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Quay is a restaurant in
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,
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. It is owned by Leon Fink, and is run by chef
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. It has won several awards in Australia, and has appeared in
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several times.


Description

Quay is located in the
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,
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, with views towards the
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. The restaurant is owned by Leon Fink. Chef
Peter Gilmore John Peter Gilmore (25 August 1931 – 3 February 2013), known as Peter Gilmore, was an English actor, known for his portrayal of Captain James Onedin in 91 episodes of the BBC television period drama ''The Onedin Line'' (1971–1980), cre ...
joined the restaurant in 2001. It reopened after a major overhaul in July 2018.


Menu

Quay serves contemporary Australian cuisine. The restaurant has several signature dishes, including the "Snow Egg", an egg-shaped poached
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with an ice cream centre, which is coated in a sweet
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by using a blow torch. It is served on a bed of
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and
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. The "Snow Egg" was re-created in the finale of the 2010 series of ''
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'' and after achieving cult status was phased out in 2018. Another signature dish is Gilmore's "Eight-Textured Chocolate Cake", which in an earlier version included only five different textures, but was subsequently developed and now contains eight. The menu's Asian influences include
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of
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served with a horseradish cream and
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flowers in
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jelly. Chinese techniques such as
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are also used in the production of a lobster sauce in a dish which features lobster served three ways, the other ways being as a mousseline dumpling as well as the flesh itself. The
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served at the restaurant is sourced from an aquafarm in
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.


Reception

Simon Thomsen visited the restaurant in 2009 for the ''
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'', writing that "Quay could easily trade on its good looks – those harbour, Opera House and bridge views – but Gilmore is creating food as sublime and spectacular as the setting." He went on to describe Gilmore's cooking as a "virtuoso" performance. Scott Bolles for ''WA Today'' described the restaurant as "a special experience, granted one you'll need to stockpile money from Santa to enjoy. But the cocktail of great food, excellent wines and stunning Sydney Harbour views rarely come together as they do at Quay."


Awards

The first major award won by the restaurant was Restaurant of the Year in ''The Good Food Guide'' 2003. It was named best restaurant by ''
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'' magazine in 2008 and 2009. It was also named as the best restaurant for the third time in ''The Sydney Morning Herald Good Food Guide 2009''. Quay has been included in
The World's 50 Best Restaurants The World's 50 Best Restaurants is a list produced by the UK media company William Reed Ltd, William Reed, which originally appeared in the British magazine ''Restaurant (magazine), Restaurant'' in 2002. The list and awards are no longer direc ...
, first appearing in 2009 when it entered the list in 46th place. Among Australian restaurants, only fellow Sydney-based restaurant Tetsuya's was ranked higher. It rose to 27th place in 2010, and in 2011 it was ranked 26th. In 2012 it fell down the rankings for the first time to 29th place. Between 2010 and 2012 it was named the best restaurant in Australasia.


See also

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List of restaurants in Australia This is a list of notable restaurant chains in Australia. A restaurant chain is a set of related restaurants with the same name in many different locations that are either under shared corporate ownership (e.g., McDonald's in the U.S.) or franchi ...


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