delicious.100: Kyneton’s Source Dining is one of Victoria’s best restaurants.

Local produce comes to the fore at Tim and Michelle Foster’s welcoming and subtly stylish Kyneton dining room.

Source Dining’s squid ink noodles. Pictures: Eugene Hyland

IT’S all about the garden and region at Tim and Michelle Foster’s welcoming and subtly stylish Kyneton dining room. From the garden, Tim’s turning out accomplished bistro classics big on flavour and strong on technique. From the region, Michelle’s created a wine list of accomplished beauty, an unaffectedly annotated guide to very good things grape at a price where it’s easy to get caught up in the excitement.

Local produce comes to the fore, whether McIvor Farm pork turned into a two-act plate of crisp-fried shoulder and slow-cooked jowl served with a rainbow of beetroot, or Sutton Grange beef tartare tricked up with nashi pear.

Pork shoulder.

Pistachio dacquoise.

Smoked trout adds depth to a bowl of ink-black noodles with confit squid (pictured above), while arrestingly sharp lemon curd served with mandarin sorbet and yoghurt mousse is a puckeringly perfect end to a meal.

In a town filled with excellent eating options, Source remains one of the best. Go straight to it.

Must eat dish: squid ink noodles with trout

SOURCE DINING

72 Piper St, Kyneton.

Ph: 5422 2039

sourcedining.com.au

Cuisine: contemporary

Chef: Tim Foster

Price: between $41 and $80 a person for two courses, food only

Bookings: yes

Open: Thu-Sun noon-2pm, Thu-Sat, 6pm-late

Instagram: @sourcedining

This restaurant was ranked the 45th best restaurant in Victoria in the 2016 edition of the delicious.100.