Eating In Eating out Father's Day – Northern Beaches
Reporter: Jon Sivewright
With Father’s Day approaching, Jon is headed to the home of "Home & Away" – the Northern Beaches for some top spots to take any Dad to lunch.
Sugar Palm Restaurant
Rivalling the Diner, our first stop is a new restaurant that’s practically on the set of Summer Bay at Palm Beach.
Sugar Palm is brand spanking new – it opened only 4 weeks ago on the strip at Palm Beach. It’s contemporary fine dining with an absolutely gorgeous outlook on Palm Beach beachfront. It also has Kiosk facilities if you want to enjoy anything from fresh prawns, oysters, sushi to antipasto platters, to wraps, sandwiches, frittatas or fish of the day.
The clientele are casual yet discerning diners looking for high quality food and service with a sensational setting and reasonable prices.
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The team of chefs have created dishes using all the brilliant fresh produce available here in Australia with a variety of influences to create what is termed "Modern Australian".
Basically it’s a stylish open air restaurant on the beach with an elegant ambience, high quality food and service, be seen or watch the world go by in the lap of luxury. A great reason to take a drive up to Palm Beach and enjoy everything this beautiful place has to offer!
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Some of the dishes you may find on the menu:
Breakfast
- French toast with ricotta and honey glazed figs mango, passion fruit and saffron
- Smoked salmon, mascarpone and chive omelette home made hash brown and toast
Lite meals
- Duck Rillette with Confit Baby Beets, Cornishons and Malt Vinegar Spring Onions
- Chicken Cannellonis stuffed with Mushroom Risotto and Crème Fraiche served on a Chicken Consommé and Baby Winter Vegetables
Mains
- King Fish Fillet on a bed of Lemon, Mint and Fennel Risotto with a Verjuice Beurre Blanc
- Black Angus Beef Fillet served with Truffle scented Paris Mash, Wild Asian Mushrooms and a Thyme Port Jus
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More Information Sugar Palm Restaurant Shop 3, 24-26 Ocean Road Breakfast starts at $10 and mains are from $28 |
Prices correct as at 25/08/07
Pacific Grill & Tapas Bar
Then we head slightly south to Newport for some tapas & cocktails at Pacific Grill.
The idea here is that you rock up for a casual meeting with friends for tapas & cocktails. By all means, you can get entrees, mains & desserts but this place has gone from formal dining to more of a casual & fun meeting place.
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With an eye on casual and cool, Pacific Grill aims to be a little easier on the hip pocket, where diners can simply drop in for a meal with family or friends. The menu boasts a range of steaks, seafood and salads, with all meals available in a small or large size. The restaurant also houses a classy bar, which offers a range of luscious cocktails and bar snacks, such as oysters and calamari.
Pacific Grill is the brainchild of former Dish owner Tony Deger along with David Lafleur and Brendon Ross with backgrounds including Hugos and 5 star restaurants across Europe and the Americas.
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Some of the dishes you may find on the menu:
Tapas
- Classic chorizo with romesco & lime
- Spicy chick pea salad
- Char grilled baby octopus wrapped in banana leave
Mains
- Venison pot pie - a venison ragu with a butter patry top
- Oven baked baby barra with a sweet soy ginger glaze & fresh coriander salad
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More Information Pacific Grill & Tapas Bar 352 Barrenjoey Rd, Newport Open from 6am for coffee and pastries Monday to Friday. Brekky and lunch on weekends and dinner, Tuesday to Saturday. Mains are from $24 and the tapas plates start from $6 |
Prices correct as at 25/08/07