Anton Monsted - press
2009
Spice Temple, reviewed by Terry Durack
"Oh, lucky Sydney. While all of England scrabbles for the coins in the back of the sofa in order to pay for a little more heating fuel to keep out the cold, Sydney basks in the heat.
I’m not talking about the sun. Who cares about the sun? I’m talking about the hottest new restaurant in Sydney, Neil Perry’s Spice Temple, which will have them gasping for breath with its chilli-laden range of dishes spanning the fiery regional cuisines of Sichuan, Yunan, Hunan, Jiangxi, Guangxi and Xinjiang.
Rockpool founder and Qantas chef Perry has cornered the market in dried, fresh, salted, pickled, brined and fermented chillies, and knows how to use them. Here’s my pick of his opening menu: steamed buns and bbq pork with 3 chillies; hot and numbing chicken; roasted duck soused in chilli paste; tingling prawn salad; Jianxi style leather jacket; red braised shin and tendons; and hot, sour, sweet and numbing pork.
What with the dark, moody lighting, contemporary 100-bin spice-friendly wine list, and music by Anton Monsted, who usually works with Baz, think Hakkasan with afterburn."
Full review:
terrydurack.independentminds.livejournal.com/1589.html
2008
AUSTRALIA, reviewed by Megan Lehmann in The Hollywood Reporter
With his audaciously titled epic "Australia," Baz Luhrmann has delivered a shamelessly melodramatic, often eccentric spectacle with true-blue blockbuster potential. The most expensive Australian film ever made is rousing and passionate. Despite some cringe-making Harlequin Romance moments between homegrown Hollywood stars Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman, the 1940s-set "Australia" defies all but the most cynical not to get carried away by the force of its grandiose imagery and storytelling.
Full review:
www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/film/reviews/article_display.jsp?&rid=11975
Spice Temple, reviewed by Terry Durack
"Oh, lucky Sydney. While all of England scrabbles for the coins in the back of the sofa in order to pay for a little more heating fuel to keep out the cold, Sydney basks in the heat.
I’m not talking about the sun. Who cares about the sun? I’m talking about the hottest new restaurant in Sydney, Neil Perry’s Spice Temple, which will have them gasping for breath with its chilli-laden range of dishes spanning the fiery regional cuisines of Sichuan, Yunan, Hunan, Jiangxi, Guangxi and Xinjiang.
Rockpool founder and Qantas chef Perry has cornered the market in dried, fresh, salted, pickled, brined and fermented chillies, and knows how to use them. Here’s my pick of his opening menu: steamed buns and bbq pork with 3 chillies; hot and numbing chicken; roasted duck soused in chilli paste; tingling prawn salad; Jianxi style leather jacket; red braised shin and tendons; and hot, sour, sweet and numbing pork.
What with the dark, moody lighting, contemporary 100-bin spice-friendly wine list, and music by Anton Monsted, who usually works with Baz, think Hakkasan with afterburn."
Full review:
terrydurack.independentminds.livejournal.com/1589.html
2008
AUSTRALIA, reviewed by Megan Lehmann in The Hollywood Reporter
With his audaciously titled epic "Australia," Baz Luhrmann has delivered a shamelessly melodramatic, often eccentric spectacle with true-blue blockbuster potential. The most expensive Australian film ever made is rousing and passionate. Despite some cringe-making Harlequin Romance moments between homegrown Hollywood stars Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman, the 1940s-set "Australia" defies all but the most cynical not to get carried away by the force of its grandiose imagery and storytelling.
Full review:
www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/film/reviews/article_display.jsp?&rid=11975