Head Chef Richard Abella is bringing Filipino influences, Australian produce and hibachi cooking to the redesigned level 25 restaurant.
Langlands Restaurant & Bar has reopened on level 25 of Hyatt Centric Melbourne with a new fire-led menu and redesigned 137-seat dining room.
Head Chef Richard Abella has centred the restaurant’s new direction on hibachi cooking, Australian hardwood charcoal and produce sourced from Victoria and elsewhere in Australia.
Influences from Abella’s Filipino background run through the menu, which includes Abrolhos Island scallops with burnt butter, sambal and green mango, alongside sirloin pincho with tamarind, shallot and chilli.
Other dishes include Spencer Gulf king prawns with crab fat and calamansi, Hiramasa kingfish collar finished with nam jim, fried garlic and lime, and Western Plains pork belly with nam jim jaew.
“We’re not trying to tell the story of Australian cuisine; we’re telling ours,” Abella said.
“My cooking has always started with fire, and now I’m taking techniques I’ve known my whole life and applying them to incredible Australian produce with flavours from the land around my heritage.”
Weekly specials start from $38
Langlands has also introduced a rotating schedule of weekly offers.
Tuesday Date Night features a sharing menu priced at $54 per person, while Wednesday Steak Night includes a 300g porterhouse, fries, salad and a glass of house wine or beer for $38 per person.
An optional Wednesday upgrade serves two people a 600g Black Angus ribeye with kipfler potatoes and garden greens for $128. A weekend roast is available during Saturday and Sunday lunch for $42 per person.
Beverage Manager Rosie Kim has developed the drinks menu around local wines, classic cocktails and seasonal pours. Langlands has also collaborated with Brunswick Aces on its own Allie Lane Gin, used in signature drinks including the Tokyoside, a smoked billy tea-infused cocktail.
Dining room redesigned around the view
NUMI Collective redesigned the restaurant while retaining elements of Hecker Guthrie’s original concept.
Internal walls and oversized banquettes have been removed to open the dining room towards views across Melbourne’s CBD, Port Phillip Bay and the Dandenong Ranges.
The refurbished space now features timber finishes, textured upholstery, custom lighting and soft metal drapery. A Melbourne-inspired sculptural work by artist Suzie Stanford is among the artworks incorporated into the dining room.
Langlands Restaurant & Bar is now open at Level 25, 25 Downie Street, Melbourne.
