Walking

Devonshire tea at the Australian national botanical gardens

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A gorgeous day in Canberra for a walk and Devonshire tea

After breakfast (see an image below), Bron and I agreed we’d go out around lunch time for a wander around the botanical gardens and then have a bite to eat.

 

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The botanical gardens reflects parts of Australia’s natural native flora. We walked through the new red centre area as well as the rain forest valley. 

After the walk we went to Floresco for a bite to eat. At first I was thinking a pie floater with mushy peas and mashed potato in a bowl of pea soup. The thing that put me off was it was served with napolitano sauce. Then we spied Devonshire tea and agreed. As we approached the counter Bron noticed a tart with a macaron shell on top. We got one of those too. 

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The Australian national botanical gardens is a good place for a walk on a nice day. After a nice walk, you can get refreshment from Floresco in the Gardens.

 
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Saturday night dinner. Wagyu scotch fillet steak with bearnaise served with duck fat potatoes, sweet potatoes with panko crumbs and pear and walnut along with brocccoli.
Saturday night dinner. Bron cooked wagyu scotch fillet steak with bearnaise served with duck fat potatoes, sweet potatoes with panko crumbs and pear and walnut along with broccoli.
Sunday breakfast. Scrambled eggs with truffle oil and tarragon.
Sunday breakfast. Bron cooked scrambled eggs with truffle oil and tarragon.

 

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Yum Cha at Dumpling Inn

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We earnt Yum Cha after a good walk

Wow Canberra was cold this morning. At one stage it got as low as –4.3 °C. You can see how weird the fluctuations got at Canberra Airport.

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Weird temperature fluctuations in Canberra this morning

Bron and I had decided to go for a walk before visiting the Essential Ingredient to look around and then lunch at the Dumpling Inn in Macquarie.

It was pretty cold outside and it took about half the walk before I could feel my nose and fingers. 

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It was a pretty good looking day.

A photograph of Telstra Tower
Telstra Tower from Lake Burly Griffin

I’m looking forward when these trees will have leaves on them. Then it will start to warm up.

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Deciduous trees. Argh, they look better with leaves. Come on Summer. We need the heat.

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At Essential Ingredient I bought more Pialligo Estate award winning bacon 🙂 

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So we’ve been to the Dumpling Inn many times for Yum Cha. It’s been a while because I’ve been trying to keep to a low carbohydrate way of life to keep my weight at a reasonable level. It’s difficult to say no to Yum Cha though.

It was a pretty delicious lunch and at a reasonable price.

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