Glenarty Road

We're on holidays.  Yay.  And what better way to start a holiday than to go somewhere that serves fabulous food in a great setting.  We chose Glenarty Road in Karridale, which is a farm to table restaurant. As in literally. The restaurant is on the farm and nearly everything you eat and drink is either directly from the farm or from neighbouring properties. Which means everything is seasonal and at it's absolute best.  

It is a bit of a hike from ours to Glenarty (an hour and a half) but well worth the trip.  The food was amazing.  For starters we had a wee sourdough muffin topped with something super delicious out of the garden (I can't quite remember what the topping was).  It was served with their Kinfolk Cuvee which was very decent as far as bubbles go (I'm not a massive bubbles fan).

Next was the garden plate. On the plate is lovely fresh cows curd, topped with fennel which has been marinated in the whey left over from making the curd, a bunch of fresh herbs and salad greens and some pomegranate seeds for a bit of crunch.  Delicious. I was in foodie heaven at this point and we'd barely started.  This course was served with the Wildings Vermentino which was okay.   A bit light on flavour for our palate but not a bad wine. 

Next came sour dough bread (not as good as R's it has to be said) with whipped butter.  

The bread was served with a platter of cold meats, all from animals grown on the farm, and two devilled eggs.  The waitress said, it's before her time but she understands that devilled eggs were popular in the 70s.  That made us feel our age for sure!!  Anyway, the platter doesn't look exciting but every mouth full was just sublime.  The salami was so soft it barely required chewing.  And all of the meats were packed full of flavour.  The platter was served with the Kinfolk Chardonnay which was underwhelming (we much preferred the food to the wine it has to be said). 

The final savour course was slow roasted lamb (yum!) served with pumpkin which came with a macadamia pesto spiced with harissa and topped with some more of that yummo marinated fennel. There were also roasted potatoes which came with crispy basil and.....I can't quite remember the "and" but it was very delicious.  The wine was Pinot Noir which is not my favourite style but a very decent Pinot Noir as far as Pinot Noir's go. 

Dessert was poached pear clafoutis. Oh but this was so delicious.  The pear was beautifully tender and delicately flavoured.  The pudding was light and fluffy and not too sweet.  All helped along by a dollop of proper cream and highlighted with some flowers.   Washed down with a Kerfuffle Archers Drop this was a truly delicious dessert.

We finished the meal off with a nice strong coffee.  Which we enjoyed in one of their seats under the vines outside.  All in all it was a truly fabulous way to start off our holidays.  It's not the cheapest meal out for sure but quality wise, it's one of the best we've had for ages.  

Gosh, looking at the pictures makes me want to go back there again.  Maybe in Winter to see what the new season brings.