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Sunday, March 15, 2015

Smoking for broke beside the Molongolo

Where the market gardens that supplied Canberra as far back as the 1820s used to be a small fortune has been spent turning 86 acres overlooking the Eastern end of Lake Burley Griffin into a superb regional restaurant, Pialligo Estate Farmhouse Restaurant.

We had a fabulous lunch there as a small pre-birthday celebration. The place is superb, absolutely high quality. I couldn’t take my eyes off the copper guttering and downpipes – the owners John Russell and Rowan Brennan have not spared a cent. I thought all the loose copper in the world had already been stolen but clearly it’s still available.

The renovated building at Pialligo Estate that houses the main restaurant

I’d been following the development of the place since we used to buy superb bacon, smoked salmon and home-made baked beans from two charming Irish guys at the Epic Farmers Market, at least until they’d decided to give it a miss and move on.