Restaurant Review - 1918, Tanunda

I’ll just do a quick review for 1918, since they certainly had no shortage of customers when we visited.

It was a freezing cold night in the Barossa Valley and, even though we felt like we’d done nothing but eat all day, we needed something hearty to take away the chill.

For some reason we thought it was necessary to have bread to start (in fairness, it is baked fresh each day and served with parmesan olive oil), and then french fries as a side (the aioli was delicious).  We ordered before we saw how big the mains were!

My main was the Fish of the Day.  On the day in question, it was seared salmon served with zucchini fritters and a mandarin sauce.  My salmon was cooked just how I like it (medium rare) and the zucchini fritters had a hint of Indian spice – I think perhaps coriander seeds.  The mandarin sauce was a perfect foil to the salmon.

Unfortunately, J’s dish wasn’t quite as successful.  He had the grilled lamb loin with merguez sausage, slow roasted onions, cavalo nero and cherry tomatoes.  Although the portion was generous, he felt the lamb was a bit tough and the dish as a whole needed something to bring the different elements together.  His words “it’s a bit boring”.

After all this food, we couldn’t bring ourselves to order dessert just yet…so we ran across to Foodland and bought some Maggie Beer icecream to enjoy later in the evening (what, I can’t go without dessert – I’m on holidays!).

1918 Bistro and Grill
94 Murray St
Tanunda  SA

Ph: 08 8563 0405
Web:  http://www.1918.com.au/