Sydney Morning Herald Good Food Guide 2023

Cadeau

EUROPEAN

A feel-good European odyssey to warm the soul

Few Australian restaurants wield “European” as comprehensively as this 50-seater, where the continent is represented multilaterally through barigoule, bagna cauda, malakoffs and agrodolce. The latter, a capery green sauce spooned under a crumbed and fried orb of lamb’s brain, possesses powerful flavour, as does wine-braised baby octopus sprawled on a slice of sourdough dolloped with lemony aioli. Venison rack scattered with cubes of smoked marrow and doughnut-shaped pommes dauphine evokes dinners in chef Giorgio Ravelli’s father’s house in alpine Switzerland, after which the restaurant was named. With a menu built around European travels, Cadeau will leave you nostalgic for past journeys and excited for adventures to come, even if they all happen in this cheery dining room. (And don’t miss the Sunday roast special if you’re in town on the weekend.)

Shop 2, 26 Mullumbimbi Street, Brunswick Heads, cadeaurestaurant.com

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