Decided to have lunch at Pelagic Bar & Dining (Shop 2, 131 London Circuit, Civic (02) 6162 0752) and try their special lunch menu for $15 which has options of pasta, risotto and fish. We both decided to get fish as seafood is their specialty and they get it fresh everyday. Pelagic Bar & Dining has a simple and contemporary ambience with a cool feature wall fully decorated with fish. The staff was friendly and very knowledgeable which is always nice when you can't decide on what to order.
I can't recall each dish's exact names but this is what we ordered: Crispy Snapper with salsa vinaigrette and Char-grilled salmon, asparagus and salsa verde. Both fish were cooked quite nicely but i particularly liked the crispy snapper as the salmon was a bit salty for my liking. Fortunately the salsa verde helped to neutralize the saltiness from the salmon and the arparagus were superb! Our mains were accompanied by Mixed leaves salad with balsamic dressing which was ordinary.
Crispy Snapper with Salsa Vinaigrette
Char-grilled salmon, asparagus and salsa verde
Mixed leaves with balsamic dressing
After having our mains we ordered a Strawberry Festival to share. It's a dessert that presents strawberries in seven different ways; the dish contained strawberry bavarois, strawberry sorbet, strawberry granita, fresh strawberries, dried strawberries, strawberry chips and a strawberry dust to finish off the presentation. Although it was all strawberries, there was a nice balance of sweetness and sourness in the dish. It not only looked pretty (in shades of pink and red) but it tasted delicious too, definitely the highlight of our lunch! *recommended
Lunch was satisfying and the lunch specials were quite good. The highlight was definitely the Strawberry Festival dessert which i don't mind going back for. Their a la carte menu looks nice too, so i might give it a go sometime!
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Pelagic was good when we went for their tasting dinner. Nice fresh seafood and I think we had something very similar to your Strawberry Festival.. *drools*
Beautiful fish for sure, however, we had the degas and each dish used very similar food combinations, so the meal all tasted the same. Great price for lunch special though.
I was thinking that the salmon was prettily presented, but it's the strawberry festival that really has me swooning. What a magnificent dessert!
That dessert looks fantastic! It's always nice to find a place that does a good fish dish too
@xphia: can't wait to try their dinner menu as well =)
@Anna: $15 is a good deal =)
@Arwen: you should try it if u get a chance =)
@ The InTolerant Chef: definitely! i hope you get to try it too!!
The strawberry festival looks lovely and gorgeous photo you took of it too Yuki! :D
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