Restaurant Aptos, which opened in Stirling last month<\/a> with world-renowned chef Justin James at the helm.<\/p>\nThe restaurant welcomes just 14 guests per sitting, travelling through three dining rooms. <\/p>\n
The 16-course tasting menu is $495 dollars per person, with drinks at an additional cost.<\/p>\n
Chef James left Restaurant Botanic to pursue this new venture, handing over the reins to Jamie Musgrave. <\/p>\n
The tasting menu there promises to take diners on a journey through the country\u2019s diverse flavours, complemented by botanicals handpicked from the 51-hectare garden that surrounds them. That\u2019s $315 a head.<\/p>\n
At Magill Estate Restaurant, the signature menu is $295 per person for dinner, with wine pairings on offer for up to $350.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe want guests to walk away with an unforgettable experience that goes far beyond just a meal,\u201d Chef Scott Huggins explains. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt starts with sourcing exceptional produce and shaping it into something thoughtful and delicious, but it\u2019s equally about where you are, at the spiritual home of Penfolds, and a team that delivers with genuine care,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n
MasterChef alumni and food and hospitality expert Mandy Hall acknowledges these price tags may be hard to swallow during a cost of living crisis, but points out fine dining restaurants have an important role to play in the South Australian economy.<\/p>\n
\u201cGoing out to restaurants creates jobs, it supports producers, it showcases regions and really importantly, it creates moments of connection, so I\u2019m always mindful of never pitting one against the other and recognising both realities.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mandy Hall explains that the bill at the end of the meal reflects more than just the value of the food on the plate.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s the craft, it\u2019s the creativity, it\u2019s the storytelling, it\u2019s the experience, this extraordinary feat of coordination.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen you get that plate in front of you, what you\u2019re actually seeing is the work of farmers, fishers, winemakers, producers, chefs and service teams, from the dishy to the sommelier,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n
Aptos joins Botanic and Magill Estate as destination restaurants that prompt fine-dining foodies from all over the world to put Adelaide on their itinerary. <\/p>\n
With the recent announcement that the Michelin Guide team is set to award its coveted star ratings to Adelaide restaurants it deems worthy, those food tourism numbers are set to grow.<\/p>\n
Scott Huggins says Magill Estate\u2019s guests already come from all over the world for his culinary experience.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe often welcome travellers discovering this part of the world for the first time.\u201d<\/p>\n
But Mandy Hall says it\u2019s not just cashed-up tourists and the Adelaide elite who will book our top restaurants.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A bowl of pasta at one of Adelaide\u2019s most popular restaurants with an eye-watering price tag is being…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":29167,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[395,23,133,13032,26020,26015,26022,26010,26012,26018,22705,26016,26006,26023,26014,26007,26004,26024,120,26008,26011,26002,26025,26021,121,26019,26005,26009,26003,26013,26017],"class_list":["post-29166","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-adelaide","tag-adelaide","tag-australia","tag-australia-and-new-zealand","tag-australian-economy","tag-cashed-up-tourists","tag-coveted-star-ratings","tag-culinary-experience","tag-destination-restaurants","tag-dining-restaurants","tag-dining-rooms","tag-extraordinary-feat","tag-extravagant-dining-space","tag-eye-watering-price-tag","tag-genuine-care","tag-growing-list","tag-hospitality-expert","tag-jamie-musgrave","tag-justin-james","tag-oceania","tag-popular-city-haunt","tag-popular-restaurants","tag-price-tags","tag-prompt-fine-dining-foodies","tag-scott-huggins","tag-south-australia","tag-southern-rock-lobster","tag-tasting-menu","tag-top-restaurants","tag-unforgettable-experience","tag-valley-salmon-roe","tag-wine-pairings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29166","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29166"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29166\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}