Eating Out Byron Style

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                      Where To Eat?

The many restaurants, cafes and other multifarious eating options available in the Byron Bay area seem endless. Every month there is a new addition to an already over supplied market. This is great for creating a diverse range of places where people can eat out, but  we are as a consequence spoiled for choice. Obviously it depends on the food mood you are in where you decide to eat. There is however an anticipation when we choose a restaurant that we will have an enjoyable experience and that all the usual dining out criteria will be met to our satisfaction, including the bill.

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                     Local Knowledge

The Byron Bay Foodie eats out regularly in the local area and gives a realistic overview and critique of some of the eateries you might also like to visit. Having the assistance of local knowledge can help you decide where you would like to dine out and which food establishment to choose. We give regular updates of our favourite eating out venues along with good suggestions and helpful tips and hints for dining Byron Style. We’ll also give recommendations of food venues a little further afield which are well worth a visit. We can’t wait to tuck in so that you can also have the pleasure of eating in the best that Byron Bay has to offer.

                The Farm – Byron Bay

Reviewed 22nd August 2018

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The Farm consists of a community of micro businesses in a huge rustic rural shed set in delightful bucolic fields and farmyard just as you imagine it to be. It’s only about 10 minutes from Byron Bay CBD but the farm takes you to another world, especially if you are from the city. The Farm is a local phenomenon and has been a success since day one, and no wonder it has all the right ingredients as a Byron Bay attraction. When you visit this buzzy, vibrant area you will understand why The Farm is everyone’s local favourite.

Most folk who go to The Farm are going there to eat at the Three Blue Ducks. The team that heads up the Three Blue Ducks are a success story all of their own and continue to expand.

The Farm Drinks

We opted to go for lunch on a perfect, sunny day in Byron; very often you have to queue for a table, today we didn’t have to wait too long and were soon seated and ordered a refreshing local Kombucha and a very delicious New England Brewing Belgian style beer. All the beers are Australian produced craft beers.

So what to eat? The menu is versatile and has enough to offer whether you just feel like grazing or sharing or if you want to go the whole hog and have three courses. We decided on the ‘Tomato and Basil Soup’ (from the cafe menu), ‘Wok-fried greens, herb stem salsa verde and chilli salt almonds’ and the fish of the day being Chargrilled Mulloway, smoky fish broth, Tokyo turnip, radish, Farm greens, cultured butter and pickled stems.

As the saying goes; ‘we eat with our eyes’ and all the dishes we tried had very good simple presentation.
The ‘Tomato and Basil Soup’ came with the house “Bread Social” sourdough with the ubiquitous addition of iridescent kale and a pesto drizzle, this gave the soup a wondrous, surreal appearance.
The flavour was good, however it was a tad sweet and could have been a little hotter.
The Mulloway was very fresh and had beautiful moist flakes of flesh and was cooked to perfection, the broth was very light and delicate with a hint of fennel, the ‘Tokyo’ turnip added an interesting contrast with XO oil the mystery ingredient.
The considered ‘pick’ of the dishes was the Wok-fried greens, this dish was light and had great texture with the flavours complimenting each other very happily. The addition of the salsa verde was hardly necessary but gave the dish a touch more verve and character.
Who needs meat when vegies can be this good?

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Tips for eating at the Three Blue Ducks

The restaurant has many good menu selections.
At lunch we suggest ordering from the ‘Smalls’ i.e. starters and the ‘Sides’. This enables you to choose a few more dishes to share.

We’ll be back….

Whether your going for breakfast, lunch or dinner or for a good coffee and their world class breads and patisserie The Farm is a winner.

We’ll be back and so will you.

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