Project Cafe Bar and Grill
17 Bourke Road (inside Adina Apartment Hotel)
Mascot Sydney
Located in the Adina Apartment Hotel Sydney Airport and are close to Qantas headquarters. The venue has been opened for 4 months and is spacious with a rustic/industrial chic feel to it. The ceiling is black with exposed pipes, there is beautiful brickwork surrounding where you sit and the high tables with gorgeous high padded copper chairs just add to the "chicness". There are of course "normal" tables and chairs. They have inside and outside seating and can seat over 150. Project Café Bar & Grill bake their own bread and pastry and are open from 6.30am Monday's to Friday's. Breakfast is from 6.30am to 11.30 am then from 11.30am to 2.30pm they serve lunches. You can pre-order your lunch which is very handy. They're also open weekends. We both had a beer with our meal. Sir chose a Peroni Nastro Azzurro and Mlady had a Fat Yak pale ale of which both beers went very well with our meals. Our Artisan wood fired pizza (10 inches) of choice was the Regina Margherita - tomato sauce dop, fior di latte, burrata and wild rocket. The Margherita is one of our favourites and we were keen to try it here. The wild rocket went so well and gave it an earthy flavour. We really liked the giant hunk of burrata cheese and thoroughly enjoyed the soft pizza base and crust. We then had their Caruso Calzone - tomato dop, ricotta, spicy salami, wild mushrooms and buffalo mozzarella. OMG this was so impressive when it arrived. It was vibrant in colour and had good bite. The spicy salami was so good. The calzone itself was yummy. This really was a great dish. One of the best calzone's Mlady said!
The Insalata we chose was the Poached Atlantic Salmon - green asparagus, spears, pear, wild rocket, chat potatoes, toasted almonds and balsamic dressing. We both love Atlantic salmon so this was a must. It had lovely flavours and textures. Everything combined well and nothing was overpowering. The pear gave it a nice crispness and the salmon was nice sized chunks.
For dessert we had cannoli. How good were these! We tried two types. Both were filled with lemon flavoured ricotta with one having almonds and the other pistachios. They had such a good crispy crunch and the lemon was delicate and oh so good. Loved these!
The food here at Project Cafe Bar and Grill is good, fresh and very tasty and the servings are generous. The whole place has a great feel to it, and there are some great areas, inside and outside, for groups and functions. Sir and Mlady dined as guests of Project Café Bar and Grill. Thanks to Grace for looking after us. Big thanks to owner Xavier for sharing his time and vision with us. Special thanks to Mike from Ompty.com for arranging our visit.