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Paloma House by Fearon Hay takes the high ground in rural New South Wales

When Alessandro Pavoni of Ormeggio at The Spit declared his new waterside restaurant at Crown Sydney to be a return to the glamorous, service-oriented dining rooms of the past, the words "Oh dear" came to mind. The last thing we need, I thought, is a big, expensive, pretentious restaurant. Certainly, aMare is big, with two levels of dining (downstairs is best) and a broad terrace laid out before the bay views across to Balmain. At last count, the floor staff numbered 100 and theyre still hiring...