Mafaldine with tiger prawns and fermented chilli butter.
1/8Mafaldine with tiger prawns and fermented chilli butter.Jay Black
The seared lamb rump.
2/8The seared lamb rump.Supplied
Prawn roll.
3/8Prawn roll.Jay Black
Katsu sando.
4/8Katsu sando.Jay Black
Mahi mahi with lemon beurre blanc.
5/8Mahi mahi with lemon beurre blanc.Jay Black
The dining room.
6/8The dining room.Supplied
Summer outdoor dining.
7/8Summer outdoor dining.Supplied
The pomegranate cosmo.
8/8The pomegranate cosmo.Supplied

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Contemporary$$

As unlikely couplings go,surf and turf usually makes as much sense as the cruffin or turducken. But this cheery bar and restaurant makes the retro combination work,sending out prawn toast fortified with ginger and garlic,and topped with wafer-thin wagyu bresaola;salty and sweet in all the right places.

Crunchy,buttery crumpets are paired perfectly with Balmain bug,lemon mayonnaise and chives,while the intensity of wild boar rillettes is cut with mustard and pickled onions.

Snack-sized options suit the small dining room,with its wood floors and vintage tiles,so it’s no surprise then that super-fluffy sourdough flatbread with sumac-whipped labne and burnt butter is something of a signature dish.

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Kicking off next door with a local lager at Que Sera’s dive-style sister bar Morty’s Joint can be an even better way to start. (Morty’s fried chicken is pretty banging,too.)

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