Monthly Archives: July 2012

Biota Dining {Bowral, NSW}

Biota Restaurant

Can you get a world-class dining experience in a country town of 10,000 people? While I had my doubts I was hoping I would be proved wrong…

Today we are celebrating both my birthday and mother’s day so ‘cheap and nasty’ is not going to cut it. We need to go somewhere special. I decided that we all go to a new restaurant in Bowral called ‘Biota’. Bowral is a town just over an hour south of Sydney and as special significance as its where my wife and I got married.  Biota is a welcome addition to this upmarket town and has gained quite a bit of attention including being nominated for SMH’s Best New Restaurant last year.

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Paris ‘part deux’ – after the sun goes down (Contiki Europe, Part 12)

The final Contiki event is an optional evening visit to the Moulin Rogues for dinner and cabaret show.

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L'Annexe menu - scribbled in chalk to match the days produce

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Paris, France (Contiki Europe, Part 11)

This is my Contiki food Magus Opus.  Paris and my own free time to eat my self into oblivion. Buckle in, I tell my tummy.  Buckle in.

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Galette season in Paris ...during winter?

 

The Contiki tour takes us to the mandatory tourist attractions – Eifel  Tower, Musee Du Louvre, Champs Elysee, boat ride tour etc, and then an unmemorable hotel meal (possibly the worst Contiki meal we have had).  However, the next day they let us run free. I wake up on time to get the bus ride into Paris central.

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