Masterchef Pop-up Restaurant

Yes, another food galore post for the month :D

This is basically a 3-course dining for masterchef fans to experience masterchef dishes put up by Sydney's well-recognised chefs and past masterchef winners/contestants. It's a pop-up restaurant concept whereby a temporary restaurant is set up at forecourt of St Mary's Cathedral, Sydney and tickets to be purchased upfront with limited seats available for each session. Each session is featured with 2 chefs, like a fan meet-up session and we had Adam Liaw, winner of Masterchef Australia 2010 and Martin Boetz from Longrain Restaurant on that day. Martin was busy at the kitchen the whole night and Adam did the table round chat with the guests. 

Well, the atmosphere is nothing like the tv show where you have mystery box challenge, masterchef clock timer ticking off your life, 3 judges and 1 celebrity chef to taste and scrutinise your dish, and all that vibes. However, being the all-time masterchef fan, it was worth the money and experience with great food, great company, cosy ambiance and meeting the "celebrity" face-to-face! Nope, no screaming no ooh-ahh no autograph whatsoever hehe. Also because we were all dressed up, prim and proper :P

I believe the pictures below would best summarise all and lastly had a snapshot with the trademark, ending the night ;) 

 Little welcome note and introductory

Us from table 21 with Adam Liaw - picture from facebook, courtesy of Jason :)

 Bar and kitchen at ground floor.

 The kitchen

 The dining area at mezzanine level

A warm and cosy set-up of the pop-up restaurant

Starter: Confit pork belly and scallops - Adam Liaw (Winner of Masterchef Australia 2010)

Starter: Lobster bisque with scallops - Hayden Quinn (Contestant Masterchef Australia 2011)

Main: Seared duck breast - Justine Schofield (Finalist Masterchef Australia 2009)

Main: Roast with crackling and potato puree - Justin North (Sydney's well recognised chef)

Dessert: Passionfruit tart with cream - Julie Goodwin (Winner first Masterchef Australia 2010) 

Dessert: Lemon and mint spring rolls - Marion Grasby (Contestant Masterchef Australia 2010) 

Outfit - red is my thing :P

Finally, us <3