We're On A Road To Mudgee #3

In which tasty things come on sunshiny plates



Sometimes in life, it just needs to be all about food.

Oh, you know I’m kidding.

IT’S ALL ABOUT FOOD, ALL OF THE TIME.


And wine, a little bit.


Seriously – we’re barely halfway through the first day of our trip, and it’s like local produce is jumping out of the ground, sprinting towards us, and plonking itself on our plates.

As such, for our meals on this trip, I figure I’ll let restaurant decor and dishes speak for themselves. Because it’s not always about Charlotte and me.


Oh, you know I’m kidding.


IT’S ALL ABOUT US, ALL OF THE TIME, CONCURRENTLY WITH THE ALL-ABOUT-FOOD THING.


Cobblestone Lane in Bathurst is a gorgeously understated spunk of a restaurant – warm wood, pale walls, a welcoming soft clamour and obediently slanted sunshine flooding through the windows. Our waitress was so efficient and unobtrusive that we forgot to ask her name, so Thingy-Whatsit? Thanks for everything.

If you can't read it properly, it just says 'awesome, awesome, awesome'.

Nothing makes a lady happier than that first glass of wine.

Apparently they serve water as well as wine. Who knew?

Staff here are awesome, especially when back-lit.

Tomato & Basil Bruschetta

Smoked Rainbow Trout Chowder (Dawson won the entree round with this one)

Grain fed beef fillet, potato galette & shallot jus

Vincisgrassi (I learned a new word!) - Mushroom & grana padano lasagna with tomato & basil coulis

Banana & toffee pudding with chai caramel. Wipe your chin.

Citrus tart with vanilla cream.

Thanks, Thingy-Whatsit! You were tops.

I do hope nobody's upset if we come back five kilos heavier. Because that's totally going to happen.