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Situated on the bottom floor of Mount Lofty House, Martha Hardy’s Kitchen is a high-end bistro offering a more relaxed alternative to the estate’s other restaurants – including the three-hatted Hardy’s Verandah Restaurant and the more casual Arthur Waterhouse Lounge, plus a guest-only restaurant at the ultra-high-end Sequoia Lodge.
In the 1850s, estate owners Arthur and Martha Hardy were famous for throwing lavish parties, with Martha often roasting whole sides of lamb for guests. So it’s fitting that the signature dish is a roast lamb shoulder to share between two. It’s braised for 17 hours in a fennel and red wine stock, and served with caramelised pumpkin puree folded with honey, confit turnips, roasted heirloom carrots and broccolini.
Elsewhere on the menu you might find lamb neck roulade with crumbed sweetbread, pickled kohlrabi and sheep’s milk yoghurt; eye fillet with parsnip puree, speck and brussels sprouts; and crispy skin barramundi with prawns and a caper and potato galette.
Sommelier Abhas Saxena has matched wines to each dish. The 16 by-the-glass offerings are heavy on Adelaide Hills producers, including Casa Freschi, Vinteloper and Murdoch Hill, but diners will have access to the full HVR cellar should they choose.
Situated in the former breakfast room (previously called Piccadilly Panorama), the light-filled venue has glass frontage framing uninterrupted views over the Piccadilly Valley. The natural landscape is echoed in golden brown furnishings and centrepieces featuring freshly picked greenery from the estate gardens. An ambient open fireplace and al fresco dining space cater to warm and cold weather, and like the menu, the view will change with the seasons.
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