Be The Foodie

Popped into this little cafe/restaurant for a quick bite before catching a movie at Rhodes the other night. It’s conveniently located across the food court from the cinema entrance in Rhodes Shopping Centre so it was a perfect dinner option since we were in a rush and weren’t content with the food-court food that was available.

Garlic Bread

Can’t have Italian without the garlic bread! This was nicely buttered all the way to edge and had a generous portion of freshly chopped garlic.

Spaghetti Alla Vinci

This was a spaghetti with Italian sausage, kalamata olives,  onion and capsicum tossed in a traditional napolitana sauce hinted with fresh pesto, freshly cut garlic and chili. Definitely a dish that’s more catered towards people with a liking for sour food (like me!) with the combination of the olives, the pesto and the tomatoey napolitana sauce.

Lamb Rack with Navigator Sauce

I’m a big sucker for anything new so when Felix asked for mushroom sauce to accompany his lamb rack, I couldn’t help but jump in and suggest he try the Navigator sauce. As pushy as I might have seemed, the description of the sauce being a creamy red wine mustard gravy infused sauteed onions, freshly crushed garlic, shallots and bayleaves sounded too good to pass up. Also in my opinion, if there’s a special sauce named after the restaurant, then you can’t not try it.

When our meal finally arrived, there were definitely no complaints of my earlier actions. The sauce was very flavoursome and was perfect with the rack of lamb cooked medium rare and a generous spoonful of creamy mash.

Navigator Brasserie

Shop 73, Rhodes Shopping Centre, Rhodes, Sydney, Australia

P: 612 9736 2865 F: 612 9736 2865

www.navigatorrestaurant.com.au/rhodes.php