May 26, 2023
We recently took a friend of many years to Big Esso for dinner when she was visiting Melbourne. While dinner was great, I want to focus this post on dessert! On my previous visits, Big Esso did not offer dessert and I'm thrilled that it's now part of the experience.
The two options available to us were unfortunately not vegan. But for those of us who eat dairy, they're both winners. Pictured up top is the strawberry gum eclair ($21), which is piped with passionfruit mascarpone chantilly, studded with candied quandongs, and sprinkled lightly with honey oat crumble. It's easy to share between two, and fiddly but possible to share between three.
The second, gluten-free dessert is dubbed the 'meta choc cherry ripe' ($21). This is a very dense block with a wattleseed chocolate cremeux base, coconut Davidson plum fudge filling and dark chocolate casing, garnished with a pecan and scattered with saltbush puffed rice crisps.
I more easily detected the nuanced flavours of the native ingredients in the eclair, while Michael preferred the meta choc for the overall effect. We all agreed that it was fabulous to have them both at the table.
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You can read about our first visit to Big Esso here. Since then it has received positive reviews from The Spice Adventuress, Mamma Knows Melbourne, Whatever Floats Your Bloat and Matty Somewhere, plus a disappointed review from Sweet and Sour Fork.
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Big Esso
Fed Square, corner of Swanston and Flinders Sts
9121 0510
Accessibility: Big Esso has a wide, flat entry, although Fed Square itself has an undulating and cobbled surface. Furniture is a mixture of outdoor benches, low indoor tables with benches and back seats, and high tables with backless stools. We ordered at our table and paid at a high bar. We didn't visit the toilets.
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