Federal Doma Café, Northern Rivers

This indoor-outdoor Japanese eatery made for a well-earned pit stop following a hike to nearby Minyon Falls. Karaage-style nubs of cauliflower crowned a vibrant salad of compressed watermelon, rice noodles and slivers of capsicum, topped with a coriander and coconut sauce.

3/6 Albert Street, Federal, NSW.

Jordan Kretchmer, writer