Bacash
Surf and turf to exacting standards.
15/20
Seafood$$$
Fancy a fish feast in salubrious surrounds? Golf banter and travel talk intensify as Bacash’s dining room swells, while from the kitchen arrive treasures from the deep.
A petite, springy crumpet is capped with spanner crab bound gently in Pernod mayonnaise. Seared scallops with fioretto fritters and a slick of cauliflower cream provide a sweet prelude to battered King George whiting and pommes dauphine.
The owner’s Lebanese heritage informs a dish of snapper with sumac and silverbeet, finished with toasted pine nuts and tahini dressing. A perfectly puffed passionfruit souffle teamed with toasted coconut ice-cream demonstrates the kitchen’s classical cooking chops.
There’s flattering lighting inside, and views to the Botanic Gardens for those outside. Warm service can be expected across both.
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