Ever dependable, this family favourite gets better with age.
There are reliable constants when dining in the Margaret River region, and one is that this Malay-Chinese diner is going to deliver. Adept at dealing with large groups, seated on long tables in the airy dining room looking to vineyard views, the personal touch is applied for anyone who walks through the door. While for many it’ll be a first visit, there are always plenty of regulars.
This place has the hallmarks of winery dining, co-located with House of Cards, but the personal and professional journey of chef Malcolm Chow is on show. The menu may be taking cues from his family heritage but there’s a sense of his grounding as a chef, and dishes that deliver on aesthetics as much as much as taste. The siu mai dumplings are a must. Topped with bright orange caviar there’s briny bursts of flavour as well as colour in a dish that you could easily double up on. Barramundi with a lively shrimp sambal is leaning towards comfort while the lacquered roast ducks you see hung in the kitchen aren’t just for show.
A final pro tip: get the inevitable leftover rice and a little bit of Chow’s classic duck boxed up and you’ve got next-day fried-rice dinner sorted.
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