Cape Willoughby Cafe: Kangaroo Island

Take the road to Cape Willoughby at the Eastern tip of Kangaroo Island and you're bound for a fairly remote spot. But once there, the views are worth it. Over there is Fleurieu Peninsula and beyond those rolling hills, the city of Adelaide to the other side, the Southern Ocean and the occasional fishing boat. What you don't expect to see is this trendy cafe complete with cappuccino machine, impressive wine selection and some of the best produce the Island can offer. This is the Cape Willoughby Cafe, one of the most recent additions to the KI culinary scene. And with scenery like this it's bound to attract visitors from far and wide. "A lot of people just come in and say wow, you know we didn't expect to find something like this here." The emphasis is on local produce, some of which can graze across your view. Here you can get pretty well everything that's grown on the Island except it's namesake. "Everything but the kangaroo, we haven't been able to source local kangaroo yet." For Kate and Andy Gilfillan, this restaurant game is a bit of a gamble. They own a sheep property just around the next bay and used to eat here when it was run by the original owner. Having spent many hours here on their days off, they just had to take it over when the lease became available. And now they deliberately push the Islands abundant fresh produce.

"I think that's going to become more and more viable and you can't get it anywhere else basically." And if you want to sample the best that KI has to offer, then give Marion Chambers' Island antipasto a try. "What we have here is what we call golden Manchego, the traditional Spanish style of making cheese. I add some flavoured snook which I have marinated with vodka, herbs and lemon, sometimes we do it with lime. This is local calamari which has been marinated. This is the Kangaroo Island Brie which is made near Penneshaw. Here's our roast beans and pears, pears from my neighbours tree. Cygnet River sheeps' cheese and we do make catanard, we have local olives. And it's a great way to sample the Island." A trip to a place like the Cape Willoughby Cafe, requires ample time to prepare and you have a few weeks to do just that. The Cafe reopens after it's winter break in early September. For bookings contact Andy or Kate on (08) 83553 1333.

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