The Fish House | 50 Goodwin Terrace, BURLEIGH HEADS QLD 4220
Given
it was the other travel bunnie’s first ever Father's Day we decided
(and by we I mean Minibun George and I) that we would need to do
something special to celebrate. We had already planned to take a trip
to the coast for the weekend and given my mother had claimed Minibun
George as her own for the night I decided on trying the new sister
restaurant of one of our favourites (Hellenika) which had opened at
Burleigh Heads.
Owned
by Simon Gloftis, The Fish House has attracted enormous media
attention and raving food critiques. I
made a reservation for 6pm at The Fish House and as evidence of this
two-chefs-hat restaurant’s popularity, I was messaged two times in
the day leading up to our Saturday evening booking to confirm the
reservation. The Fish House is set just off Burleigh beach on Goodwin
street and to be honest the views from inside at night are not the
highlight given the relative darkness of the surrounding area. But I
have to say things only got better from there. Upon entering, I was
immediately taken by the cozy ambience of the room with the
beautifully laid out dining room being highlighted with flickering
candles, huge glass windows, dark polished floors and splashes of
stone and art on each of the walls. Just like at Hellenika, the staff
were warm, friendly and extremely informative. We were seated at a
little table for two at the front corner of the restaurant and we
wasted no time in ordering a bottle of sparking water (no alcohol for
this mumma) and two of the Menus
of the day (Chef’s selection served in a banquet style) ($75pp).
The seven courses of delicious food seemed to flow effortless onto
our table (and then into our tummies) throughout our 1.5 hours at the
restaurant. We started with four freshly
shucked oysters from
Ceduna
which truly where beyond fresh together with the Daily
Raw Selection
of kingfish, salmon and scallops
which simply melted in my mouth. Let's just say that the freshly
baked table bread was resting in a bed of olive oil for a little
while as neither of us could take our eyes off the fish. Next, the
oh-so-moorish and beautifully warming Simple
Lemony Fish Soup
came out with Pan
seared Scallops w' Spring Onion (Canada). Now,
scallops are a favourite of mine and I have to say that these little
morsels were some of the tastiest I have tried anywhere. Next
thankfully we were given small breather with a light pallet cleanser
before we were again presented with a large serving of Fried
School Prawns (NSW)
and
the Crustacean
Risotto (QLD).
At this stage the other travel bunnie was almost ready to give up
(and only 6 courses in) but somehow he managed to finished the deep
fired school prawns (I can vouch that there was not a little head
left on the plate) and we both managed to finish the seriously
comforting risotto (which given how difficult any good risotto is, I
was taken by how well the Crustacean stock really shone through the
dish). Finally, we shared our 7th course
being the Petuna
Ocean Trout from
Macquarie Harbour dressed with olive oil, lemon and mustard and
served with
sides of baked potato gratin, greens and fresh garden salad. The
fish, just like everything else was cooked to perfection with the
only downside being that I found 2 bones in my side of the fillet.
As
if I somehow found control of my second stomach, I convinced the
other travel bunnie to let me order a Classic
Crème Brûlée ($14)
and it, just like that my almost perfect dinner, was amazing (oh
wait, this was a Father's Day treat for the other travel bunnie …).
Staying
true to Simon's Greek heritage, he has kept every dish simple, using
quality olive oil and lemon, yet this simplicity brings out the
best in the seafood offered here. So I think I have run out of
superlatives and can only sum up our experience as fantastic (other
than a minor hiccup with the bones I found).
Get
out and check this place out (and then check out Hellenika the next
day)!
Total
Bunnie Dollars Spent: $173.50
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