It's been a while since I've been to the fresh food markets at Fyshwick. Things have changed - there is an additional space, called the Niche Markets, which features more boutique shops and food outlets. I took some photos of the various wares on offer.
Not everything is open yet, but there promises to be a range of goods to purchase from furniture to clothing, and coffee and doughnuts. There's also a florist and a barber, and due to come is a cat cafe - that should be fun for cosy feline cuddles!
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| Beautiful prints at Flamingo + Sass |
Amid the fabrics and glamour, there are also flowers and greenery at the rather gorgeous Urban Jungle florist.
Hunger pangs are also catered for with a range of eating options. I love the ramen noodles from Umami. The Korean-born chef, Den Han, has previously worked at Chairman and Yip and Tipsy Bull. While waiting for this stall to be open he had a pop-up noodle bar outside Plonk, which has been providing the perfect warming lunch over the cold winter months.
The doughnuts from Krofne are also super-tasty baked to a Croatian recipe with flavours ranging from salted caramel and strawberry glaze to vanilla custard or rosehip jam. The nutella variety is a firm favourite.
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| Nutella Krofne Donuts |
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| Ramen from Umami |
The reason I was there in the first place was to work - although some might say that facilitating a tasting of the fabulous offerings from Four Pillars gin is not exactly a tough gig. The Spiced Negroni gin showcases spices such as Tasmanian pepperberry leaf, cinnamon, West African spice grains of paradise and Indonesian cubeb, along with fresh ginger. It is highly aromatic, rich, spicy and my pick of the bunch.
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| Four Pillars Gin line-up; not your usual suspects |
And on my day off I walked up Mt Painter with Him Outdoors and we rewarded ourselves with breakfast at Little Oink, a cafe at the bottom of the mountain (it's really just a hill, but if the cartographers call it a mountain, so will I).
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| From the top of Mt Painter |
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| French toast with added deliciousness |
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| A perfect breakfast |
It was a thrill to find this in the mail! Now I just need to attend the ceremony, take the pledge, and be a citizen. This pleases me. I struggle with the concept of being a citizen of two countries, a resident of another, a tax-payer in all three and a registered voter in none. That's going to change.
We have been invited to a Canamerica dinner by some new friends. Combining celebrations of both the USA and Canada's national days, all food is to have a North American theme. We are encouraged to take along a suitable dish, so I have cracked out the recipe books. Because one of these friends is an Oregonian, and we have recently had such a great time there, I thought I would honour the state.
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| Individual pear cobblers |
The following day Him Outdoors wanted to suss out the local meadery - so we gathered some friends together and headed out to Win's Creek Meadery in Murrumbateman. We've driven past the old cottage many times and always thought it would make a great pub - the building is an old Traveller's Rest Inn, complete with corrugated iron roof and wooden verandah. It has a beautiful room with a large open fireplace but, unfortunately, the fire wasn't lit when we were there and it was freezing. We sampled a selection of meads and shared a couple of pizzas.
The locale doubles as Bindaree Bee Supplies and features a gift shop displaying beeswax candles, home-made ceramics, stained-glass ornaments, soft furnishings, and (naturally) honey.
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| A sort of mead flow-chart |
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| Him Outdoors, Dr Kay and Patience Itself |
We did enjoy the food and drinks, but the place was so cold that we all kept our coats on and were not inclined to linger over the produce. Instead we pushed on to Eden Road, where we tasted some fine wines, bought some more and took them home to carry on the afternoon in comfort and style.
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| Wine-tasting crew |
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