PROFILED BY DE GROOTS MEDIABacash is situated on a stretch of Domain Road that offers loads of dining possibilities, however few are as consistently pleasing as this. The restaurant is decorated with care, with carpeted floors and white cloths, and a changing exhibition of contemporary paintings on the walls. This is an excellent restaurant where the acoustics encourage conversation. The same care is shown in the menu and the wine list. The menu’s strength is seafood: Michael Bacash’s name is synonymous with good seafood, ever since he opened Toofey’s in Carlton.
Choosing from the menu is a challenge because it all sounds so good. Lots of regulars don’t even look at the menu or listen to the specials; they come here for the signature dish of grilled flounder, served with chips and salad. How it is prepared is a mystery and a joy: the fish is as delicious at the last mouthful as it is at the first. But to order the flounder means to miss out on the other dishes, such as the seared duck breast or crisped whiting. Entrees are fabulous: the garfish and nori rolls are a classic, brilliant dish of boned, stuffed garfish wrapped in nori, then fried and handsomely presented. There are always a couple of excellent vegetarian dishes, and the dessert list is small but gorgeous.
Rita Erlich, October 2007
