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SUMMER AT THE COWRIE
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The New Year brings new changes to The Cowrie in Terrigal: executive chef Dimitris Aronis introduces delicious seasonal dishes and a recently expanded wine menu.
WORDS SALLY MACMILLAN PHOTOGRAPHY JENNIFER BURCH
There’s plenty to celebrate at the award-winning restaurant with the best views on the Coast as the New Year kicks in. “We are aiming for a very clean, simple menu for summer that draws even more on as much local and sustainable produce as possible,” says Dimitris. “We’re excited to be using beef from a carbon-neutral Central Coast farm and our Murray cod comes from Aquna and is fully sustainably farmed. “Most of our dishes include ingredients freshly picked from the restaurant’s garden, which also provides garnishes for bar cocktails and the gin menu. We are lucky to have fig, elderflower and citrus trees all developing well.” Regular customers will be happy to see that some of The Cowrie’s most popular dishes are staying on the menu. For example, sashimi grade yellowfin tuna with grapes and ponzu, and appellation oysters that are hand-picked and then shucked to order. Pacific oysters roasted over coals with miso butter also remain a constant feature, along with wild mushroom risotto, which has become one of The Cowrie’s signature dishes. Dimitris says that he and the team spent a few months fine-tuning the wine menu.
“We already had some amazing local wines from the Hunter and Orange but we’ve also sourced the best from the Yarra Valley, Adelaide Hills, Barossa and Mornington Peninsula. We then explored international wines from France, Italy, Spain and Germany, with SOM’s Stephane Pommier. We are really happy with its progress and had the side benefit of tasting some incredible wines along the way.” Look out for news on The Cowrie's Facebook page about the upcoming opening of the Cellar dining space, which will offer tasting menus paired with premium wines and spirits for small groups. The Cowrie is open for lunch and dinner Wednesday to Saturday, and for lunch and late-afternoon bar snacks and Champagne on the balcony on Sundays, at 109 Scenic Highway, Terrigal.
