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Spanish eatery, Cachemira, opens in Stepney

Say bienvenidos to Cachemira, Stepney’s new Spanish eatery brought to you by the group behind popular Blackwood eatery Lenox Avenue.

Say bienvenidos to the new Spanish eatery in Stepney.

The highly-anticipated new restaurant Cachemira has opened with a European-style menu and fit out. The new venue comes from the group behind popular Blackwood eatery Lenox Avenue, and operates under a similar model. 

Cachemira co-directors Izaac King and Nathan Nababan decided to make a Mediterranean-inspired eatery after seeing the Stepney space’s European-style courtyard, which has “greenery everywhere,” decades-old olive trees, and vines growing up the walls.

The venue has a “heavy splash of gold” amid a black and white fit out, with unique light fixtures, wooden seats, and Picasso-style art adorning the walls. 

Perhaps most notably, the restaurant features a full wall of individual sheets of 24 karat gold, assembled by Izaac. He decided to install it himself after outsourcing a lot of the work for his other establishment, Lenox Avenue.

“I learned a lot of lessons with Lenos Avenue, one being that I paid a lot of people to execute ideas I should have done myself,” Izaac says. 

“Apart from a couple of tradies who have helped out, I’ve designed, painted, installed, and picked out everything in Cachemira; I’ve learned that the best way to execute my vision is to do it myself.”

Nathan said a massive drawcard to the space is the gorgeous court yard area.

“It attracts a lot of people and it’s a massive hit during beautiful sunny days,” Nathan said.

Cachemira currently serves up an all day menu of Mediterranean-style dishes. There’s breaky staples with ham and cheese croissants and banana bread and larger brunch classic dishes with a Spanish twist.

Nathan said one of the the most popular dishes has been the truffle mushroom ragu with poached egg and parmigiano reggiano.

A signature dish is the “calamari Madrid”, which is a Spanish favourite being calamari in a baguette. Cachemira’s dish has a bit of a spin; it is open-faced, with the calamari, smoked aioli, chili, dill, and more atop the toasted baguette. 

The last meal unveiled as part of their multi-tiered opening will be dinner, but this is yet to be available. Set to launch in 2022, Cachemira will eventually be open for dinner service with a focus on tapas share plates, cooking up Serrano ham croquettes, pickled items, carbonara pasta, and more. 

Once their liquor license is approved, the tapas menu will be available for lunch first, and then dinner soon after.

Cachemira is located at 137 Magill Road, Stepney. 

You can follow Cachemira on Facebook and Instagram and see their website here.

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