Haha, I’m so silly for starting a post about a seafood restaurant using a picture of a flat white! But there’s a reason for that, I was here for brunch, and, the coffee was surprisingly good! I’ve never had coffee this pleasant from one before (including Saint Peter’s Artificer batch brew; that was nice but not at an Artificer level).
Ok, let’s get onto the seafoody goodness. Petermen is a newly opened Josh Niland establishment, and conveniently (for me) located in St Leonards. I’d read that it wasn’t quite as experimental or out there as Saint Peter, but I was here specifically for brunch, so that I could get a chance of tasting those wonderful sea urchin crumpets again. But I couldn’t just have the crumpets, I had to try some other things too! More oysters, especially as I hadn’t had a wapengo oyster in forever, so I had to get one, plus a merimbula rock oyster too.
Here is the delightful little expensive crumpet! Yes, how delicious! I remember really loving the actual crumpet at Saint Peter, and it’s just as good here! The best thing about this little morsel is that the crumpet is at the same level as the sea urchin, super crispy crusty on the outside and soft on the inside!
They had larger dishes that I also wanted to try, but since most of these were for two people, I had to think strategically. I couldn’t order anymore appetisers or else I’d be too full to finish the main, even though I really wanted to try the scallops. Maybe next time! I decided on the fish sausage with tomato, since I haven’t tried a fish sausage yet. I really wanted to know how the taste and texture would be, and it was very good. It absolutely fits right in with beef sausages on a barbeque! Super extremely good! And the best thing about this dish was that the tomato dressing was the perfect accompaniment to the sausage! So much flavour! So much so that I realised I needed bread to mop up all the sauce!
I was so full, but I did have to try out a dessert too. This was the apple tart, and it was a nice simple dish! I was hoping for a shortcrust pastry crust, rather than this flat style, but this wasn’t bad! Not quite my style of dessert, but I already knew that too – I deliberately chose something I wouldn’t usually go for to expand my palate!
And the best bit of all was that Josh was actually there at the restaurant! So I had to turn on my stalker mode and take a photo!
What I love about this place is that it’s so much easier to get to than Paddington, which is automatically a plus for me! It means that I don’t miss Saint Peter as much. The seafood here is very good, even though the prices are through the roof. It’s worth the experience, even if it’s just once!