Saint Peter - Paddington

Não foi das melhores experiências. Casual food plus you touch something basic muito. We visited our day of Easter. Um almoço em família. Not so much deserves a visit.

Sea urchin roe is a definite favourite; just like an oyster, eating it lets you have an intimate encounter with the sea. At home we eat our urchin roe on hot buttered sourdough, so we had no problems easing our Pambula Sea Urchin $28) out of its spiky shell, and smearing it onto a decadent buttery crumpet during our brunch at Saint Peter. Throw in a savoury daytime drinker – the 2014 Tripe Iscariot ‘Aspic’ Rosé $75) – and I was as close to content as you can get in the current political climate.The talented Josh Niland takes scrambled eggs to the next level by teaming them with a whole Donnybrook Marron $44). It’s visually spectacular, and the tender, sweet crustacean eats beautifully against just-set eggs. While it’s hard to resist comparing the ever-changing roster of oysters, it’s the breakfast-styled dishes like this one that I’m most enamoured with on this clever brunch menu.However for the oyster aficionados, despite being tiny, the Moonlight Kiss Oysters $4.50/each) scrubbed up best against Wonboyn Rock Oysters $5/each) and four year old Tathra Rock Oysters $5.50) on this particular occasion.Making Smoked Silver Lake Eel $18) into something akin to a brandade is a clever twist, allowing you to liberally coat pikelets then dress them with your preferred condiment s). Capers, shallots, lemon, herbs – they work well in tandem – my only complaint is the generosity of the eel brandade made me want for a few more golden pikelets to play with. We contented ourselves with ordering Barley-Rye Sourdough and Cultured Butter $3) and smearing our remainders onto that. While this is a pricy place to brunch, you need to weigh that up against the impeccable, sustainable seafood you’re consuming. You can also fill out any corners with sides like Fried Cauliflower $14) turned seaward with cuttlefish ink and shallot, or Niland’s epic King Edward Potato Scallop $2). It’s the best darn potato scallop you’ll ever eat, and it’s only two bucks.NOTE: You can find a review of Saint Peter's dinner menu HERE.Saint Peter362 Oxford Street, PaddingtonPh: 02) 8937 2530

Saint Peter is a reputable seafood restaurant in Paddington. The restaurant has a very deep but narrow of roughly 3 metres storefront which creates a very intimate space; only accommodating 34 people. They serve brunch on weekends, and we went there on a Saturday. As the head chef, Josh Niland, changes the menu on a regular basis, we had the shrimp toast, charcoal grilled flounder, and passion fruit tart that day. The food is on the pricey range, but the thoughtfulness and execution behind each dish is totally worth every penny. Not only are they specialized in seafood dishes, they also make great desserts.

St Peter 's chef made incredibly 'airy ' gluten and egg-free crackers to meet my dietary requirements so I could have the cheese platter, which I appreciated. The food is amazing, unusual and high quality. We had a 6 pm booking and therefore should have been out by 8 pm. We were still finishing our meal at 8.30. I think the 2 hours is too little time for a meal like this.

I’ll put it out there... you’d be mad to miss out on this one. 17 day aged hapuka was sublime, the sea urchin crumpet Was divine and the service was seamless as a wine glass. It was tops. Get there