Gryphons Caffe Bar, Griffith

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Gryphons Caffe Bar at the Griffith shops is a great all rounder with easy parking and both inside and outside seating.

The American Pulled Pork Burger – BBQ pork, coleslaw, tomato relish, chips $20 had a bit too much sauce so perhaps the Greek Chicken Burger, Fish Burger or Gryphons Beef Burger would be a better pick.

Great chips though!

Smoked Trout Salad $20 (a special) a nice choice.

If you have the Canberra Entertainment Card it’s two meals for the price of one.

No BYO.
Opening Hours: 7am- Late Monday- Saturday, Sunday 9am-4pm

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Little Brooklyn, Green Square, Kingston – a week of specials 

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Little Brooklyn is good for burgers…and specials!

Burgers include the Big Brooklyn Burger – angus beef w bacon, cheese, pickles, caramelised onion, brooklyn ketchup & house mustard $19

But also has a nice Haloumi Salad – grilled haloumi & quinoa salad w baby spinach, roquette, roasted carrots, cherry tomatoes, yoghurt dressing & toasted sesame seeds $20

The Canberra Entertainment Book offers two meals for the price of one.

But as part of the Cocu group..it is just one of many specials on offer during the week!

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Ducks Nuts, Dickson

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Ducks Nuts is a new kid on the block in Dickson and has had plenty of promotion through Her Canberra and Food & Wine.

It looks promising with happy hour 4-6pm, some weekly specials and some lovely duck themed dishes.

But it is very noisey and very pubby with sport on the overhead TV.

The dishes are sadly not quite as good as they sound.

But good to give a new spot a try.
Peking Ducks Nuts Burger $19


Naked Buttermilk Fried Chicken Burger $19


Roast Duck Salad $19


Wine by the glass from $7.50

 

Sunset Drinks @pialligoestate and a foretaste of Taste of Two Regions @stantonkilleen @WinesofKV

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Last night Pialligo hosted their Sunset Drinks, the third event in their ‘The Butcher, The Baker and the Merrymaker’ festive winter events series.

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It was an exclusive opportunity to meet winemakers of the King Valley and Rutherglen regions and have a taste of the upcoming August Taste of Two Regions events in Canberra.

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In a masterclass for readers of Her Canberra, Wendy Killeen and her daughter Natasha (the seventh generation of Stanton & Killeen wine makers) treated us to their  wonderful range of Muscats one of the only true Australian style wines.

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Starting with the Rutherglen Muscat aged 2-4 years, then the Classic, aged an average of 12 years, and finally the Grand and the Rare aged 20-25+ years, we moved to richer and more viscous and luscious wines. We learnt that only the exceptional vintage grapes are used for the Grand and Rare muscats.

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We noticed the raisins and rose petals characteristics and the developing complexity and silkiness. And along the way we shared in a little family history – how Norm Killeen married into the Stanton family wines started by Jack Stanton. How Norm was frugal and bought second hand barrels that turned out to have been used for rum, creating a new rum flavoured wine still requested today.

Tanya from Brown Brothers Wines introduced us to their King Valley Prosecco (a region in northern Italy but also the name of the wine as the cuttings have been brought from Italy).

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Brown Brothers are market leaders in Prosecco, a wine with a fruitness – apple and pear on the nose, soft and round on the palette and an ‘approachable wine’ that matches well to seafood, fish, sushi and a soft Brie. Available in both vintage and non-vintage varieties, a few of us prefered the sweeter non-vintage.

In Canberra, this Brown Brothers Prosecco is easily available at Palace Cinema.

A wonderful and fascinating insight into the delicous world of wines! If you missed Sunet Drinks you might like to catch the Taste of Two Regions next month!

Fine Eating was a guest of the generosity of Pialligo Estate.

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The Chifley Bar & Grill, Barton – my new favourite for lunch @chifleysbarandgrill

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The Chifley Bar & Grill at Hotel Kurrajong, my new favourite for a weekday lunch in Barton.

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I love a great setting for enjoying a meal and Hotel Kurrajong does heritage so very well.

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With all its great style and service you might expect a high price tag, but surprisingly the menu is similar to what you would pay in most eateries.

Being a hotel restaurant, it is open every day from breakfast to around 10pm and staff are very flexible to cater for a large range of appetites and preferences.

Sandwiches are around $15 and arrive with Chips and aioli….

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The roast lamb with grilled vegetables, Harissa and Mayo is good, but I think any of the sandwich choices would be excellent.

For a light lunch there are also salads or dessert to choose from for $15 -$17.

Stone baked bread with Pepe Saya butter is $4, and sides like the amazing pear and pecorino salad with baby spinach and candied walnuts are $8.

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For two modest appetites it’s perfect to share a sandwich and a pear and pecorino salad.

Wine starts at $8 a glass.

I will definitely be back for another pecorino salad and I’d love to try the stone baked bread!

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