There's nothing I love better than going for a little road trip around the Canberra surrounds. There's so many lovely places to explore, and on this particular fine sunny weekend, it was off to Grazing at Gundaroo.
A little country style restaurant, Grazing is a rustic restaurant in a old style building established in 1835. You can even have a wander around their kitchen garden, and pick up cartons of fresh eggs from their chooks.
I wanted to have a sample of their tempting veggie produce, so the vegetarian risotto was a perfect option. Risotto with deliciously sweet garden herb roasted butternut squash and it's puree, toasted pinenuts, sage and Italian parmesan. I couldn't get enough of this dish!
Almost too pretty to eat was this Turkey dish - roast turkey wing with chorizo, sweetcorn polenta, asparagus, almond and parmesan crumbs and double-chicken reduction. Loved this dish too, the vegetables really shined in this dish, especially the super sweet corn and asparagus.
Dessert time, and a coffee pick me up in the form of a latte.
Their desserts were absolutely amazing too - must be the awesome fresh produce. This one is the peach tarte tatin - almond infused house made puff pastry and peach tart with honey & vanilla syrup, vanilla ice-cream and pistachio
Creme brulee - Lavender creme brulee with raspberry sorbet <3
I can imagine how nice and toasty it would be in winter with the fireplace going!
Various products from the region on sale, as well as fresh eggs
I also had a wander around the local shops, love the knick knacks you can only find at these little country town shops
It's about an 1/2 hour drive out of Canberra and well worth a visit. I'm still dreaming about the peach tarte tatin.... Mmmm
Cork Street
Gundaroo NSW 2620
6 comments:
The food looks delicious, especially the creme brulee! (i'm a sweet tooth hehe) I love those mushrooms in the shop, so cute!
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I agree with Corrina, the mushrooms look really really cute! The turkey dish looks so heart and warm which is making me so hungry right now.. hehehe
Looks fab! Especially love the turkey! Looks awesome!
haha love that they have fresh eggs for sale!
canberra cafes seem so warm and wholesome... i guess there's more to it than questacon and parliament house :p
happy new year dear. The food looks delish and the peach tarte tatin is making me drool :)
Corrina - I'm a sweet tooth too, but I love savouries too (I can't choose! haha)
Shanshan - The turkey was delish.. especially with all those tasty vegetables!
Nic - It was really good, I wouldn't normally pick a turkey dish, but I'm glad I did!
grace - haha yes! definitely, I'm bias, but there are quite a lot of nice dining spots in good old Canberra!
mashi - Happy new year to you too! :) I'm tempted to try and make the tarte tatin at home!
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