The Gold Coast Bulletin

THIS POT OF GOODNESS A SWEET DEAL

- KRISTY MUIR

WINNIE the Pooh, eat your heart out.

Since its opening at the The Star Casino in January 2016, the Garden Kitchen & Bar’s most popular dessert has been a sumptuous Honeycomb Cheesecake, served in a golden honey pot.

The Star Gold Coast’s executive chef Dustin Osuch told the Gold Coast Bulletin it was the pot itself that actually inspired the dish.

“Not only is it a vibrant yellow honey pot, it also has a bee design on it – so naturally, the honeycomb flavour was an easy choice,” he said.

“It is made with sweetened quark, honeycomb, biscuit crumble and crumiel wafer, which is the crystallis­ed honey you see at the top of the dish.

“This adds an element of molecular gastronomy to the dish and another way we incorporat­e the honey flavour.”

Mr Osuch said cheesecake was quite a traditiona­l dessert but The Star wanted to take a different approach to this before adding it to the menu.

“We think it’s great when our guests take a photo of their meal as a way to share their experience with their family and friends,” he said.

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Garden Kitchen & Bar staff member Abigail Fairbanks with the restaurant’s popular Honeycomb cheesecake. Picture: MIKE BATTERHAM
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