Frozé ($7.50) - based on frozen rosé wine - has hit our shores after being the darling of the last American summer. Looking every bit the frozen pink slushie, its climate-friendly characteristics combined with the obvious Instagram appeal, is likely to make it the drink our own long, hot summer. I got my first sip at The Bayview Hotel in Gladesville, and I can definitively see the appeal of this blend of Luna Rosa Rosé, peach schnapps, strawberries and lemon juice. Gladesville – one of the local council areas that valiantly fought against the Mike Baird Government’s forced amalgamations in court – has lost its village appeal since my last visit. It’s currently a zone of industry, with medium density apartment blocks springing up on both sides of the over-taxed Victoria Road. The Bayview Hotel seems well placed to offer the impending influx of new residents a home away from home, with a diverse range of crowd-pleasing dishes, well-priced wines and an airy, all-weather deck. Wipe away the remains of the day with a Foxy Lady ($17.50) that turns Hendricks gin, Cinzano dry, cucumber and mint into a pleasurably sharp, unsweetened martini-style drink. The menu, which still includes pub classics, puts its own leftfield stamp onto what’s popular in contemporary pub cuisine. The Taco Salad of Southern Queensland Prawns ($23.50) takes a quirky mix of jicama (a wet, white yam), radicchio, star fruit and Thai nam jim and makes them into a cross-cultural, hot weather salad. As Tracey, our personable Vietnamese waitress explains, most folk on this side of the Anzac Bridge “don’t like spicy” so expect to visit the wall of Sauces & Spices if you do. Swapping out spicy for sweet explains why there was a bit of a disconnect for me with...