Du Fermier, Trentham Vic: Restaurant review

Du Fermier

Annie Smithers’ Euro-channelling gem is a Victorian regional classic.

VICTORIA

Address

42 High St, Trentham Vic

How relaxing it is to dine without a menu in a restaurant like Du Fermier where you can emphatically trust owner-chef Annie Smithers to make all the right decisions for you. Smithers’ Euro-centric cooking is masterful in an entirely unflashy way, like the charming timber-floored dining room where much careful work goes into achieving the relaxed country vibe. The four-course menu du jour, full of locally produced treats, might include a salad of robustly flavoured duck and radicchio sitting on beetroot purée, handmade crespelle stuffed with pumpkin and ricotta and glistening with sage butter, or a benchmark beef bourguignon served with mash that’s comforting enough to bring tears to your eyes. The only decision you must make – what to drink – can be confidently fobbed off to restaurant manager Bronwyn Kabboord, a woman with a psychic-adjacent knack for recommending the perfect match, be that local riesling, Austrian grüner or a precision-chilled Martini. No decisions? Yes, please.

Price Guide

$$$$

Bookings

Essential

Wheelchair Access

Yes

Opening Hours

Lunch Fri-Mon

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