All right, if you are travelling from Sydney to Port Stephens,
one you are off the highway, it is not easy to miss the big banner for the Port
Stephens Winery. As you enter the winery, and make it to the reception, it is
the Murray's Brewery for beer and the Port Stephens Winery. Coincidentally, I had
been here few years back, in a bus tour
to Port Stephens. I remembered this place too well for its fantastic fish and
chips. This time, some one told me to look out for Murray's brewery and I was
overjoyed upon arrival to realize it was the same place.
Big area with lawns for the family, another outside seating
with barrels as tables and then the main area with a white canopy and tables
underneath. Coming around in December, there was a festive spirit in the air. Big
groups of families and friends partying. The bar was decorated with Christmas trees
and Santa hats. The white canopy had big tables reserved with the Christmas spread.
Live music made it even better.
Well, we were starving and decided to quickly dig into the
food. The menu had a lot of options, but knowing me, it was more about trying
out a few dishes, although I do get carried away and over ambitious at times. I
started with the chicken wings for starters. What was interesting is that most
of the food here had beer or wine in some form or the other. Be it the golden
ale which is used in the pizza crust to lighten it, the beer BBQ sauce, or the
battered fish. Well I simply ordered the chicken wings, the fish and chips and the
Punch and Judy’s Pizza.
Let’s start with the chicken wings. Very very crispy and
crunchy. It was served in a small steel bucket, along with a chipotle BBQ
Sauce. The sauce was overwhelming. A very dark brown thick sauce. One dip and
you realized, that the sauce had a dark mysterious enchanting smoky flavor. I
tend to make it sound mystical, but well this chicken wings and the sauce was
legendary. I have had chicken wings, and I loved this one, due to the crunch,
but the smoky flavor of the sauce was too good to be true. One small tub had
about 9 or pieces. 
Next came the fish and chips. The fish was battered with the
whale ale, and served in a wooden tray with crispy pieces of the fish. This fish
is undoubtedly one of the best and the same as I had a few years back. Very crispy.
Served with shoe string fries and two dips, one of tartare sauce and the other
was a green one- which I believe was for mushy peas. Very tasty again and I
would love to come back here again for the fish and chips.
The Punch and Judy Pizza, was the tandoori chicken pizza,
with avocado, rocket, jalapenos and yogurt. Now yougurt was an interesting
twist, but this woodfired pizza was yum and it was full of fresh ingredients. I
loved the pizza.
A word of advise, the portion are quite generous. The pizza was huge and so were the 
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3443 Nelson Bay Rd, Bobs Farm NSW 2316
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