5. Fish curry with steamed white cod, Pilot Restaurant
The Pilot Restaurant is nestled on a leafy side street of an Ainslie neighborhood. I
The Prix Fixe and a la carte menu all change totally each day, and may include seafood offerings such as Oysters with cucumber Kombucha, and Snapper Escabeche, but their fish curry is one that locals and regulars keep asking them to bring back.
Rather than the usual fish curry, where the essence of the fish is lost in a bath of rich curry, Pilot gently poaches the fish. It sits atop a rich green curry sauce, made with reduced fish stock to further highlight the ocean flavors. Coconut milk is the creamy base, forming a lush balance to the sharp curry. Visitors who have tasted the dish claim it's well-worth the trip to Canberra, no matter how far off your track the journey takes you.
