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Buffet breakfast at the Dog Rock Motel, Albany

3 February 2011
Buffet breakfast at the Dog Rock Motel

It’s not spectacular but a good feed at a reasonable price – AU$17.95 includes everything: fruit juice, fresh and stewed fruit, cereals, bread, yoghurt, mini Danish pastries and muffins and the hot breakfast buffet, including bacon, mushrooms, scrambled eggs, baked beans, hash brown, chipolatas and baked tomato topped with cheese.

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Wild Duck, Albany

1 February 2011
Fifth course: Fried egg on toast - meringue and mango, toasted brioche, custard, cream and fresh fruit, The Wild Duck, Albany

Restaurant review. A five-course degustation menu featuring imaginative delicious food. Rich forest mushroom soup, cold pork confit roll with salty pork jelly, beef and beetroot, chicken dinner…and a fried egg that is not a fried egg.

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Wind Farm, The Gap, Natural Bridge and Squid Shack, Albany

30 January 2011
Salt and pepper squid and chips from the Squid Shack, Emu Point, Albany

A day of sightseeing in Albany featuring green energy, natural wonders and beautiful views of the coast, then lunch at the Squid Shack featuring the best salt and pepper squid and chips I’ve eaten anywhere.

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Albany Pie Cafe, Albany

28 January 2011
Steak, tomato and onion pie from Albany Pie Cafe

Breakfast on our second day in Albany! The pies are arguably on the pricey side, but the ones we tried were delicious, filled generously with tasty gravy, full of chunks of meat and vegetables.

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Lime 303, Albany

26 January 2011
Saddletail cod on buttered kipfler potatoes, courgette remoulade, watercress and a sundried tomato-lime sambal , Lime 303 restaurant

Restaurant review. I loved the Vietnamese pork and prawn salad featuring tiny nuggets of pork crackling – and that wasn’t even my dish. Our three courses featured interesting and delicious flavour and texture combinations. Worth a visit if you’re ever in Albany.

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Cosi’s Cafe, Albany

24 January 2011
BLT from Cosi's Cafe, Albany

Shortly after new year, we stayed three nights in Albany, a town in the Great Southern region of Western Australia, approximately 400 km south-east of Perth (4.5 hours by car, or just over an hour by plane). This was our first meal in Albany – an omelette and BLT at Cosi’s Cafe.

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Canberra trip, November 2010

23 December 2010

The full list of posts from our trip to Canberra (November 2010), in reading order.

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Room service dinner, Hyatt Hotel Canberra

20 December 2010
Steamed whole baby snapper with soy and ginger

Room service dinner. Wonton noodle soup with chicken and vegetable. Baked whole baby snapper with ginger, green onion and soy, served with rice. And the best potato wedges ever!

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Afternoon tea buffet at the Tea Lounge, Hyatt Hotel Canberra

15 December 2010
High tea at the Lounge, Hyatt Hotel Canberra

This afternoon tea buffet features all the essentials: scones with jam and cream, dainty finger sandwiches, mini quiches and a range of cakes and pastries that will delight sweet lovers.

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Best ice cream ever

3 December 2010
Room service - three scoops of vanilla bean ice cream on a tuille basket with flaked almonds

The best bowl of ice cream ever: creamy vanilla bean ice cream via Hyatt Hotel Canberra room service at 6:40am, urgently needed to cool and soothe my painful hot sore throat.

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