http://www.spicersgroup.com.au/restaurant/long-apron
I'm pretty well versed with the dining scene in Brisbane and it's surrounds and feel extremely lucky that I have some of the best restaurants in the country just a short distance from my front door. I guess you could say I'm very comfortable knowing that at any time I can quite easily hit a fine dining restaurant for a meal. I have to admit that lately I've been getting a little restless with my dining choices, sure, there are some amazing dining options, but sometimes there is a little 'sameness' about them. To 'spice' it up a little bit, I've been going further and further afield from my CBD base and I've been discovering some amazing restaurants and meals.
My best mate the Big Boy, who lives overseas now and I only get to see a couple of times a year, was recently back for a week. It's been our custom to book into as many nice restaurants as possible when he's back so he can get a reminder about how great Australian food can be. We generally take him to our favourite restaurants, which this time included Hatch & Co, Gerard's, Rogue Bar and Bistro and of course Esquire. There is no doubt that these are all amazing restaurants and the Big Boy loved them all, but there was still that notion that there was a bit of 'sameness' about the experiences. We thought it would be time to 'spice' it up.
The idea actually came from SC and it was a beauty. We'd been hearing for a long time that there was an amazing restaurant up at Spicers Resort at Montville called The Long Apron. Our plan was to make a day of it, drive up to Montville mid-morning and arrive in time for lunch, then drive home through Maleny and stop off for some gelato. We'd been toying with the idea of doing a day trip to visit the Long Apron for years but given my propensity against driving long distances, I've always avoided going.
I'm pretty well versed with the dining scene in Brisbane and it's surrounds and feel extremely lucky that I have some of the best restaurants in the country just a short distance from my front door. I guess you could say I'm very comfortable knowing that at any time I can quite easily hit a fine dining restaurant for a meal. I have to admit that lately I've been getting a little restless with my dining choices, sure, there are some amazing dining options, but sometimes there is a little 'sameness' about them. To 'spice' it up a little bit, I've been going further and further afield from my CBD base and I've been discovering some amazing restaurants and meals.My best mate the Big Boy, who lives overseas now and I only get to see a couple of times a year, was recently back for a week. It's been our custom to book into as many nice restaurants as possible when he's back so he can get a reminder about how great Australian food can be. We generally take him to our favourite restaurants, which this time included Hatch & Co, Gerard's, Rogue Bar and Bistro and of course Esquire. There is no doubt that these are all amazing restaurants and the Big Boy loved them all, but there was still that notion that there was a bit of 'sameness' about the experiences. We thought it would be time to 'spice' it up.
The idea actually came from SC and it was a beauty. We'd been hearing for a long time that there was an amazing restaurant up at Spicers Resort at Montville called The Long Apron. Our plan was to make a day of it, drive up to Montville mid-morning and arrive in time for lunch, then drive home through Maleny and stop off for some gelato. We'd been toying with the idea of doing a day trip to visit the Long Apron for years but given my propensity against driving long distances, I've always avoided going.
