Australian Gourmet Traveller - (07)July 2019 (1)

GourmetTravellerstaffersshare

their favourite plates of the moment.

What we’re

eating

SCALLOPS,SHIROAND

KATSUOBUSHIBUTTER,

Stillwater

GrilledscallopsfromBassStraitstar

ontheirhalfshellswitha splashof

whitesoyandbonito-infusedbutter,

anda sprinkleofbonitoflakes.The

heatsetstheflakesin motionon

thewaytothetable,a littlepiece

oftheatrefromheadchefCraigWill.

Stillwater,2 BridgeRd,Launceston,

Tas.HELEN ANDERSON, TRAVEL EDITOR

PULPOALAGALLEGA,

TabernaCasaManteca

Foratmosphereandtasty

tapasit doesn’tgetmorefun

inthewholeofAndalusia

thanatTabernaCasaManteca.

Pimentón-sprinkledoctopus,

cookedGalician-stylewith

goodoliveoilcomessteaming

hotinterracotta.Perfectwith

a chilledlocalTierraBlanca

Seco.CalleCorralóndelos

Carros66, 11002 Cádiz,Spain.

FIONA DONNELLY, QUEENSLAND EDITOR

SMOKEDMULLETDIPWITH

POTATOCRISPS,Fleet

NotonlydoesFleetelevatechips

anddip,tuningupsmokedmullet

withdillandshardsofmulletskin,

theypre-dipthechips– thinswathes

ofcrisp-friedpotato– foryou.If

thatisn’thospitality,thenwhatis?

Fleet,2/16TheTerrace,Brunswick

Heads,NSW.DAVID MATTHEWS,

SENIOR EDITOR

MUSSELSAND’NDUJA,Marion

Deliciouslysalinemusselsarethe

heroesofthisdishatthisFitzroy

winebarfavourite.Breadtoasted

witha faintnoteofgarlicaddstexture,

while’ndujagivesit alla moreishspicy

kick.A glassoftexturalorange-style

BraveNewWineDoppelgänger,

meanwhile,canonlyimprove

things. 53 GertrudeSt,Fitzroy,

Vic.LISA FEATHERBY, FOOD EDITOR

GOURMET TRAVELLER 15

Four dishes

PHOTOGRAPHY

HELEN

ANDERSON, FIONA DONNELLY, LISA FEATHERBY

& DAVID MATTHEWS.