Degustacion Delights

Port Douglas has lots and lots of restaurants, bistros and bars catering to all tastes and budgets, and weve not had a bad meal in any of them. But there are a couple of restaurants which look like the kind of place I never thought I'd find myself in. There is the thought of pretentious nouvelle cuisine and the thought of the expense as well, and when you look at a menu that has words like 'deconstructed salad' on it the Scottish bulls**t alarm goes off.

But it's been a week of new experiences so it's time to dive in again. We go to Harrison's which has a six course degustacion menu with wine for each course, and no deconstruction in site. This proves to be a very, very good idea, and to satisfy the stingey gene it actually works out none too pricey especially considering the wine and the quality of the food.

I won't try and recount each individual dish or the wine that went with it, or pretend to be a food expert, but I know now that not all 'posh' food is pretentious food.