Brisbane Family Trip - Day 14 (Eating)

One of the more involved parts of a family trip involves food; who wants to eat what, do we cook or do we eat out. It's a cost versus convenience versus experience versus indulgence thing.

We have been on the road for 2 weeks (14 days) now. In that time we have cooked the main meal (tea? dinner?) 5 times and have eaten out 9 times. Of those 9 times out, once was at McDonalds (almost not food), and most of the rest has been at the local pub or club.

At least once in every trip I try to enjoy a food experience.

Tonight was that night.

We arrived in Tamworth late this afternoon, however a couple of weeks beforehand I had researched online and had booked for a table for 4 at a place called Glasshouse Restaurant at Goonoo Goonoo Station.

The Glasshouse is about 20 minutes out of Tamworth and is located on an old sheep station that has had a lot of money poured into it over the last 10 years in order for it to be an eating destination. The architectural designs that combine new construction with the historical buildings earned it a swag of awards in 2017. This has then been matched with some glowing food reviews in 2018.

Now it's a Wednesday night, but also during school holidays in New South Wales, and the night before ANZAC Day. I'm glad I booked as there were no spare seats - with total seating for the night at around 100.

The menu is not overly adventurous, nor is it overly complicated. A few things to start with, a few mains and desserts, as well as some meals that can be shared.


We started with Beef  Tartare, to share. This was prepared with mint, watercress and nuoc cham (a Vietnamese Dipping Sauce). We enjoyed this immensely, with the East Asian flavours combined with raw beef.

Main Course saw a split, with Lesley and Nick choosing the duck breast, and Ben and I going for the  rump cap.

Once again the beef was magnificent, cooked to absolute perfection, with a relatively simple combination of carrots, cauliflower puree and asparagus, and additional potatoes cooked in duck fat and a salad.

The duck breast was cooked slightly pink and served with some puff rice and greens. It could not be faulted.

 After a brief period of contemplation, some of us decided to finish with dessert. Lesley had the yoghurt panna cotta. This was well presented, and did not last long on the plate.

Ben and I both chose the butterscotch bombe alaska. Words describing this dish will be replaced by pictures.

Before

After

 It's good to know that great food can be found in restaurants that are hundreds of kilometres away from the main culinary centres in the capital cities.

It think it will be takeaway tomorrow night, in Parkes.

Total Km 3,070

Total hours behind the wheel 39

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