Exhibition Restaurant

CONTEMPORARY

Basement,

109 Edward St, Brisbane exhibitionrestaurant. com

Chefs Tim Scott & Mitchell Chambers Price guide $$$ Bookings Essential Wheelchair access Yes Open Dinner Tue-Sat

Tim Scott grabbed the attention of diners at Joy, the tiny restaurant he co-founded with Sarah Baldwin in 2019. Now, the chef-owner is cutting a solo dash at Exhibition, an underground 24-seater with a dégustation designed to honour the growers, producers and artisans that underwrite the success of any standout venue. A personal welcome from Scott and a volley of nine snacks get things underway. Think abalone-liver parfait spread across shokupan fingers or churros crammed with scampi crudo dressed in crustacean oil, orange zest and native thyme. Heaped spanner crab tartlets are layered with a miso emulsion and puffed buckwheat, followed perhaps by roasted duck breast on a vermillion pool of juniperfragrant beetroot gastrique. Come dessert, hazelnut gelato and cheesecake are joined by curly Jerusalem artichoke chips. Drinks are as considered as the custom ceramics and hand-forged cutlery in play. A truly virtuosic display.