Corner Ridge Road &
Mt Dandenong Tourist Road
Olinda (03) 9751 2033
dine@wildoak.com.au

Lunch & Dinner Weds - Sun
Breakfast on Sunday

Ben Higgs Executive Chef at Wild Oak
  • Best Modern Australian Restaurant! regional Vic
  • Wed 4th August 2010

  • Great news,
    Wild Oak took out great honours this week at the Restaurant and Catering Associations awards for excellence; winning the coveted award for best Modern Australian Restaurant, regional. I would like to take the oppourtunity to thank all our hardworking staff, loyal customers, suppliers, friends and family that have supported us and believed in what we do for over 8 great years.
    With thanks Ben
  • Author: Ben Higgs
  • coming soon....
  • Wed 12th May 2010
  • Coming soon to Mount Dandenong...'Relish'
    Warm comfortable cafe, open for breakfast and light lunch's. Specialising in cream teas, high tea and home made cakes. Located between The Chinese and The Indian, Mount Dandneong shops...watch this space!
  • Author: Ben Higgs
  • Wild Oak wants you!!!
  • Wed 12th May 2010
  • Wild Oak wants you to join our dynamic team! Full time front of house persons needed. This rewarding job includes day and late evening shifts. Applicant must be able to work as a team, and be self motivated to work alone. Service and hospitality experience preferred, but not essential. Expressions of interest to Jillypr@gmail.com or 03 9751 2033
  • Author: Ben Higgs
  • Wolf Blass Ben Higgs Signature Dinner
  • Sat 12th September 2009
  • Beijing:Wolf Blass wines
    (China Daily)Updated: 2009-08-08 14:39

    It was difficult to say which was better, the food or the wine, at a wine tasting held recently by ASC Fine Wines. The event had Australian chef Ben Higgs, of Wild Oak Restaurant, prepare five courses to match five Wolf Blass gold label wines.
    The tasting was held to mark the 75th birthday of Wolf Blass, founder of the Wolf Blass winery. Blass arrived in Australia in 1961 and since 1966 his winery has grown from a humble tin shed in the Barossa Valley to one of the country's most successful and recognized winemakers.
    Higgs matched the first wine, a Gold Label Riesling 2008, with a starter of duck liver parfait with brioche. The well-balanced, floral Riesling with a sour citrus flavor helped offset the greasy duck liver, with its pleasantly rich and smooth taste.
    The second wine, a Gold Label Chardonnay 2007 from Adelaide Hills, made a much better impression, with a more complex structure, and a fuller, stronger impact on the palate. Higgs matched the wine with a rolled Atlantic salmon on round leaf mint, giving it a smoother taste than usual.
    For the third course, Higgs presented a tasty spiced rubbed Australian lamb rack, put through a 48-hour marination process, which almost outdid the wine to match it, the Gold Label Carbernet Sauvignon 2006. Higgs said he gave the lamb a slight char on the surface, to match the wine. One would have expected a stronger wine to match the lamb.
    This was followed by the Wolf Blass Gold Shiraz 2006, matched with a panko crumbed veal tenderloin, with its strong blackberry fruit, spice and smoky oak flavors. Lastly, came a Gold Label Botrytis Semillon 2006, which has a pleasant rose aroma. It is a wine balanced in sweetness, and not so rich. Higgs' dessert, a soft, smooth tasting coverture chocolate and wattle seed terrine, was a genuine treat.
  • Author: Ben Higgs
  • Wild About Wine Tour
  • Sat 11th July 2009
  • Saturday 1st August Wild about Boutique Wine
    Half Day $85 per person.
    This very personal tour takes you behind the scenes to three of the family run boutique wineries set away from the main tourist route. The tour includes wine tasting at all three wineries, lunch with a glass of red of white wine and a shared antipasto platter for afternoon nibbles.
    Itinerary 11.30am - 12 noon pick up
    Wild Oak Restaurant ? lunch at the award winning Wild Oak, renowned for using only the finest local produce and native herbs and spices. Lunch is a main course and glass of red or white wine, from Elmswood Estate. Enjoy the scenic route through Monbulk and Silvan area, an area renowned for its? cherries and berries? hydroponics strawberries, soft fruits and apples. Elmswood Estate ? this family run boutique winery offers several reds and whites to be enjoyed at your private tasting. Grape varities, methods and growing will all be explained in this very personal experience. Five Oaks ? located among the lush, rolling hills on the southern side of the Yarra Valley. The vineyard slopes gently westward, overlooking cherry and stone fruit orchards, with Mt Dandenong in the background. Five Oaks specialises in Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon-Merlot and Riesling wines. Seville Estate ? 4pm enjoy a personal tour of this small family run vineyard. An antipasto and cheese platter to share made with the best fresh regional produce.
    Be driven through the forest on the unmade road to R J Hammer Arboretum with its lovely views of the mountain to the Ranges.
    Drop off to your pick up point at around 5.30pm.
  • Author: Jilly PR