Festival of the Burger, Winter UNO comp and a Brewing workshop

It’s getting a bit cooler and the pub is getting cosier. Mulled Cider on the bar, hearty stew and lots of fun board games to play. There is never a dull moment at The Duck – so EAT. DRINK. QUACK. and have fun.

• May 13 to 18 – Festival of the Burger
• May 22 – Our fun time Winter UNO competition
• Jun 15 and July 6 – Rocks Brewing
• Month of June is Month of the Pig  - Festival of the Sausage

Festival of the Burger

It seems that the love of the burger is stronger than ever. Our Kitchen team decided it was time to celebrate the humble burger with our very own Festival. So from Monday May 13 until May 18, you can rejoice in the burger by trying our Festival of the Burger tasting plate.

Three mini burgers for you to sample will send your tastebuds wild. Cajun Chicken w/ jalapeño mayo, Good ol’ fashioned cheeseburger w/BBQ relish and to top it off, a Pulled Pork burger w/apple sauce. This mini burger Festival is yours for $15 and if you don’t mind a tasty beer to complement your burger, ask for the matching ponies for an extra $10.

It’s the amazing FESTIVAL of the Burger so come and join in the fun. From May 13 to May 18

Fun time Winter UNO competition

It doesn’t get much more fun than a pub full of people all vying to be the UNO champion. If you have joined in the fun before, you know what we mean. Grab a group of friends, book yourself in and start practicing UNO. The best fun you can have on a Wednesday night.

When you are crowned UNO champion, you win a bottle of Pol Roger AND your very own glass that will be etched with your name and sit behind the bar for you to use every time you come in! So get your Draw Four happening, reverse all other plans and start screaming UNO! Only on May 22.

Brew-your-own-beer Workshop

We are excited to host a unique event in our garden on June 15 and July 6. Have you ever wanted to brew your own beer? If the answer is yes, then book yourself a ticket lickety-split to our Brewing Day.

Hosted by the masters of craft beer, the Rocks Brewing Co. will have their Master Brewer teach you how to brew your own beer while you enjoy a Burger and a couple of beers. Then come back on July 6 to pick up your bottled beer.

Sound like fun? I reckon. Call us to book your place – June 15 from 1.00pm – 5.00pm and then back again on July 6 from 1.00pm to 3.00pm to bottle. Tickets are limited so book now. Only $40 (includes burger and two beers)

It’s PIG MONTH – or as we like to call it, Month of the PIG ( All June long)

It’s the celebration of the humble pig – a month long feast so get some pork on your fork! Each week a different “PIG” dish to tantalise or challenge you.

• June 3 to 8     – Pork Schnitzel w/Cabbage Salad and Mash
• June 10 to 15 – Braised Pork Neck and Pea Risotto w/Parmesan and Pea shoots
• June 17 to 22 – Crispy Pigs Ears and Tails
• June 24 to 28 – our favourite Pork Belly
• June 29          - Pig on the Spit

Rather delicious. Pork isn’t just the other white meat. It’s the white meat! So head to the Duck for our month of the PIG.

And of course, we have all our fabulous events like Trivia, $15 lunch specials, Burger and Beers on Tuesday nights, Monday night Super fun Hot Curry Club on the first Monday of every month and lots of fun.

EAT. DRINK. QUACK.  See you at your home away from home soon!

Beers,Burgers,Rumps,Red and ANZAC Day!

With the end of daylight savings and the cooler weather starting, what better way to warm the cockles of your heart than with burgers and beers or rump and red!

This month you can Eat. Drink. Quack. to your hearts content.

• April 15 to 20 – It’s Rump and Red time!
• April 25 – Head ‘em up on ANZAC Day
• Every Monday – $100 Bar tab Trivia
• Every Tuesday – Burgers and Beer
• Fish Finger Fridays – every Friday
• $15 Lunch Specials – Mon to Thur
• $15 Dinners – Mon to Wed
• Every Sunday – Sunday Roast family-style

Hungry? Stop in for Rump and Red – April 15 to 20

It’s getting a bit cooler and what better way to cosy up than at The Duck. For one week only, our Rump and Red dinners will fill you up and give your cheeks a warm glow. A 250g rump served w/mash, watercress and jus can be teamed with a glass of red for $28-00. And if your bestie wants to come to, you can get two rumps and a bottle of red for $60-00. Delish!

