Go to Attica and you'll be cosseted by devoted staff,dine deliciously well,and drink great wine in a handsome pair of rooms.

But open your eyes,ears and mind,and you’ll be taken on a more interesting journey,one that satisfies all kinds of hunger,for Ben Shewry is one of the world’s most thoughtful chefs and it shows in every dish and detail.

Favourite house-grown,wild and native ingredients become heroes of the eight-course menu:perfect summer tomatoes,sweet cucumber,pearly snow crab beneath sour leaves;buttery marron in luscious pork and onion sauce;ruby kangaroo;whiting encased in paperbark,flavoured with lemon myrtle and scattered with chopped pearl meat. Every course appeals to the senses,so stop to inhale the aromas and enjoy a visual feast,too.