Weekend Wanderings. Cannibal Creek Winery

June 10, 2016July 13, 2016 ~ danib@eatmystreet.net

Cannibal Creek Winery

I go to nature to be soothed and healed and to have my senses put in order.

John Burroughs

We are on a mission to get out of the city, to see green horizons and windswept places, to embed some white space into our lives through connection with the green, and to find somewhere delicious to eat while we are there.

So far this has not been difficult.

This week we stopped at Cannibal Creek Winery and Vineyard in Tynong.

The vines at Cannibal Creek Winery were first planted in 1997 and the Cannibal Creek wine has been receiving accolades since 2009. But the restaurant housed in the newly built cellar door is a more recent venture.

Philipe Desrettes is the well renown chef behind the French inspired cuisine on offer 7 days a week from 11am to 5pm. He is ably assisted by his partner Karine Saille on front of house duty. The talented pair has moved to the area from Ballarat where Phillipe was Executive Chef at the legendary Craig’s Royal Hotel.

We had the pleasure of chatting with Karine over a wine tasting and I am told that she is enjoying the beautiful Gippsland countryside and also the slightly more temperate(!!) climate of Tynong North.

Local Gippsland cheese features on the menu (Gippsland cheese plate $27) as does Cannibal Creek bread (Charcuterie plate $32). There are a number of “share” options and also more substantial dishes designed to be eaten alone. The dessert menu has a tempting array of choices from Citrus panna cotta with rhubarb and pineapple syrup, to the eponymously named Far Breton sultan and prunes, flan style ($14).

We arrived early in the day and so ordered the house-made pork and chicken terrine with brioche.

And the Charcuterie plate.

The food was perfectly delicious but it was the overall combination of ambiance, geniality, decor (an open wood fire ticks a lot of boxes at this time of year), view, food and wine that was really the winning combination.

There is also a beautifully curated selection of gift ware and imported and local honey, condiments, chocolate and produce available.

Visit for wine tastings and beautiful prepared French food in a stunning setting. Stay for the roaring fire, the ambiance and the excellent service.

I cannot wait to visit again and I cannot wait to take some friends along with me.

Happy Eating.

Dani

The details

Address: 260 Tynong North Road, Tynong VIC 3813
Phone:(03) 5942 8380
Hours:
11am–5pm 7 days a week

Full menu available Thursday to Monday and a limited menu Tuesday and Wednesday. Wine tasting is available 7 days a week.

Bookings are strongly recommended.

www.cannibalcreek.com.au

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Lady Lavender’s Tea Room Bunyip

June 9, 2016June 10, 2016 ~ danib@eatmystreet.net

I recently had the opportunity to visit the Lady Lavender’s Tea Room in Bunyip.

I have driven past this timber house set on the hillside so many times on my way to Gippsland. Surrounded by a lovely lavender garden and with rolling hills as the backdrop, the Lady Lavender Tea Rooms serve simple devonshire tea and traditional olde English lunch.

They also have a gift shop featuring their lavender products and a nursery/ gift shop out the back.

The dining room is decked out in traditional floral patterns and prints with antique furniture and decorative art work finishing off the look.

Service was prompt and helpful and the whole experience was a little other worldly.

Visit for traditional tea and scones and to while away your day in floral tranquility.

The details

Address: 3085 Princes Hwy, Bunyip VIC *Set just back off the Highway
Phone:(03) 5629 6217
Hours:
Monday to Friday 10:30am–4pm
Saturday and Sunday 10:30am–4:30pm

www.ladylavenderstearoom.com.au

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Impodimo Cafe, Garfield.

June 10, 2015August 5, 2015 ~ eatmystreet ~ 1 Comment

Impodimo Cafe Garfield

Impodimo Cafe, 101 Nar Nar Goon – Longwarry Rd, Garfield 3814

What better way to enjoy a public holiday here in Melbourne than to head off in search of new adventure. The sun was shining and the vibes were good (we had all slept in, Yay!). Normally encumbered by three mini eatmystreeters, today we only had two. Mid sized Master eatmystreet was hanging with his cousin, telling silly stories and trying to get away with random rude word usage. Successfully I believe!

The rest of us hit that Freeway, heading East toward the green, rolling hills of Gippsland. The Madden brothers came too, although only offering us their voices on this sad occasion, and not their actual presence. Sing along anyone?

I had done some sleuthing the previous day and spotted a little cafe called Impodimo, in Garfield. It sounded intriguing but best of all it was getting some sweet reviews and some awesome foodie pics. We wound our way through green hilly pastures and came quickly upon the cutest little town you ever did see.

We were pleasantly surprise to find the sweet looking Impodimo Cafe at one end, the amazing Cannibal Creek Bakehouse at the other, and a horse drawn cart in the middle. I kid you not.

Impodimo Cafe is set within a beautiful white weatherboard house with pressed tin walls and it shares the premises with a gorgeous gift shop. The cafe has three separate rooms for eating in and we were lucky enough to be seated in the sun drenched room at the front of the house.

Impodimo Cafe Garfield

We were here for brunch so we ordered the “Famous fig, banana and walnut bread for two” @ $11. Other options included “French Toast” for $16.50 or “Eggs your way” for $10.50. “Roasted strawberry granola with fresh apple” for $10.50 also took my fancy, but so did a lot of the other things on the menu. There was even something for the little ones “Farmers Kid. Poached egg and bacon on sourdough toast” @ $6.50. Alas my non-farmers kid’s wanted cookies and so a blue melting moment cookie it was.

brunch at Impodimo Cafe Garfield

But look at all these other delightful options from the counter.

Cake at Impodimo cafe Garfield

Our coffee’s were a reasonable $3.50 and I am told that the coffee was a house blend from Coffee Snobs. Service was friendly and we all loved Impodimo Cafe. coffee at Impodimo Cafe Garfield Not that I am obsessed, but check out that gorgeous coffee machine.

Afterward we got a little lost at the gorgeous giftstore next door and then we sauntered on down to the Cannibal bread from Cannibal Creek Bakehouse Garfield Creek Bakehouse for some sourdough of our own. Here we found baker James Fisher working hard at his 110 year old woodfired oven, reportedly the only one of its kind in Gippsland. Cannibal Creek Bakehouse uses traditional baking methods and organic stone ground flour for their range of sour dough loaves. We purchased
a Sourdough loaf and also a Malted fruit bread with huge, luscious pieces of apricot and fig and generous smattering of nuts. The bread here is expensive but is also unique and unrecognisable when compared to supermarket bread. It can be purchased form the small unassuming shop at one end of the bakehouse.

Cannibal Creek Bakehouse Garfield — eatmystreet.net

I will leave the final word to this photo, just in case you did not believe me about the horse and cart. Garfield, Victoria

Happy Eating!

Dani