ANZAC DAY – Head ‘em up!

If last year is anything to go by, you all love a bit of 2-UP teamed with a longneck and a good ol’ Aussie sausage sizzle on Anzac Day. And what fun it will be!

Join the 2-UP ring and commemorate this day. Salute the diggers with a toast on April 25 from midday. Plenty to eat and plenty to drink. Head ‘em up.

ANZAC Day at The Duck!

Burgers and Beer start every Tuesday night

Love a burger – particularly when it is devoured with a pint of beer? Bringing back the pint for our special Burgers and Beer night – every Tuesday. Burger. Pint of beer. $25-00 – can’t go wrong!

“Stewing” about what to cook for dinner?

Served from the cauldron on the bar, our $15 Stew nights seem to be hitting the spot in your bellies. Don’t stress about what to cook tonight. Head in between 6-8pm every Monday to Wednesday for your hearty bowl of stew and fresh bread. Wash it down with a glass of wine from our wine list. Yum!

Friends, family, Sunday Roast!

There’s nothing better than hanging out with your family and friends on a Sunday afternoon over a delicious Sunday Roast. Every Sunday, Chef Gnomes chooses a different roast and serves it with a mass of potatoes and veges for that good old fashioned Sunday lunch. A quiet glass of Rio Mendoza Malbec and a cheese plate to finish makes Sunday the best day of the week!

Fish Finger Fridays and $15 Lunch Specials

You guys are mad for Fish Finger Fridays! So it is here to stay! A fish finger sandwich with rocket, tartare sauce and fries for only $9.00. Great with a Governor Golden Ale!

Ducking in from the office or racing past doing a delivery? If you are after a quick, satisfying meal to get you through the day, pop on in. Our $15 Lunch specials from Monday to Thursday could be anything from a hearty soup to a delicious squid ink pasta or a scrumptious massive sandwich.

One thing is for sure, it will be yummy and quick – only $15.

EAT. DRINK. QUACK.  See you at your home away from home soon!

Festivals, curries, chess and cheers.

Eat. Drink. Quack. your way through our month of Festival fun!

• Feb 25 to Mar 31 – NSW Wine Festival
• Mar 4 – Brad’s Super Fun Hot Curry Club
• Mar 17 – St. Patricks Day fun
• Mar 18 to 23 – Festival of the Sausage
• All month – Jenga competition
• Fish Finger Fridays – every Friday
• $15 Lunch Specials – Mon to Thur
• $15 Dinners – Mon to Wed
• Saturday afternoon Chess and Cheers – 4pm to 7pm
• Every Sunday – Laze your way through the day w/ Sunday Roast

Celebrate NSW Wine Festival with us

We love wine! And a smile is on our face as we are part of the NSW WIne Festival! Partnered with the fabulous De Iuliis vineyard, Chef Naomi has designed a dish to go perfectly with a glass (or two) of De Iuliis Verdelho. A tasty Crispy Skin Blue Eye Cod w/ wilted greens, radish and olive tapenade matched with a glass of De Iuliis Verdehlo for $30. So come and celebrate NSW Wine with us! From Feb 25 to March 31

Keep calm and curry on – Brad’s Super Fun Hot Curry Club

So we let Big Rhys have fun with the Curry Club last month and now it’s Brad’s turn to weave his curry magic – and weave he has!

What better way to start the week than grabbing some friends, booking in for trivia and having a few beers and Brad’s super fun hot curries.

On Monday March 4, he is whipping up a Lamb Rogan Josh (no joshin’) and a Goan Fish curry – served with fragrant basmati rice, vegetable pakora and pappadums. So grab some mates and head down to feast on his yummy curry, whilst playing to win a $100 bar tab in our Trivia comp. Can you stand the heat of our Hot Curry Club? Bet you can. So go on, keep calm and curry on!

