Malay-Chinese star with iron-clad menu execution.
Peking duck served with a paddock-view: both are faultless. The assured skill of chef Malcolm Chow gives frame to the experience here, where Chinese-Malay cuisine finds synergy with the Margaret River landscape. Slide into mode with wagyu skewers, a deft hand with garlic, ginger and soy ensuring smooth companionship with a syrah from House of Cards (neighbours on this green-scaped bush site). The set menu means you won’t suffer dish-envy watching a parade of un-ordered must-haves hit neighbouring tables in the relaxed, light-filled diner. Slippery pork dumplings demand a wash of black vinegar chilli. Garlic and chilli fried squid look like a handshake but hit like a punch. Sticky star-anise-glazed Peking duck is the menu monarch. But don’t neglect the mapo egg tofu – this oily slick of a dish fronts the ka-pow of Szechuan chilli sauce against the satin-slip of egg tofu to revelatory effect. Green is everywhere. Filling the viewfinder in the happy snaps taken at outdoor tables. Clinging to chopsticks as oyster sauce-seasoned kai-lan. Bring your dog. Order the roti. And book your return.
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