Restaurant mocked over 'deconstructed Anzac biscuit'

An inner city Sydney restaurant has been savaged online over a ‘deconstructed’ Anzac biscuit it had planned to include on its Anzac Day menu.

Moon Restaurant and Bar in Darlinghurst posted the photo of the dessert to its Instagram account and was swiftly met with derision.

One user simply replied to the post with “nope”.

Upon learning that the Anzac-themed dessert was a breach of the Department of Veterans' Affairs’ law around the use of the word ‘Anzac’, the restaurant deleted the image from its Instagram.

However, before the post was removed it was picked up and shared to Twitter with the caption: “This, according to an inner city Sydney restaurant, is apparently a ‘deconstructed Anzac biscuit’. No it’s not. It’s peak Sydney wankery.”

By the afternoon of Anzac Day, the tweet had been shared more than 200 times, attracted over a thousand likes and dozens of comments expressing disgust and horror.

“Royal commission now,” political journalist Samantha Maiden wrote.

“Did it cost an Adelaide mortgage payment?” another asked.

“I hope they get fined for desecration of an Anzac biscuit,” one added.

Quite a few users pointed out the ‘deconstructed Anzac biscuit’ looked more like fish food flakes.

The deconstructed food trend is widely attributed to Spanish chef Ferran Adriá— a 3 star Michelin chef known for his culinary research and experimentation, but over the past few years the controversial trend has become negatively synonymous with hipsters.

Earlier this week the Department of Veterans’ Affairs warned businesses that any caught selling Anzac Day biscuits which tampered with the traditional recipe faced fines of up to $51,000.

Individual sellers are not immune either, and risk a $10,000 fine if they alter the recipe.

In addition, any product being sold that uses the word ‘Anzac’ in the name must have received a permit from the department.

The restaurant responsible for the ‘deconstructed’ Anzac biscuit told news.com.au the item had been created to show “respect and remembrance for the Anzacs” but was taken off the menu after the backlash.

“When we created it we didn’t know you can’t use the Anzac word,” Moon Restaurant and Bar’s co-owner Jackie Park said.

“[We] definitely didn’t recognise it was going to be an issue. We didn’t know.”

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