Get a bit of the Irish about you!

What’s not to love about St. Patrick’s Day – March 17 – and quietly we all wish we had a bit of Irish in us! To celebrate this great day in true Irish style, there will be oysters and Irish Stew on the menu. Not to mention the Irish Cider that will flowing! Love a bit of the Irish luck.

The 2nd Annual Festival of the Sausage (aka Sausage fest)

If last year was anything to go by, you all loved our Festival of the Sausage! So it is on again! Tasty selection of sausages matched with beers and cider – every day and night from March 18 to 23. Mmmmm……sausages!

Jenga competition

Love a bit of a challenge? Come on in, have the highest Jenga tower, get it verified by our Ducktastic team and you could win! Jenga – the power of a steady hand (and a bit of engineering know-how may help but not necessary for fun!) All month long!

Chess and Cheers -

So you’ve done the weekly shopping, you’ve cleaned the house and done all your other Saturday chores. Time to chill out. Come in for our Saturday afternoon Chess and Cheers. Every Saturday afternoon, make yourself at home with a game of Chess, cards or scrabble. And because we know you love your board games, we have jugs of Rocks Lager for only $14 between 4pm and 7pm to help hone those game playing skills. Come hang out with us and play chess and cheers!

In a “stew” about what to cook for dinner?

Don’t be! Because we now have $15 Stew nights every Monday to Wednesday. Head in between 6-8pm for your hearty bowl of stew and fresh bread and grab yourself an ale from our craft beer list to wash it down. A different stew each week served from the cauldron on the bar – mmmm, I can smell it now and it smells bloody good!

Sunday Roast with the family

Seriously – there is nothing better than a lazy Sunday with your family and friends and a tasty Sunday roast. A different roast each Sunday served with a mass of potatoes and veges – can’t go wrong! Team it with a quiet glass of Rogers and Rufus Rose and we may have to nudge you from your food coma! Delish.

Fish Finger Fridays and $15 Lunch Specials

After something quick and yummy for lunch. Check out our $15 Lunch specials from Monday to Thursday. A delicious risotto or pasta special will be on our specials board. You can guarantee that it will be yummy and quick – only $15.

Then on Fridays, we have Fish Finger Friday – yum! A fish finger sandwich with rocket, tartare sauce and fries for only $9.00. Great with a McLaren Vale Ale!

EAT. DRINK. QUACK.  See you at your home away from home soon!

Doin’ it for the kids!

Danny Russo teams with Naomi Lowry for one night only – Feb 28

For one special night only, Danny Russo is taking over the kitchen at The Duck Inn to whip us up an intriguing and inventive five course Italian menu. Teaming with our Head Chef Naomi Lowry, Danny is giving his time for this dinner to raise money for the Westmead Children’s Hospital.

With a few seats left, we are giving 50% of the ticket price to the Kids Hospital so not only do you get to dine on Danny’s amazing menu, you are also doing it for a good cause!

Limited seats left – call us to book your ticket – 9319 4415.

Celebrate NSW Wine with us – Feb 25 to March 31!

It’s the NSW Wine Festival and we are proud to be taking part. We are partnered with the beautiful De Iuliis – a Hunter Valley vineyard.

Chef Gnomes has dreamed up a divine Crispy Skin Blue Eye Cod w/ wilted greens, radish and olive tapenade matched with a glass of De Iuliis Verdehlo for $30. So celebrate NSW wine with us!

See you at The Duck – your home away from home!

Spice up your life!

It’s back to work and back to the routine but here at The Duck we like to spice life up a bit and that’s what we have planned for February.

• Feb 4 – Big Rhys’ Super Fun Hot Curry Club
• Feb 10 – Fair Day Sausage Sizzle (please don’t let it rain)
• Feb 14 – Valentines Day without the mush
• Feb 20 – Summer UNO competition
• Feb 28 – Guest Chef Danny Russo Charity Dinner
• Fish Finger Fridays – every Friday
• $15 Lunch Specials
• Every Sunday – Sunday lunch fun – Make your own Bloody Marys

Keep calm and curry on – BIG Rhys’ Super Fun Hot Curry Club

What better way to start the week than grabbing some friends, booking in for trivia and having a few beers and Rhys’ super fun hot curries.

