Longrain

Longrain is the type of restaurant that I could easily eat at every night of the week. Their dishes are always spectacular and their service is always amazing.

Whilst in typical Melbourne form there is usually a line out of the door, it usually doesn't take long to be seated at the bar for one of their sensational cocktails while waiting for a table - and trust me, it is definitely worth the wait!

To eat we shared the eggnet, coconut poached chicken and seared tuna. The eggnet filled with pork, prawns, peanuts and caramelised coconut was delicious - incredible textures and cleverly presented, this eggnet is one of Longrain's signature dishes.  A hot tip from the night is that even though it's not on the menu, the eggnet also comes in a smaller size (which is what we ordered - a great idea if you want to make more room in the tummy for more dishes on the menu!).

I was slightly hesitant at ordering the coconut poached chicken with green papaya and Vietnamese mint  (how good can chicken be?) but I was pleasantly surprised.  The chicken itself was moist and flavoursome (the bones were a bit of struggle though so perhaps I wouldn't recommend this dish if on a hot date) and the jalapenos in the papaya salad lifted the whole dish and gave it delicious sweet but spicy bursts of flavour.

The last dish we tried was a special of the night - seared tuna.  The tuna was absolute melt in the mouth and the zingy salad on top was the perfect companion. 

As the venue is mainly shared tables - I wouldn't recommend this place if wanting to share your deepest darkest secrets with your dinner companion.  Otherwise, with its absolutely spectacular mouth-watering dishes, Longrain definitely deserves the title of being the new fave.

Décor: 4/5
Food: 4.5/5
Service: 5/5
Total: 13.5/15
Verdict: the new fave - put it as number one on your to do list.