Cavalier Bar & Supper

“Cavalier by name and cavalier by nature”

Such is the summation of the latest dining spot and bar to hit Burleigh

Dining on the Gold Coast, as it is anywhere, is an evolving feast with the Coast fast experiencing the diversity that makes dining out such an adventure.

Owned and operated by Adam Haralampou who along with Robert Morward also has the adjacent Justin Lane Cavalier offers a totally different experience.

Its deep leather custom made Chesterfield lounges, well stocked marble bar, silk lampshades and crystal chandeliers are reminiscent of a bygone era, classy, warm and friendly.

Predominantly a supper club, Cavalier is a place at which to drop in anytime after 5pm, meet friends, enjoy a drink and a pre-dinner snack or, if you prefer, stay on for a meal from the tight but exciting menu.

The bar, featuring marble, pressed metal and wood, is another strong feature of the room with a backdrop of bottles and glasses adding to the relaxed vibe.

Naturally enough there is an excellent wine list to go with a vast range of cocktails and spirits.

To nibble on there are oysters, olives and a choice of shared plates – all very tempting. There is pastrami and pickles, pork terrine, zucchini salad, beef short rib and greens to mention but a few. The supper club also serves desserts, cheese and coffee.           

 

                        

Climb the stairs and you find another dining area with the chefs hard at work in the large open kitchen.

Freshly baked sourdough bread, hand churned butter and a blueberry and almond tart straight from the oven all part of the supper club’s tempting menu.

Cavalier is an elegant addition to a Gold Coast dining scene which continues to grow and impress

Cavalier Bar and Supper

Shop 1/1710 Gold Coast Highway,

BURLEIGH Heads

http://www.cavalierbarandsupper.com.au/

Email: info@cavalierbarandsupper.com.au

PHONE:   (07) 5535 9220

Pigs & Pints

A warm and friendly bar Pigs & Pints offers tempting delicious little sliders to complement its craft beers and excellent wines and cocktails.

Established by James Brady the casual bar – restaurant is an ideal spot in which to relax and enjoy a drink and something different to eat.

Gourmet sliders on freshly baked miniature buns run the filling gamut from pork belly BLT to ham hock with celeriac and apple while the crispy beef with red pepper is superb. For the fish lovers there is a tasty Thai salmon.

In the evening from 6pm-9pm there are more substantial meals on offer – grazing plates of beef short ribs, ham hock, chicken or fish.

Short Ribs

Sliders

The short ribs are well worth trying, slow cooked for 17 hours, served on a wooden platter accompanied by bowls of Greek salad, spicy red cabbage, horseradish cream, a rich jus and specially made sliced bread, the beef simply melts in the mouth.

While sliders are presented in a wooden box and the grazing plates are large wooden platters – the dinner plates are flat slate tiles which add to the unique ambiance of this popular bar.

Two rooms blend into one through clever use of holes in the separating wall. The bar services both   rooms - the second including comfortable lounges while chunky wooden tables inside and out add warmth.

A casual after work meeting place or

simply a spot to enjoy at any time.

Pigs & Pints

54 Thomas Drive,

Chevron Island

Phone 5504 6404

Open:    Tuesday – Sunday lunch and dinner from 12pm

www.pigandpints.com.au

or follow on them on facebook

www.facebook.com/PigsAndPints

The Little Plate

It’s called “the little plate” and little plates is what you get – albeit small but filled with delicious offerings.

Increasingly popular, this style of shared dining affords an opportunity to experience a variety of dishes.

This is also a little place with half of the diners inside and half of them out – alfresco style.

Bookings, most certainly, are essential at this licensed establishment which offers good wines, unique beers and ciders.  BYO wine is quite acceptable.

The menu is innovative and offers many different taste sensations. Helpful and pleasant staff can assist with your selection of dishes.

The king prawns in ginger, turmeric, nigela seed and fresh coriander sauce are tasty while the Cajun prawn and crab cakes with a smoked artichoke aioli are very different and delicious.

Cajan prawn and crab cakes with a smoked artichoke aioli

Sticky pork belly is well cooked and comes on a warm salad of beets, fennel, Persian feta and pistachios.

The dessert menu is very tempting and the cannoli filled with lemon curd custard served with mint and a cashew nut pesto is a treat well worth trying.

For the chocolate lovers there is a walnut and chocolate torte, rum ganache and espresso ice cream.

This is a little gem amid an interesting and ever evolving

Burleigh dining scene.

The little plate

3 Deodar Drive

Burleigh Heads

Phone:   0499 724 303

(Booking essential)

SOCIAL eating house + bar

Ultra modern, edgy with an interactive kitchen, a friendly bar and a great buzz – that’s SOCIAL

Matt and Amy Jefferson’s latest venture, an addition to their highly regarded ROCK SALT, adds another excellent dimension to the Broadbeach dining scene.

AN INDOOR OUTDOOR BAR + TAPAS restaurant and  it garnered instant popularity for its service, its chefs’ theatre and its innovative tapas.

The tapas menu is divided into;

• Snacks
• Oysters
• Things on toast
• Small plates
• Large plates
• Salads
• Sides
• Gourmet selections from the charcuterie

The house charcuterie plate served with sliced soft baguette is a chance to try several things and includes the wonderful Jamon Iberico de Cebo from Spain

The toast offerings are crisp fingers of baked dark rye bread with delicious toppings such as rare beef, truffled Manchego custard and red onion jam or the unbelievable hot smoked trout mousse, fennel, pickled onion and Yarra Valley salmon pearls.

Fresh sardines, smoked tomato, roast garlic, aioli and herbs offer a tasty sharp contrast

From the SMALL PLATES menu ‘Egg in a Jar’ is a treat consisting of a crumbed hen’s egg, confit duck leg, pommes puree and truffle mushroom ragout.

