Last night we enjoyed fantastic local produce in good company in the orangery at the beautiful Old Bank B&B in Cygnet. The long table dinner 'a peasant's feast' was run and hosted by well-known food writer, chef and farmer Matthew Evans aka the 'gourmet farmer'. Pork from his nearby Fat Pig Farm featured on the menu, along with local milk fed and dry aged beef. Huon Valley wines and ciders were on offer to complement the meal. It's hard to pick what I enjoyed the most - a close tie between the pickled mushrooms, the beetroot and the delicious cottage pie. It's also surprisingly good fun to enjoy a meal with local people you don't know. We ended up with interesting dinner companions who moved here from the UK via Western Australia several years ago. Some of the dinner guests had travelled from as far as the Blue Mountains in NSW to attend, such is the pull of our beautiful Huon Valley and its local produce and talent :-)
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We're glad you (& everyone else) enjoyed themselves. By the by, I'm fairly sure the beef was from one of Matt's animals too.
ReplyDeleteOh I love Matthew Evans! I love watching his Gourmet Farmer shows, I find him quite inspiring! I hope one day to come down to Tassie and eat at one of his feasts! It sounds like it was quite delicious!
ReplyDeleteI wish I knew you were there! I would have come and said hello. I was helping Matthew in that gorgeous old bank kitchen!
ReplyDeleteI did suspect that the rosemary on the menu was yours, Michelle! I am sure we'll meet sometime, there have been a few near misses e.g. at MoMa. Isn't the Old Bank such a stunning building. Thanks Michelle, Bruce and Jasmin, I could see a lot of hard work went into it.
ReplyDeleteOh you're living the dream (my dream, that is!)
ReplyDeleteI'm feeling very inspired to book a flight to Tassie.... and even more inspired to sell up and make it permanent!
xo em
Oh I was tempted. Sounds like a lovely meal and evening.
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