Spice overload too, since Whitehouse sometimes throws too many spices into dishes that sound pretty straightforward. (Should Szechuan pepper really be a marinade ingredient in sugar-cured ocean trout and avocado?) It crossed my mind to march into the kitchen and throw his spice rack away.

FORBES: Off the Beaten Track

For big-ticket dinners, Tetsuya Wakuda's Zen-like restaurant Tetsuya's in the central business district lives up to the hype and his world-class reputation: The nightly tasting menu features exhilarating combinations of flavors and the superlative ingredients for which Australia, and specifically Tasmania, are known, such as confit of Tasmanian ocean trout with konbu, daikon and fennel, and Spring Bay (Tasmanian) scallop with wakame and lemon.

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