Rusk

Ph: (03) 9523 7410; 764 Glenhuntly Rd, Caulfield South 3162 www.ruskrestaurant.com.au

Contemporary, $$ -
Open Tue-Fri 4pm-late; Sat 9.30am-late; Sun 9.30am-3pm; Licensed, BYO, Corkage $10 for first tw; AE MC V, Seats inside 100, Outside seats
Chef Lance Rosen (7-11-07) Owner Lance Rosen (7-11-07)

Other published opinions

Age Good Food Guide 2008 Score: 12.5/20 "Rusk is owner-chef Lance Rosen's first solo performance, having headed up the kitchens of Richmond Hill Cafe and the now-defunct Ping, before setting up shop in Caulfield mid-2006"

Age Epicure Restaurants, John Lethlean, 20-6-06 Score: 12.5/20 "CHICKEN and matzo ball soup listed among the entrees. Blintzes on the dessert list. Strange hairdo on the standard poodle in the florist shop two doors down. This must be Caulfield and this must be Rusk, a new restaurant with a decidedly turn-of-the-century one word Sydney-style title, recently setup by chefLance Rosen.Rusk, along, narrow and decidedly unemotional space from the neo-ascetic school of interior design-lots of very white plaster, dark, slate-like floor tiles"

Herald Sun Dining Out, Stephen Downes, 15/8/06 Score: 12/20 "A fresh new bistro, Rusk served me acceptable but unexciting, if original, offerings. Its ice creams and sundaes are certainly worth sampling. A limited but representative wine list is very well-priced, and 1 0 whites and 1 1 reds are available by glass."

Herald Sun Eat, Bob Hart, 27-5-06 "Chef Lance Rosen looks to his Jewish heritage for some of his inspiration, and to his South African childhood, his years in some of our best restaurant kitchens and his fascination with Asian cuisine for the rest.And it works - brilliantly, at times as I discovered when I dined there last week with a mate who is neither Asian nor Jewish, but looks not unlike a large, Mongolian rabbi, if you can imagine that."