Nice breezes on the deck on a hot day, staff were ...

Nice breezes on the deck on a hot day, staff were attentive and asked what we thought after each course but unfortunately the degustation was a mixed bag and a bit blah. We had the 6 course degustation ($120 without matched wines) and left quite hungry. First course was a small stick of salmon about 1cm by 3cm with some curls of cucumber on 'wasabi avocado' garnished with rice crispies. The salmon was nice enough but the wasabi was not really detectable in the avocado puree...no zing as described on the menu. 2 bites. Second course was one lonely gyoza with a couple of slivers of swiss brown mushroom, a couple of radish slices and a dot of aoli. 2-3 bites. The gyoza filling was coarse with detectable prawns so was quite tasty. 3rd course was quail on the bone, a breast piece and a leg, it was nicely seasoned and again had a few enoki and a grape as a garnish, again only 3-4 bites. 4th course was 2 slices of duck breast with 1 blackberry, half a macadamia, a slice of fried leek on a smear of cranberry sauce...about 3 bites. The 5th course was 2 small pieces of tri-tip which was tough and a couple of enoki and a couple of herb leaves..maybe 4 bites. Normally a degustation would be a bit more generous with the 'main course' dishes but in total for the 5 courses it was about 15 mouthfuls of food and did not seem good value for the price. The last course of dessert was good and probably about half the size of if you ordered it on its own. The cinnamon icecream was the highlight. We previously had lunch here and just had a main course each and dessert to share and didn't leave hungry like this time. The degustation was neither as generous or interesting as the menu would lead you to believe, though the presentation was pretty.