By Hollie Harris
Drink in the spectacular panorama of the ever-changing light patterns on the Noosa River, especially at sunset while enjoying authentic, fresh Asian cuisines with an emphasis on healthy eating.
“Fresh” Natural Asian, on Gympie Terrace, in Noosaville, offers alfresco dining with a perfect vantage point to people watch on their elevated deck. Sit back and take it all in while enjoying a cold beer, wine or freshly made juice, a snack or a gourmet meal served in coconut shells, banana leaves or on teak custom-designed plates.
The scent of cloves hanging in the air on a balmy subtropical evening brings the mood together at “Fresh,” where affordable healthy eating and good times combine.
Be entertained and educated in some traditional, original and healthy Asian cooking styles, or grab a freshly cooked dish from the take away menu or dine in a very relaxed traditional Asian environment with complimentary wifi available.
Choose from tasty, authentic cuisines which showcase the freshest local produce blended with imported South-East Asian spices. Dining here is a real culinary journey as their fresh, home-style cooking transports your senses to the islands of Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam.
Explore an Asian pantry of lesser-known ingredients such as bitter melon and salted soybeans and traditional desserts made from coconut and palm sugar.
All entrees and mains are gluten-free and they also offer an assortment of authentic vegetarian dishes.
The extensive menus represent great value with lunch from $9.50, dinner entrees and desserts under $10 and mains under $25. The also offer licensed beverages or BYO and complimentary wifi for you to enjoy.
“Fresh” Natural Asian has a unique Asian twist offering lunch and dinner as well as specialised two-hour cooking classes. The Cooking School features head chef and cooking class teacher from Indonesia, Rida Dael.
Rida has a taught healthy Asian cooking classes in hotels and luxury resorts in Zurich, Berlin, Paris and Bali and brings a “wok” full of experience and good humour to the classes she teaches.
This restaurant really does what it to feel like being part of an Asian family home or that you are a part of making preparations for a traditional ceremonial feast.
Authentic dishes cooked with love to share are made from scratch using traditional cooking methods such as banana leaf steaming or grilling. You won’t find deep fryers, microwave ovens or frozen foods in this open-air kitchen overlooking the sparkling Noosa River.
“Fresh” Natural Asian is open daily 11am until late for lunch, dinner, take-away and for cooking classes on Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday (morning and afternoon sessions). Find them at 229 Gympie Terrace, Noosaville, and call 5440 5119 to book or inquire about cooking classes.
