By Leigh O’Connor, Editor.
It’s time to put away the Winter blues…try to forget for a moment the cost of living, interest rate hikes and rising youth crime as a new season heralds new beginnings.
Instead, think of warmer weather, picnics in the park and a generally better sense of well-being as we turn our thoughts to alfresco wining and dining and daffodils showing their cheery heads in the garden.
September also means Father’s Day and if you’ve left it to the last minute to spoil Dad, we have five venues to tell Dad he is the best with a delicious meal – or go the whole way and send him for a day spa experience on the Gold Coast.
Nothing says Yoda best more than dinner at a Chef-hatted restaurant – from Brisbane City Hall to the iconic shores of South Bank on the Brisbane River, the capital of Queensland delivers on all fronts. We dish up six award-winning restaurants to put a smile on Dad’s dial.
Why limit Happy Hour to just sixty minutes? We have the best cocktails to serve Dad from a smoky maple bacon Old-fashioned to a Camp by the Fire creation sure to ignite the celebrations.
Don’t want to go out? We deliver a three-course Spring feast with recipes for grilled scallops, crispy red duck curry and a sensational dessert with a Peruvian touch, which looks as stunning on the plate as it is on the palate.
Discover the secrets of cooking over an open fire with Chef Simon Furley, who creates unpretentious, wholesome fare celebrating local produce with an authentic paddock-to-plate philosophy in the Gold Coast Hinterland – plus he shares a delicious Spring crayfish recipe.
No matter what the season, to many of us bacon is just another word for ‘meat candy’ – get your swine on for World Bacon Day on Saturday with a fix from our favourite venues…pork yeah!
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