DuckFat is the chic new restaurant on the Haven Newstead block, and it’s charging through culinary boundaries.
Serving up French cuisine that is unapologetically bold, you can expect an audacious food and cocktail experience where classic dishes are treated to a modern and unexpected twist.
Restaurant owner Simon Lambert is a veteran of fine dining and he wants to change common perceptions about French Cuisine. He stresses that the glamour of France’s high-end gastronomy tends to distract from the country’s true culinary variance:
“French cuisine is really in a box, in a lot of people’s minds. They think French food is like this or like that – it’s hard for them to see all the diversity that it can offer, but French cuisine can go from very casual to formal to extra-fine dining.” – Simon Lambert.
On the menu you will find the likes of buttery escargot, steak frites, foie gras and *gasp* French style pizzas!
Since launching, they’ve seen a great response from those looking to try something new and daring.
“At the start, you really don’t if people will respond well, exactly,” says Simon. “But some people that have come back already – like two or three times a week – which was the goal, because [DuckFat] really breaks this image of formal dining in Brisbane.”
OPENING HOURS:
| Wednesday | 11:30 am–2:30 pm, 5:30–9:30 pm |
| Thursday | 11:30 am–2:30 pm, 5:30–9:30 pm |
| Friday | 11:30 am–9:30 pm |
| Saturday | 11:30 am–9:30 pm |
| Sunday | 11:30 am–9:30 pm |
| Monday | 11:30 am–2:30 pm, 5:30–9:30 pm |
| Tuesday | 11:30 am–2:30 pm, 5:30–9:30 pm |
Bookings can be made through: duckfatbrisbane.com.au