By Dr. Michael Lim The Travelling GourmetTM in Australia’s Gourmet Capital -amazing Adelaide…
Thursday 26 April 2012
06:28
MAKING an early start, I went jogging along the River Torrens in the cold drizzling rain by the Adelaide Convention Centre today, on Thursday 26 April, 2012. Then it was a trip to the Gym for an invigorating work out and then a swim in the pool which is 1.2m deep. Cold but very refreshing!
Early morning swim…
Bright and early the next morning found me getting ready to go to Adelaide’s Central Market just behind the Hilton. A light breakfast of Flat White Coffee and a coconut crusted Lamington cake, and it was off by tram to tour the Adelaide Central Market.
In this Aladdin’s treasure trove the dedicated gourmet will find all manner of epicurean delights from “wild” meats like goat, emu and kangaroo at Wild Oz (Shop 55) to organic vegetables at Cactus (Shop 6). Knowledgeable Mark Gleeson explained, “Adelaide Central Market is 143 years old. It’s the most visited destination in South Australia!” We stopped at Cafe Zeds (Shop 2) where dashing Fraijo served me a cappuccino, and then it was shop to shop tasting of Corella Pears, Strawberries, Figs, Macadamias, Honey, Proscuitto Ham, Coorong Black Angus Beef Salami and lots more! Barossa Fine Foods owned by my friend, Franz, found me buying Louis IV Wurst. Marino Meat & Food Store has all manner of Italian delicacies & I practiced my Italian with Marilena who told me they have been there for 3 generations. As ‘Il Turista Buongustaio’ e ‘Il Padrino della Gastronomia’ I say, “E favoloso!”
Fresh, sustainable products free of preservatives is now No.1 in the lexicon of Culinaria.
Barossa Fine Foods Louis IV Wurst – es ist sehr lecker (it is very delicious)
At the end of the whistle-stop tour I was tasting Cheese at the Say Cheese factory. They own the Smelly Cheese shop in the Central Market which is South Australia’s most visited tourist destination!
More later as I have to go and dine at an Italian Ristorante now…
I am back from an excellent dinner at the multi-award winning Italian restaurant called Auge which means “eye” in German but something else in Italian. At 22 Grote Street, this romantically lit ristorante with flute shaped lamps served up a ‘deliziosa’ menu Degustazioni which began with amuse bouche and then an Antipasti Platter of Zucchini Flower stuffed with Olivade and Ricotta Cheese, Herbed Prawn, A Sardine ‘cigar’, Arancini Rice Ball with Herbs, exquisite Pork Belly Croquette lightly crumbed and filled with flavoursome Berkshire Pork! A minerally and flinty Bella Coppia Arneis 2010 from the Adelaide Hills enhanced the flavours of the Prawn and Zucchini Flower. More to follow…
Lovely Lily pouring wine for The Travelling Gourmet in Auge Italian Ristorante…
23:58 Time to snooze…zzzzzzzz.
Have to make a very early start tomorrow to fly to the Eyre Peninsula, Australia’s Seafood Frontier! Good night! {:-)
The Travelling Gourmet 