Source Dining

Lunch at Kyneton’s Source Dining remains one of the best celebrations of the region.

Smoked and roasted free range duck breast, croquette of confit leg, braised organic lentils, pickled cherry, fig, fennel and jus.

72 Piper St, Kyneton

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Whether it’s a bowl of slow-braised goat tossed through supple orecchiette and topped with fennel-fragrant pangrattato, or local mushrooms and roasted chestnuts in a risotto of refined beauty, or simply the offer of another slice of sourdough to smear with smoked whipped brown butter, lunch at Kyneton’s Source Dining remains one of the best celebrations of the region.

The hyper-local wine list filled with loads of lovely sub-$50 a bottle drinking is as much a pleasure to read as it is to drink from, while the menu filled with accomplished bistro classics that are big on flavour, technique and portion size means no one’s leaving hungry.

Source Dining, Kyneton.

Hay-smoked venison is a multifaceted plate of pretty purples, from the tender blushing meat to purple cabbage powder and sweet silvanberries, while the Rockwood Cottage lamb with goat’s cheese and chickpeas remains reason alone to head up the Calder.

A local Animus gin and tonic jelly precedes desserts that now include a knockout Apple Napoleon with brown butter ice cream.

Add good coffee and a yuzu white chocolate jaffa to end the meal and you have one of country Victoria’s consistently enjoyable quiet achievers.

Must eat dish: Rockwood Cottage lamb

Cuisine: Contemporary

Chef: Tim Foster, Quinn Spencer

Price: $$

Bookings: Yes

BYO: No

Open: Lunch Thurs-Sun 12pm, Dinner Thurs-Sat 6pm

Instagram: @sourcedining