Basil Nut Cafe & Restaurant

Best Known For

Grilled eggplant and duck curry with green beans and kumara flakes.

Nestled in an arcade on Katoomba Street in the Blue Mountains is family-run café Basil Nut. This labour of love is the culmination of years of experience for a brother and sister duo, with an internationally-inspired menu to suit any palate. Once inside this rustic café, the colourful chalkboards and olive-green interior walls with ambient lighting set the mood for casual, mouth-watering dining. From an Asian street food menu, delve into twice-cooked crispy pork belly, chilli jam, lime and tamarind jus to start; before crispy Peking duck breast, with Asian greens and honey soy dressing. Perhaps massaman lamb curry tempts, with kumera, potato, peanuts, steamed rice and roti; while vegetarians opt for a Buddha bowl of mushrooms, soya skin, tofu and black fungus, in chilli garlic soy sauce.