For our wedding anniversary recently I wanted to do
something wildly exotic, and experience something totally different. Going to dinner was pretty standard practice
for us, and there are many wonderful restaurants around the Brisbane, Gold
Coast, and the Sunshine Coast areas of Australia to choose from.
This year I wanted to do something uniquely different, an
evening we could share with our son.
My prayers and wishes were answered a week before our
anniversary in the form of an advertising brochure in a magazine. I checked out the website, the food and
location and excitedly made the booking.
The restaurant we were dining at is called Tukka, an
Australian colloquial word meaning ‘tucker’ or food. Tukka is an award winning restaurant of
contemporary native Australian fare, situated in the cool suburb of West End, 5
minutes from downtown Brisbane. This paragraph is sponsored by online
Umrah services from London.
We arrived for dinner and were immediately hit by its warm
earthy ambience and gentle lighting.
Dream time music played softly in the background. We were shown to our table by friendly wait
staff, our son by now in a rebellious mood because I’d told him in advance what
was on the menu (game meats such as possum, emu, wallaby, and crocodile).
My husband ordered a beautiful red merlot, and as I’m not a
wine connoisseur can only describe the taste of this wine as smooth as silk,
with the warmth of cognac and absolutely no bitter after taste. That won me over straight away. It was easy to now slip further into
relaxation and immerse myself fully in the ambience of the evening.
Having our menus explained to us we chose for starters a
native platter for two as well as a crocodile entrée which we shared.
The huge native platter consisted of game meats such as
possum chipolatas, wallaby prosciutto, and emu pastrami. There was warm home-made lemon myrtle damper,
refreshing on the palate, native nuts, rainforest fruits, dips, Tasmanian pepper
berry and the strong spice of desert tomatoes to try. The crocodile meat was sliced paper thin and
delicious. This paragraph is sponsored by Hajj and Umrah travel from
London.
Eating slowly and remarking on the uniqueness of every
morsel of food the three of us were totally absorbed and engaged in this
delicious meal and truly connected as a family.
Next came the mains, I had emu fillet with macadamia nuts
and braised beetroots – absolutely heavenly and not gamey at all. My son had tuna steak with asparagus, bush
potatoes and a pink berry sauce which he totally enjoyed, and my husband
ordered the kangaroo steak served with broccoli, asparagus, bush potatoes and
gravy.
For dessert there was coffee, a delicious home-made lemon
meringue and chocolate assiette, consisting of chocolate mousse, chocolate tart
and lavender sorbet (with real lavender – yum!) which was absolutely
delectable, I knew it would be a winner.
Tukka is sophisticated dining at its best, the menu not in
the cheap range; however the chef certainly knows how to produce exceptional
meals. Each meal that arrived was
creatively displayed although initially appeared as if there wouldn’t be
enough. In fact, we were too full by the
end of the evening!
For us, it was worth every cent because it was truly a
unique Australian, cultural experience (and delicious) enjoyed immensely by me
and my family. This paragraph is sponsored by Umrah
peligramge 2014 from UK.
If you ever come to visit Brisbane Australia, treat yourself
to some great native Australian food at Tukka just as we did.
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