This winters’ (2018) trip has been a fabulous trip for food. Starting with the winter warming curry pies from Grist Bakery at Kyneton only a few hours from home. The cumquats that we added brandy to at Cunnamulla and are now enjoying 4 months later. In Cairns it was fresh prawns, coral trout and Spanish mackerel from several seafood wholesalers. Along with red paw paw, juicy thin skinned mandarines and sweet giant passionfruit from Rusty’s Market. In Ingham it was Italian smallgoods, imported cheeses and an array of olives from Lou’s Food Emporium and bacon chops from the butcher next door that when roasted warmed a cool evening. At the innovative Wild Fresh Prawns in Ingham more sweet juicy fresh prawns, Asian style fish cakes and seafood spring rolls with chunks of crayfish. Heavenly sweet pineapples and sugar bananas from the Rollingstone and Crystal Creek area. More, yes more prawns from the wharf in Bowen to be devoured by the ocean for a tropical birthday celebration. Crimped ‘Cri’ pies at the Criterion Hotel and shiny red and dense capsicums that could be eaten like a fresh apple from Finch Hatton. Rum Liqueurs and the sweetest strawberries ever from Bundaberg. Kingaroy Peanuts in the shell from Childers. Perfect pumpkin from a burgeoning roadside stall at Tiaro and smoked smallgoods from the Kilkivan Butcher. What more could a travelling foodie ask for? Mrs Pidgeon’s pickles and sauces from Flaggy Rock of course!
All sounds amazing. Imagine if it was combined for just a single meal! What’s your favourite thing so far?
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Oh dear I feel I’ll just thinking about it. Favourite? I think that better go in another blog post ‘cos Woody’s wandering about muttering about fresh walnuts and scallop pies and the like. While my head is spinning about the country.
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You need a long lie down in a dark room. Or a lot of wine!
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Stoppit! Hungry now ……
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One of my greatest joys travelling around is fresh produce. Some of our favourites so far: seconds strawberries from the packing shed in Pemberton, mangos from the roadside stalls in Darwin in mango season, anything asian from the Parap markets in Darwin, mango smoothies from Berry Creek Mangos, fresh, live marron from Pemberton, rum from the Hoochery in Kununurra, Fish and chips from Tumby Bay, any wines from Margaret River, Lamb shanks from The Farm House shop in Margaret River markets, Exmouth prawns, barramundi on the jetty at Derby, Mango Beer from Matso’s in Broome, Yamba prawns, pies from Parkers in Rutherglen, Gin from Hunter Valley distillery ……..I could go on and on……..
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Oh gosh we were only lamenting the other day that we didn’t eat at the Derby wharf cafe. You know we may have to drive long distances but it is worth it for the delights that we find.
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And raspberries from roadside stalls in Tasmania……and threadfin salmon caught at Eighty Mile Beach – much nicer than Barramundi!
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My folks used to grow delicious raspberries in Tassie, so good. Threadfin Salmon has to be one of the best fish of all.
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I’ve put on weight just reading this. Gorgeous!
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Ha ha
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Yum, you’ve made me hungry! Food is definitely always high on the list of priorities when travelling.,
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And there’s such amazingly high quality food out there.
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There sure is. Lucky for us.
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Gorgeous food! wow
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