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designer Ross Didier adds warmth to the industrial-styled palette of concrete and steel. The beautiful ceramic tableware was custom-made by Australian potter Malcolm Greenwood. The masterful menu is based on flavours of the Mediterranean applied to local ingredients. The menu is constantly changing and, while modern in scope, calls upon proven processes of the past such as smoking, curing, fermenting, drying, wood firing and pickling. The wood-fire oven is large enough to slowcook an entire lamb or pig, and also turns out Nomad’s fabulous sourdough products. There is a glassed-in, purpose-built room where Nomad’s home-made cheeses and charcuterie are on display. The menu is brilliant with standout dishes such as Goats cheese churros with truffle honey; White anchovies with fennel and preserved lemon; Scallop, salt baked celeriac and celery heart; and Wood roasted porchetta with Moroccan spiced carrot, mandarin and kale. The menu is expertly paired with an extensive wine list, that is both intelligent and wonderful. It showcases the classically recognised, to the weird and wonderful wines made by Australia’s viticulturists and winemakers. The wines are also available for purchase on Nomad’s Online Wine Store. nomadwine.com.au 420 BRASSERIE ZÉDEL London, United Kingdom Originally The Grill Room of the 1915-era Regent Palace Hotel, Brasserie Zédel is true Parisian, right in the heart of Piccadilly Circus. The stunning space has been restored with grand extravagance and care. Complete with gold leaf, timber veneer, marble and brass, the grand Europeanstyle dining room is breathtakingly beautiful with its historic Beaux Arts-Art Deco opulence. Truly sprawling in expanse, it brings to mind a grandiose film set from an earlier, glitzier period. It features soaring ceilings, original marble walls and columns, 23-carat gilded capitals, Art Deco lighting, and a sweeping brass-railed staircase. But while the buzzing atmosphere is swanky and glamorous, the French bourgeois cooking is traditionally robust. The menu is nostalgically French, with dishes such as Vichysoisse; Soupe à l’Oignon; Terrine de Campagne ‘En Croûte’; Soupe de Poissons et sa Rouille; Escargots au Beurre Persillé; Steak Haché, Sauce au Poivre et Frites; Bœuf Bourguignon; Onglet Grillé aux Echalotes Confite; and Confit de Canard. The brasserie even serves Choucroute Alsacienne and Andouillettes de Troyes Grillée. Also on the menu are desserts of familiar lineage, with old favourites like Tarte au www.theaddressmagazine.com