I intended to take a photo of every dish on my birthday, but forgot to when the dishes were presented to us....... THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE! BUT, that only tells you how excited I was when I saw the food.
DIVINE. Bouillabaisse, a classic French dish with seafood and a rich and slightly spicy seafood broth. There were scallops, mussels, fish fillet, prawn and yabbie on a beautiful, lightly spicy seafood broth which was wonderfully for soaking crusty bread rolls. It also came with a hot grilled roll with melted cheese, herbs and spices. Highly satisfying.
The "Roast Scallops Served with a salad of pork belly & crisp pigs ear & truffle mayonnaise" was originally an entree, but we requested an upsize, and very glad we did. It came with perfectly cooked, plump and juicy scallops - about 3cm in diameter and 2 cm thick (just to show you the quality of the ingredients, as well as cooking to perfection to present the freshness of the seafood), lightly golden brown on the outside. The pork belly cubes appeared quite fatty but because it was not overcooked, and was lightly flavoured, it did not taste greasy or heavy at all. Pig's ears were crumbed and deep fried, also lightly salted, and was nice and crunchy. This is not a dish for the conservative (boring) diner, but for the adventurous or those with true gourmet appreciation.
Love this restaurant - www.beachesrestaurant.com.au
