double date with our lovely friends Anya and Loc.
We wanted to all try a different place and decided on Little Snail, a fairly new french restaurant that opened up during the star city renovations.
The menu was really simple (its on the website if you are interested) for $58 per person, you get a 3 course meal of your choice from the menu.
We wanted to try everything so we all ordered different things on the menu and sampled each others food.

Paté Maison - Armagnac flavoured duck liver pate with marinated champignons, date chutney and port vinaigrette

This was quite a big serving of pate, but there wasn't enough bread to finish it off. the pate itself was a little ordinary but when u add the date chutney onto it was amazing! just a great combination. 

Ravioli of Blue Swimmer Crab - Prawns and Salmon with a lemongrass and chervil veloute

This didnt look like ravioli, but it was nice :)

Bouillabaisse de Marseille - Traditional French seafood soup with mussels, fish fillets and prawns, served with garlic baguette

The seafood in this dish was cooked to perfection, the fish was so soft!! yumm.. but the sauce sorta tasted Italian more than french.

Escargot de Bourgogne - Dozen snails marinated in herb-infused court-bouillon, oven baked in garlic butter

This was amazing, if anyone ever goes to little snail and don't their their Escargot than they are crazy. 

 yummyum

Loc and Anya

Magret de Canard - Duck breast fillet with wok tossed spinach and a cassis and raspberry sauce 

This was my dish, and it was a little disappointing. it wasn't bad, and i was able to eat it. it was just a little dry for duck meat, but the sauce was great. not overpowering. 

Kangaroo Fillet - on garlic pommes purée with Dijon mustard and honey bordelaise sauce

i never ever thought i would eat kangaroo, looking at the raw meat makes me iffy, but i tried it, and it just tasted like beef.. nothing special.. but i didnt freak out! =D

Veal Tenderloin - With piquant cream sauce of smoked bacon, shallot, and sun ripened tomatoes, served with potato croquette and brocolinii

This was amazing!!!! the best veal i've ever had. 

Fillet of Beef Tenderloin - With buttered broccolini, pommes croquettes and red wine jus

This was also fantastic. This was locs dish but i feel so bad that we ate most of it :( 

Warm Sitcky Date Pudding - With butterscotch and vanilla ice cream

Very rich and very sweet..

 Classic Crème Caramel

 Handmade Profiteroles, With crème patisserie and mint chocolate sauce

This one was mine, it was so little.. but it was just right, not so rich that you couldnt eat it or chock on the sweetness..  

 Bumming out on 'H'

 After dinner we went to 'The Star' and had some ice cream and bought some take away macarons.

Guess what tho, because it was so busy at 'Messina' They gave us a free ice cream scoop!! lucky us :)
he didnt want to break our $50 just to give us $48 change to make a 2 scoop to a 3 scoop.

Then drove all the way to strathfield to fulfill my froyo cravings.
i also found out whose been eating my frozen yogurt at home!!!
IT WAS ME O_O!
i kept telling my mum off and asking her who's been eating my froyo.. when it was me all along..
what a twist of a twistful story..

Anyways, i finally got to try Noggi, and i guess besides the yogurt, because it was really tasty, the service was horrible :( they got our orders wrong, but that only meant that we got more free food.
The thing i was sorta pissed off about was that the menu only had 4 flavours on it, Original, Pom and a biscuit one?
so i ordered a take home one with all 3 flavours, but i then saw a green flavour going into my bucket!
i thought.. wait.. so they also have green tea flavour..
i really dont like green tea anymore.. (SORRY MATCHA LOVERS!! I've overdosed on it and now im over it.. But that means, more for you guys right?!)
when i got home i also noticed a different colour as well, an orange one that tasted like.. mango? or something.. which again.. i dont like a lot of mango flavoured stuff.. :(
so i now have 2 flavours in my big tub that i cant eat.

i did however try Anyas one, which was just original and pom, and they were amazing.. i wish i didnt get the mix :(

Anyways. photos taken with the Olympus pen on one of the art filter modes..

But I'll blog about my new buy on my next post :)