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PARKER Street Project is the new lunch and dining option at one of Australia’s most famous gourmet destinations – the Royal Mail Hotel in Dunkeld in Western Victoria. The new offering opened mid-March in the area of the Royal Mail Hotel formerly known as the Public Bar. The Parker Street Project offering consists of seasonal, a la carte, ingredient-focussed menu options alongside traditional “pub classics” for the mid-priced diner. Executive chef Robin Wickens will feature more affordable options using ingredients grown in the Royal Mail Hotel organic kitchen garden – the largest working restaurant kitchen garden in Australia – while sommelier Marcus Radny will select wine flights from the extensive wine collection to introduce diners to new tastes. The space was refurbished with local artworks and freshly polished wood floors – treading the line between gastro pub and fine dining – to introduce a new Robin Wickens signature menu that the chef describes as “simple, precise, seasonally-driven comfort food.” The Parker Street Project menu includes the Royal Mail Hotel signature beef and lamb, reared on the neighbouring Mount Sturgeon property. The menu may include Great Ocean duck terrine with green pickle, organic chicken with Mount Zero grains and crab apple, or lamb shoulder with cumin and carrot, as well as pub classics with a Royal Mail twist like Port Fairy fish with hand-cut chips and the Royal Mail beef burger. A range of boutique beers, including the Royal Mail Hotel and Temple Brewing collaboration “Seasons Harvest” and speciality spirits are also available. The Parker Street Project is open daily for lunch from noon-2.30pm, dinner from 6pm until late, and for gourmet snacks all day. For bookings phone (03) 5577 2241 or visit www.royalmail.com.au.