The 1kg salt bush lamb shoulder slow roasted in sheep’s milk yogurt from the large plate menu and the deconstructed lemon meringue pie with coconut ice cream and brown butter crumbs have to wait for a return visit.

Teamed with a fine selection of drinks including cocktails, beers and wines the menu offers a delicious range of well presented tapas dishes in a stunning and vibrant venue.

A GREAT "BUZZY" ATMOSPHERE!!

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S137, Oracle South
3 Oracle Blvd Broadbeach Q 4218

TRADING HOURS
Lunch from 12pm | Dinner from 6pm | Monday to Sunday
P 5504 5210

Visit our Facebook for updates: Social Eating House + Bar

DINING SAMPAGUITA

The national flower of the Philippines, "Sampaguita" 

is flourishing on the Gold Coast.

Not in garden beds but in the form of a delightful friendly Mermaid Beach restaurant.  

It is owned and operated by Ving and Marilou Zacaries, Ving in the kitchen and Marilou out front.

Ving has had a wealth of international experience and worked as a chef at the Gold Coast Holiday Inn before establishing his restaurant six years ago.

There is great variety on the menu and

 Marylou is happy to help with advice on the many dishes of her homeland

Lumpia, crisp minced beef spring rolls are tasty and served with a chilli dipping sauce.

Batchoy soup is almost a complete meal: clear soup with beef, boiled egg, shredded cabbage, noodles, green shallots and finally sprinkled with fried garlic and fried onions.

Guinataan Na Gulay is a delicious mix of snake beans, sweet potato, pumpkin, bitter melon and okra simmered in coconut cream with ginger, garlic, onion and whole chillies served with a bowl of sautéed salted shrimps on the side.   The melon has a delicate mild flavour while the ocra is quite gelatinous and the snake beans add crunch – a dish really worth trying.

Kaldereta is a Philipino style beef casserole with a rich, dark gravy that goes well with steamed milagrosa rice.

Typical desserts are Biko or sticky rice cooked in coconut cream and palm sugar and Cassava cake which is cooked with evaporated milk, condensed milk, coconut cream and castor sugar.

This restaurant offers interesting food and a unique cuisine well worth investigating

Sampaguita

13/2468 Gold Coast Highway

Mermaid Beach

Phone: (07) 5526 1874

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Sampaguita-Filipino-Restaurant/13852782374

IPOH SATAY HOUSE MALAYSIA

MALAYSIAN restaurants may abound on the Gold Coast but the man responsible for their widespread acceptance is Thomas Hoi who came to the region in 1980 from his home in Malaysia, opening the Coast’s first Chinese-Malaysian restaurant the large Banga Raya in Broadbeach.

Along with his wife Meelin and, aided as they grew by sons Michael and Sam and daughter Theresa, Thomas established his new venture, Ipoh Satay House but with less pressure, pressure reduced even further as his student children lent a hand.

Michael established his own restaurant in Tahiti where he now lives while recently married Sam has proved himself a more than worthy understudy to his father and has taken on much of the responsibility in the kitchen.

Michael’s surf photographs remain a prominent feature of this warm and welcoming family restaurant.

Essentially a Malaysian – Chinese restaurant, Thomas also includes a number of Thai dishes.

One can find the green curries or tom yums of Thailand or the hawker-style noodles such as prawn curry laksa or Singapore noodles. There is so much variety in Malaysian cuisine from Mongolian lamb to the distinctive hot Szechuan dishes.

The ever popular roti chanai with its delicious curry sauce is a worthy starter.

Deep fried Hainese chicken in soya sauce is a most enjoyable main. It consists of moist tender chicken with a crispy skin on a bed of sliced cucumber for added texture. The dish is finished with a tasty soy sauce and chilli and ginger salsas.

Belacan green bean prawns from the blackboard specials is excellent – crisp green beans and succulent prawns in a clean fresh sauce while coconut jelly is always a light way to end an enjoyable meal.

VERDICT:  A delightful suburban family restaurant
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Location: Shop 5, Waterway Wonderland Shopping Centre

Corner Sunshine Boulevard and Karbunya St

Mermaid Waters QLD

Phone: 07 5572 5911     

Open:  Tues – Sun from 5pm      

Thai on the Hill

Thai dishes like Thai restaurants are not all the same. 

Indeed the difference is quite apparent at

"Thai on the Hill"

Owner – Chef Piti Chitchamnonk presents his dishes with subtle variety. 

Among his points of difference the Kanom Bueng an unusual dish rarely presented outside of Thailand. It is a delicious combination of roti bread stuffed with shredded coconut, prawn mince and crushed peanuts served with a sweet cucumber dipping sauce.

Among his signature dishes are the Gaeng Ped Yarng – sliced fillet of roast duck with lychees, cherry tomatoes, seedless green grapes and pineapple pieces in a traditional rich red curry. 

Add a Thai beef salad with its tender slices of marinated grilled fillet steak tossed with tomatoes, cucumbers and shallots with a lime and chilli dressing and you have a perfect meal.

"""THE VERDICT"""

Charming service in warm and pleasant surroundings with Thai food above the ordinary makes for a great dining experience.

ADDRESS: Shop 6/100 Cheltenham Drive (cnr Robina Parkway),Robina

PHONE: 5575 7066

HOURS:

Sunday	8:00 am - 9:00 pm
Monday	8:00 am - 9:00 pm
Tuesday	8:00 am - 9:00 pm
Wednesday	8:00 am - 9:00 pm
Thursday	8:00 am - 9:00 pm
Friday	8:30 am - 10:30 pm
Saturday	8:30 am - 10:30 pm