On Monday Feb 4, he is whipping up a Prawn Tikka Masala and a Beef Madras. Served with pilau rice, you can grab yourself a Two Birds Sunset Ale and feast on his yummy curry, whilst playing to win a $50 bar tab in our Trivia comp.

Can you stand the heat of Rhys’ Hot Curry Club? Bet you can.

So go on, keep calm and curry on!

Fair Day Sausage Sizzle

Heading to Fair Day at Victoria Park? On your way home, pop in for our sausage sizzle in the courtyard. Grab yourself a bottle of Rogers and Rufus Rose and hang out – sausage in a yummy white bread roll topped with delicious barbecued onions –  I can already smell the onions on the BBQ!

Valentine’s Day – without the mush

We love Valentine’s Day but not the mushy bit so Head Chef Gnomes has a menu that will leave your mouth watering. For $65.00 pp, your night will start with a glass of bubbles on us before you feast on a scrumptious three course meal – check it out here - Valentines Day Menu. Book to make sure you don’t miss out!

Summer UNO competition

You’d go wild if you missed our Summer UNO competition – so “draw four” friends and book yourself in to be our UNO Champion. Win a bottle of Pol Roger french champagne and your very own glass etched with your name. Your glass will sit behind the bar for you to drink from when you come in! So practice shouting “UNO” and sign up now for February 20 – starts at 7.30pm. Prize for best themed UNO dress too! See you when you are shouting “UNO!”

CHARITY DINNER w/Guest Chef Danny Russo

The fabulous Danny Russo is going to be our Guest Chef for an evening of amazing Italian food on February 28 @ 7.00pm. Danny will be cooking to raise money for the Westmead Children’s Hospital.  He has featured twice in the New York Times, as well as receiving rave reviews in Vogue Entertaining, Time Out, The Daily Telegraph and The (Sydney) Magazine for his culinary talent. Gourmet Traveller’s Pat Nourse described Danny’s food as “some of Sydney’s most intriguing Italian food”.

While Danny specialises in modern Italian cuisine, his talent in reworking classic recipes to create a combination of traditional flavours with modern style is amazing. We can’t wait for this night. Bookings will be taken now – only 50 seats available at $80.00 a head with $20 from every ticket sale going to the Westmead Children’s Hospital. More info to be posted but don’t miss out on this fun night.

Fish Finger Fridays and $15 Lunch Specials

After something quick and yummy for lunch. Check out our $15 Lunch specials from Monday to Thursday. A delicious risotto or past special will be on our specials board. Last week, we had red capsicum, rocket and Parmesan risotto. What will it be next week? You can guarantee that it will be yummy and quick – only $15.

Then on Fridays, we have Fish Finger Friday – yum! A fish finger sandwich with rocket, tartare sauce and fries for only $9.00. Great with a McLaren Vale Ale!

Feb is full of things at The Duck to spice up your life – so pop in for a drink, a bite to eat or just to say hi – cos we love that as well. See you at your home away from home soon!

Did someone say High Five comp?

We’ve all made (and probably broken) our New Years resolutions. Was it to get healthy, drink less, be a better friend or is it year of the family? Whatever your resolution, ours was to make sure you continue to have a fun time when you come to The Duck.

And fun times we will have………..January brings us loads of good times in the sun!

• Australia Day High Five Comp – January 26
• Big Mike’s Fresh Juices – all month
• Gourmet Sunday BBQ’s – every Sunday from Jan 13
• Trivia with a twist – every Monday from Jan 14
• Make your own Bloody Mary’s – every Sunday

AUSTRALIA DAY HIGH FIVE COMP

Come and get all patriotic and Sam Kekovich on us with a Lamb on the spit in the garden. But most importantly, start practicing your high five moves – get a team together, come up with the most cool, creative and fun high five move to win! To check out some of last years action, click here. http://tinyurl.com/avbngyn. High Five comp starts at 3.00pm. Lamb on the spit from midday!

