Autumn Sundays at Stokehouse
Here’s an idea! One Sunday in the near future, eat a light breakfast then go into Stokehouse on the River at South Bank for lunch, and try the new Autumn Sundays Menu. I promise you that it will be worth your while! The much anticipated opening of Brisbane’s Stokehouse eighteen months ago has really made a mark on the dining scene in all ways. The position is unbeatable and the building is designed by local architect Andrew Gutteridge. So you go for the position and the changing view, but you want to eat good food too. I assure you that the food is world class. The Sunday Lunch menu changes each week with chef Tony using only seasonal produce, making the dishes innovative and interesting and absolutely delicious. Ask the knowledgeable and approachable Ben to help you choose wines to match each dish. We tried wines from the Rhone Valley and Sicily and ended with the perfect sticky from Austria. ( We decided best ever!) Afterwards you might like to linger and watch the ever changing traffic on the river, and maybe even stay for a cocktail in the Stoke Bar at sunset?
Stokehouse
Stokehouse.com.au
07 – 3020 0600
Sidon Street, South Bank, Brisbane, Queensland
Entree is a shared plate, and ours was crudo of export grade tuna, Noosa tomato salad with Italian buffalo mozzarella, and BBQ’d quail with beetroots, walnuts and cherries.
There were three mains – lamb rump with spiced eggplant, harissa, almonds and lemon, scallop risotto, and lemon and dill battered flathead with chips and salad, – we decided on the first two and weren’t disappointed.
Next came a generous platter of cheeses with truffle honey, walnut loaf, quince and a basket of lavosh and wafers, and the chocolate mousse with pear jelly, pear sorbet and chocolate crunch received a lot of yum, delicious comments!
Mary Dickinson 