Have you been making the most of lockdown and enjoying some of your favourite food from Canberra restaurants in the comfort of your own home? We hope you have and if not, we’ll be sharing some lockdown eats for you to enjoy at home over the coming weeks. Fingers crossed lockdown ends ASAP, but until then, the silver lining of COVID-19 is that you can get takeaway from restaurants that were previously ‘eat in’ only. So you can dress up or dress down and feast at home!
You might have heard that Monster Kitchen and Bar, located at the popular Ovolo Nishi in the NewActon Precinct, went vegetarian for a year. They’ve been offering a range of delicious vegetarian and vegan dishes for almost 12 months now and although it sparked controversy amongst the meat eaters, you shouldn’t knock it until you’ve tried it.
We’ve dined in at Monster Kitchen and Bar several times during the past 12 months (see the photos below) and we’ve tried our fair share of plant-based dishes from their menu. Mushroom karaage, parmesan churros and the hay smoked beetroot tartare are some of our favourite dishes from their herbivore menu. Lots of their dishes are also gluten free so that’s another plus for those who can’t eat gluten.
So when they recently launched their ‘Monster Inside’ menu available for delivery or pick up, we were pretty excited to try it.
All you have to do is finish and assemble at home and you can upgrade your dinner with one of their beverage packs if you want to enjoy some bottled cocktails, wine, beer or spirits with your feast.
You can choose from a selection of snacks, mains, desserts and sides or order their 3-course vegetarian dinner so you don’t have to choose.
See below for details about the dishes we tried from their new takeaway menu.
To start:
– Purple yam pandesal bun with black sesame butter
Mains:
– Ricotta gnudi with romesco sauce, piment d’espelette and dressed kohlrabi
– Butternut squash katsu nugget with black rice, spring onions and katsu curry sauce
– Spice roasted cauliflower – agro dulce, pine nut and golden raisins, pistachio pesto and almond emulsion
Sides:
Brocollini with truffle ponzu mayo
Desserts:
– Salted miso caramel with chocolate fudge, honey and passionfruit, mango salsa
– Portuguese custard tarts
Visit their website and find TAKEAWAY to check out the full menu, prices and details for delivery and pick up.
Amelia Bidgood
Amelia is the Founder and Editor of Eat Canberra and the Founder and Managing Director of Eat Canberra Food Tours. She's a qualified journalist, presenter, freelance writer and also runs a boutique communications agency working with small business owners on all things social media, content creation and marketing. She's taught cheesemaking classes, judged hospitality and tourism awards, completed the WSET Level 1 Award In Wines, loves to cook and has travelled to 23 countries. She's also passionate about mental health and has recently started studying to become a Counsellor.