Comments on: Review: The Press Club, Melbourne

By: james

james — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 05:21:01 +0000

i went to press club only a little bit before you and i also fell in love with the watermelon salad with smoked fetta and walnuts. i could go back just for that.

overall, i liked the food, but ran out of space for some things (potatoes as well).

my highlights were the salad, the lamb, and the little softshell prawns with a fish sauce/honey dipping sauce (i think that the waitress said the dipping sauce contained fish sauce).

if you think that the meals were huge, go to maha – we had the same problem there, as there are wonderful warm fully pitas served with each meal!

By: elma

elma — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 01:57:56 +0000

After reading the review here at Syrup and Tang, a collegue and I chose it for a lunch. The food was very good – a main of goat with a walnut and honey 'crumb' topping (heavenly) that came with a tangy fetta dressed cabbage salad, and a fig pie that was satisfying if a good example of mild Greek flavours.

Was not, however, impressed with the service which was sluggish and somewhat unattentive. Still that didn't upset us too much and we would definitely (and already have) recommended it to others!

I was very amused by how few people ate their potatoes. Seemed like everyone had ordered them and no one had room to finish them!

By: Duncan

Duncan — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 01:11:31 +0000

The book is certainly not showing off the modern edge of the restaurant, though thankfully the content does to some extent. The publisher, New Holland, doesn't often do the modern chef's book thing.

By: Y

Sun, 23 Mar 2008 13:19:39 +0000

Press Club is on my list for the next time I'm in Melbourne. Got the book recently. Wasn't terribly impressed by the design. Considering it's about MODERN Greek food, the overall look is quite old fashioned. Interesting recipes though. Can't wait to try some out.