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Canvas awarded a Hat in the 2010 Age Good Food Guide |
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On August 30 the state's best restaurateurs gathered to celebrate the launch of the 30th anniversary edition of The Age Good Food Guide and to hear who had been awarded the guide's coveted chefs hats. In this year's The Age Good Food Guide, editor Janne Apelgren, and a 65-strong team, have reviewed more than 550 restaurants in Melbourne and regional Victoria . With standards continuing to rise overall, earning a place in the 2010 Guide is now tougher than ever following the introduction of a rigorous scoring system that rates each restaurant's performance in several separate categories, including value-for-money. Confidence isn't a flavour, but it does make food taste better, as proven by Pierre Khodja at Canvas. Two years after the restaurant opened in 2006, the Algerian-born chef stripped the menu of its French�Mediterranean tendencies and boosted the north African experience. It's been a smart move. Khodja plays with flavours he grew up with � chermoula, harissa, preserved lemon � and wrangles them into modern, expressive dishes. You might eat cinnamon dusted scallops with succulent raisin jam, or a gently spicy seafood pie with milk-poached flathead. Restraint is evident in disarmingly pretty cold dishes, like shaved fennel salad with olives, and a refreshing dessert of watermelon and fresh mint. Tagines have a homely, traditional feel, whether snapper baked with spice paste and clams, or a melting lamb stew with dried fruits and rosewater. Desserts meld French technique and exotic tastes, as with date creme brulee, mint-tea sorbet, and halva parfait. Though there's sometimes a hubbub from the popular deck, in the peaceful dining room everything is stylish, from the terracotta serving pots to the attentive service. Recent splashes on this Canvas suggest it's a masterpiece in the making. |
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Melbourne Food and Wine Festival 2010 |
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Canvas will again participate in the 2010 Melbourne Food and Wine festival.
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