On Riverside Drive, near the Causeway, is a little oasis of restaurants right on the river with a view of Heirisson Island at Point Fraser. One of them is a bar and grill upstairs with a great glass balcony. We were seated with a fab view of the river and were looking forward to a classy lunch.
The menu is Modern Australian with lots of nice options. We chose some dukkah olives and kingfish to start.
Olives were varied and plentiful, and the kingfish was superbly fresh with pickled enoki, yuzu, miso, chilli, coriander and wasabi. There was a nice dollop of a romesco style sauce which was quite nice as a dip for the olives!
For main I chose pork belly with scallops, pea puree, apple, fennel and jus. It was very nice, and not overly fatty, but I would have preferred the crackling to be a little crispier. Scallops were divine, and the pea and apple had a nice depth of flavour.
My partner chose the beef cheek with crushed potato, peas, bacon, scorched onion, and pumpkin. It was lovely meltingly soft piece of beef cheek. We also chose a summer leaf salad, but I forgot to take a picture – this was a beautiful salad and really nice dressing.
All in all it was a great lunch with a lovely view, and some great flavours. I would definitely pay a return visit.
Last visit date – April 2021
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