BIG MIKE’S FRESH JUICES

Feeling like a detox? Or maybe your New Years resolution was to be a little bit healthier.

Each day, Big Mike’s juice will be freshly made and on sale until it runs out. If you can guess what is in Big Mike’s juice, you get to name it – and your name will be up in lights (well, on the blackboard anyway!)

GOURMET SUNDAY BBQ’s

Our famous Sunday roasts are taking a bit of a holiday in this hot weather and we are cranking up the barbie in our garden for lunch and dinner on Sundays.  A different gourmet BBQ every Sunday from January 13. Yummy meals like spatchcock or a whole fish or chargrilled steaks, served with three delicious salads and a bread roll.  A lovely lazy way to spend a Sunday!

TRIVIA WITH A TWIST

If you haven’t tried our trivia night, get yourself down to The Duck on Mondays from 7.30pm. Trivia Katie keeps the brain working, the creative juices flowing and the laughs aplenty. Our twist is the creative section of the quiz – all you get is a piece of foil and a topic – and the rest is up to your team. Prizes for the winner, the loser and the runner-up. Starts from Monday January 14.

MAKE YOUR OWN BLOODY MARYS

Start your Sunday lunch with a Bloody Mary. If you like it just the way you like it, we have the answer. A “make your own Bloody Mary station” at the bar – mix it up and spice to your taste! Yum – nothing better. Every Sunday from midday.

So get quacking – see you here for a Bloody Mary, a BBQ, trivia or on Australia Day!

Have you been naughty or nice?

With the elves getting their act together and Xmas fast approaching, there is no better place to celebrate the silly season with your family and friends.

• Gourmet BBQ’s in the garden every Sunday
• NYE Garden Feast
• New Years Day Recovery Brunch
• Trivia every Monday with Trivia Katy
• New Summer Menu

Gourmet Sunday BBQ’s

Looking for a fun, relaxing way to spend a Sunday – then stop by for our Gourmet BBQ in the garden. For our first Sunday you will have a choice of mouth watering spatchcock or ocean trout matched with three salads and a roll – mmm, I don’t want to wait until Sunday! Each week, Chef Gnomes will dream up a new gourmet treat for the BBQ so book now – $26.00pp.

NYE Garden Feast

Got your NYE sorted? If not, why not book in for our NYE Garden Feast.  All the fun will be happening out in our garden with a beef and lamb spit. Friends. Laughs. Good times. The Duck garden will be the place to be for a relaxing meal and a few drinks to see in the New Year.

Recovery Brunch

And if NYE takes its toll and your head is feeling a little sore, come in and relax with our New Years Day Recovery Brunch. Our normal menu will move aside for the old brunch favs – Eggs Benedict, The Duck Big Brekkie, Fruit Platter w/ Greek Yoghurt, the old faithful egg and bacon roll and of course, eggs any way ( poached, fired or scrambled) – and a Recovery Brunch wouldn’t be the same without a good old fashioned Bloody Mary! Starts from 12.00pm.

Trivia Nights

Trivia Katy has a loyal following on Monday nights so if you haven’t been to one of our Trivia Nights, book yourself a table for a Monday night before Xmas. A great way to celebrate the festive season with some friends – every Monday until Christmas at 7.30pm.

New Summer Menu @ The Duck

Our new summer menu has just been released. Check it out.

With new seasonal dishes like chargrilled tuna w/ nicoise salad, house made squid ink fettucine w/prawns, garlic, chilli, lemon and parsley and tender Cowra Lamb rump, there is something for everyone. Of course, all your favourites are still there – burger, fish and chips and bangers and mash.

And to really get into the swing of Xmas, Chef Gnomes and her team baked some cute little gingerbread men – you never know, one may come your way as you are sitting at the bar. See you at The Duck for all your pre and post Chrissie fun. Ho ho ho and a Merry Christmas!