Lúc Lắc

Ghanem Group – the team behind Donna Chang, Blackbird and Bisou Bisou – expanded its portfolio in 2024 with Lúc Lắc, an Indochine-inspired restaurant and bar showcasing the flavours of Vietnam, Thailand and Singapore. Ghanem Group executive chef Jake Nicolson and Lúc Lắc’s head chef Dann Rowell are drawing on Queensland’s abundance to shape a menu featuring everything from snacks, salads and wok-tossed dishes to slow-braised clay-pot curries, grilled meats and seafood. Lúc Lắc’s signature dishes include kampot-peppered beef tossed with betel leaf and lemongrass, crispy snail and pork spring rolls, whole crispy spotted blue grouper with native tamarind and three-taste sauce, and Vietnamese-style baby goat yellow curry with sweet potato, coriander and Thai basil. On the drinks front, beverage director Aaron Clark has fashioned a drinks list featuring flavour-packed cocktails, Asian beers and international wines. The venue boasts a vibrant, tropical-inspired design scheme featuring floral fabrics, animal prints and brass accents, applied across a casual bar-dining space and main restaurant floor, with an external gallery also given a rainforest setting.