Fresh talent bringing variety to CBD dining
Newcomer offering the best of many worlds for fans of fusion food
A NEW fusion restaurant in the Cairns CBD is one to add to your list of establishments to roadtest in the new year.
Salted Lime, on Shields St, combines modern Australian cuisine with Asian flavours.
The restaurant is the second business for owner and chef Andy Shin, who also runs Sushi Rollking Sheridan.
“I wanted to take things a bit further, so I opened a restaurant,” Mr Shin said.
The menu incorporates Aussie seafood and steak with Thai, Japanese and Korean influences.
“My favourite menu item is definitely wagu beef sirloin steak,” Mr Shin said.
The beef is cooked in a sous vide-style, which is a waterbased cooking method allowing it to maintain all the juices and flavour.
“I also have a homemade garlic seafood sauce and the base of the flavour is very nice,” Mr Shin said.
Salted Lime, which is among a number of new restaurants in Cairns, has so far remained a bit of a secret, although Mr Shin said momentum was growing.
Here are a few more new restaurants and cafes you can try in 2019, if you haven’t already:
ZAMBRERO DRIVE THROUGH
This popular Mexican fast food store has launched a drivethrough venue on Mulgrave Rd at Earlville; the first north of Brisbane.
BUBBLE WAFFLE
Comfort Foodie at Orchid Plaza in the CBD added one of Hong Kong’s most popular street snacks to its menu – the bubble waffle, which is an eggbased batter cooked in honeycomb shaped waffle plates.
CHARCOAL CHICKEN
It took only a week after opening its shop on Mulgrave Rd for Finger Lickin Charcoal Chicken to gain regular customers with its smoky flavour a drawcard for the lunch and dinner crowd.
POKE PLACE
Cairns has embraced the native Hawaiian cuisine of poke bowls with the opening of Suki, which is a bowl and roll restaurant at Smithfield Shopping Centre. Poke is diced, raw fish.
SUAN SUAN
Located on Shields St in the CBD, Suan Suan offers traditional Chinese hotpot cooking with a contemporary twist, using the freshest ingredients.
ZARAFFAS EDMONTON
Caffeine addicts in Cairns South rejoiced when Zaraffas expanded to a second drivethrough on Mill St.
HOPSCOTCH CAIRNS
Hopscotch is a trendy new restaurant and bar located at Barr St Market at Earlville that focuses on an Italian and steakhouse vibe.
LAZE
The Cairns community can’t get enough of Laze Casual Dining and Desserts, a new dining haven at Trinity Beach with a focus on traditional and contemporary European/ International cuisine.
THE CHAMBERS
With cafe and restaurant-style dining, the menu at this Lake St establishment is equally rustic and sophisticated, inspired by a cross-section of cultural cuisines while maintaining a modern Australian taste.
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