Petite Feast – Buvette Restaurant – Canberra – ACT – Australia – June 2017

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Another High Tea in Canberra

One of the hotels in Canberra advertises for a high tea every Saturday, so my friends Jenny, Jane and I decided to try it out.  Jane and I arrived a little early and this caused much confusion with the waitress who couldn’t understand why we were ten minutes early.  We finally got to seat down after agreeing we were early (!!) and wait for our friend Jenny.  I had decided to forgo breakfast as we were meeting at 1130 and wanted to enjoy the spoils of the High Tea.  When we arrived, the restaurant was empty but it filled up by the time we left.We all started off with a pot of tea each and waited for the High Tea to arrive.  It really is a little different to the usual High Teas I have been to.  Firstly warm fresh sourdough rolls with house-made butter were brought to the table and then a large plate of savoury items arrived – a plate each. Jenny had advised the restaurant I didn’t eat cheese so I had a plate of mini pumpkin sandwiches, salad, olives, mini quiches and sun dried tomatoes – all delicious except the olives which I don’t like.The girls each had a plate of chicken wraps, smoked salmon finger sandwiches, mini beef pies, sundried tomato quiches, duck liver pate, and a terrine. Then there was a Tasmanian double brie cheese, olives, fig, lavosh crackers, salami from Queensland and an oyster – a rather large plate of food!Jane sort of forgot the sweets were yet to come and was a bit full when they arrived but then again she does not have a sweet tooth so it didn’t matter to her; Jenny and I tried most of the desserts; probably more than needed.  At this point Jane and I ordered a glass of champagne; none for Jenny who attends a yoga class on a Saturday afternoon.On the large slate plate, beautifully displayed and carefully arranged were passionfruit profiteroles, macaroons, chocolate tarts with popcorn, a coconut curd with a cream and fruit topping and a mini pavlova topped with strawberries – all so lovely but some never made it off the plate – too full!!

Lovely couple of hours chatting and eating – well worth the reasonable cost.

Buvette Restaurant – Canberra – ACT – Australia – March 2016

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Dining with friends in a new restaurant in Canberra

Even though I am still in China on my holidays, I have internet access so thought I would post on a dining experience in Canberra last month.  This is a very new restaurant attached to one of the major hotels; the Realm Hotel and has been open for only three or so months.

I had a friend visiting from Guangzhou in southern China, (Sophie I thought I would let you know she is having a wonderful time in the city you lived in) and I had heard about the opening of this new French restaurant and wanted to try it out.  I knew my friend would not want to eat Chinese food having eaten it many times in southern China so along with another five of my friends we went to this new restaurant.

There was enough vegetarian choices on the menu and some of us started off with a cocktail or glass of champagne.  The restaurant is very nice inside with lovely furniture and low lighting for nice ambience.

My friends individually ordered steak tartare, steak (grass fed eye fillet/wagu beef) and chips and the fish (sand whiting/roasted blue eye cod) and a Caesar salad.

I ordered fresh asparagus with a poached egg on top – delicious. The asparagus was cooked to perfection as was the egg (I dislike runny white egg).

I enjoyed two glasses of a lovely New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc and others ordered a red to enjoy with their steak.  We decided to order all the ‘sides’ which were really nice especially the sweet potato dish which didn’t look particularly appetising but was truly delicious.

From talking to every one of my friends about the evening and the meals, we all enjoyed the evening and food immensely.  And more importantly my friend from China had a lovely night enjoying the great food and lovely company of people she had not met.