Friday, October 19, 2007

Restaurant review: Bathers' Pavilion Cafe, Balmoral Beach, NSW


My old friend Liz and I went to celebrate her new job at The Bathers' Pavilion Cafe on Thursday night. This is one of Liz's favourite places (she always orders the strawberry daiquiri) and hence most appropriate.

I had a glass of Roaring 40s sparkling while I waited for her - nice and dry but with soft fruit and a wonderful, tingly mouth-feel.

We shared a deep-pan baked pizza of salami, goats curd and roma tomato with basil. It was new to the menu and delicious! Bathers' pizzas are thin crusted and as authentic as any pizza can be outside of Naples.

Bathers' position on the beach at Balmoral makes it a lovely spot for a casual summer dinner (there is the fine dining restaurant in the same building). Rather excitingly a couple seated near to us became engaged while we were there - he got down on one knee to hand over the ring! I've never seen this done in the flesh before :-) They were a very good-looking couple!

Bathers' also has a kiosk downstairs for daytime beach-goers - they do great coffee and sandwiches.

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