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Rare Hare

Laidback wing of a premier address.

Snack plates on the Rare Hare menu.
1 / 9Snack plates on the Rare Hare menu.Supplied
Lunch by the vineyard.
2 / 9Lunch by the vineyard.Visit Victoria
Spatchcock with potatoes, artichoke, leek and chestnut.
3 / 9Spatchcock with potatoes, artichoke, leek and chestnut.Amy Whitfield.
Blue-eye crudo with fried capers.
4 / 9Blue-eye crudo with fried capers.Supplied
Milk chocolate brown butter tart.
5 / 9Milk chocolate brown butter tart.Supplied
Inside the light and airy space.
6 / 9Inside the light and airy space.Supplied
Potato parmesan gnocchi and kingfish crudo.
7 / 9Potato parmesan gnocchi and kingfish crudo.Supplied
Duck breast with hispi cabbage.
8 / 9Duck breast with hispi cabbage.Supplied
Lunch in the sun.
9 / 9Lunch in the sun.Supplied

Good Food hat15/20

Contemporary$$

The easy-going sibling of blingy Doot Doot Doot offers polished presentation on all fronts. A light-filled dining room packed with hardwood communal tables feels elegantly rustic. Then you clock Jackalope’s expansive vineyard across rolling hills

Equally eye-catching, fire-roasted pumpkin is dabbed with snow-white hunks of burrata and scattered with freshly ground dukkah and brittle fried sage. Charred yet pearlescent octopus looks and tastes the business when dressed with an extra-smoky romesco (hello, toasted nuts). Waitstaff are unabashed in their affection for this little patch of paradise and will enthusiastically recommend estate wines from the small list.

Generously portioned mains, such as lacquered char siu duck, brim with vegetables that render sides superfluous – a welcome rarity in such pricey times. But it’s the blissful bombe Alaska – lightly torched meringue encasing luscious lemon ice cream and fluffy sponge – that really takes the cake.

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