Page 72 - Tropic Magazine Issue 11

Lifestyle
Food

Foodies unite at
Harbourside
Holiday Inn Cairns is launching
a new paddock-to-plate
restaurant and bar.
For years, the potential for tropical
produce, local products and native
ingredients to be a selling point for our
region has been under-cooked. But
there’s a growing realisation that food
tourism holds great potential as a unique
selling point around the world. As the
tastes of travellers change, so too is the
menu at Holiday Inn Cairns
Harbourside.
In further proof the local hotel Holiday Inn Cairns Harbourside
sector is entering a new phase of MUST
investment and reinvigoration,
Holiday Inn is launching a new TRY
offering called Harbourside Bar &
Kitchen. Formerly Teshi's
Restaurant and Blue Mango Café
Wine Bar, the new venue will use local
food and beverages as inspiration for its
paddock-to-plate concept.
Mt Uncle Gin, Sipping Duck Coffee,
Tablelands lamb and locally caught
barramundi are among the new
offerings. Signature dishes will include
Tablelands Lamb Fillet with Davidson
Plum Jam, and TNQ Crusted Barramundi
topped with Wondaree Macadamias. One
of the most interesting new menu items
is the Uncle Duck Espressotini, mixing
gin from Mount Uncle and coffee from
Sipping Duck.
Holiday Inn Cairns Harbourside general
manager Nick Henderson said the
Harbourside Bar & Kitchen features a
laid-back casual dining atmosphere with
high ceilings and eclectic décor, all
complemented by an outlook to the lush
green parklands of the Esplanade.
“We are so proud of Harbourside Bar &
Kitchen,” he said. “We have created a new
dining concept that is sure to create
waves in the Cairns dining scene. The Hemingways set to open
restaurant’s Executive Chef, Marcel The beer is brewing and construction is
Stammeier, loves wowing guests with the almost complete in Shed 2 at the Cruise
fantastic produce that our region has to Liner Terminal as Hemingways Brewery
offer, subtly combining delicious Cairns prepares to open its doors in
Australian native flavours and bringing it June. The impressive venue recently
all together with classic international installed its new state-of-the-art
cooking methods.” brewing system, a complex set up that
The new restaurant and bar is open from co-owner Tony Fyfe says was “a bit like
April 6 at Holiday Inn Cairns putting together a Meccano set.” The
Harbourside, 209-217 The Esplanade. brewery plans to create a number of
MORE: holidayinn.com/Cairns signature events at the site and can host
or (07) 4080 3015 functions of all types and sizes. The best including 10 of its own, all served at a
bit? Hemingways Brewery Cairns will massive 19m long bar. Cheers to that.
feature over 50 craft beer and cider taps MORE: hemingwaysbrewery.com