Lime 303 – Albany, Western Australia

Monday, 9 Jan 12

Happy 2012 gorgeous people! I hope you had a fantastic holiday season and wish you all much joy and laughter in the coming year. I spent New Years Eve in Albany, WA and while I meant to catch the midnight fireworks and had my tripod and camera ready to go, I realised (at midnight) that our hotel window did not quite have them in view. So while 2012 came with many many loud bangs, I have no pretty fireworks to share!

However, I do have some photos from those distant Western shores to share, and my absolute favourite so far was the long exposure shot of the Bussellton Jetty that opened my post. Doesn’t the Tokina 11-16mm have such pretty sunstars?

Of course, travelling down to Albany from Perth meant we drove through some amazing food and wine country in the Margaret River region- we feasted on stone fruit (donut peaches are my new obsession), cheese, strawberries and had a few wine samples (remember folks, don’t drink and drive). And while there weren’t too many restaurants that impressed us, particularly value-wise (except one fish and chips store that was stunning in its freshness), there was one restaurant meal on New Years Day that left us sated and content. I speak of Lime 303, a restaurant literally a stone’s throw from our hotel room (okay, so I can’t throw very far, don’t judge).

The sister went for a classic surf and turf, which we had to say was the best steak we’d had so far in WA (that being said, the other ones were so terrible, I dare not mention the places we had them) – a beautiful medium rare and topped with leader prawns. The sister didn’t share =_=;;

Dad went for the more adventurous version, dubbed “Swamp n’ Chomp”, which consisted of a grilled buffalo steak swimming in a native pepper-lemon myrtle cream. A golden disk of confit crocodile made up the ‘Chomp’ component. While I’ve tried crocodile a long time ago, I didn’t remember much about it, so I was surprised that its flavour does indeed resemble chicken, albeit with a slightly more gelatinous texture. Strange. But the buffalo was definitely well-cooked, lacking the expected toughness and given a zesty boost by the lemony cream.

I was eyeing this dish while choosing from the menu, because I was horribly tempted by the sound of “lemon-oregano scotch duck egg yolk “. I’m a sucker for egg yolk. So when mum offered me a taste, I pounced, not on that beautifully roasted quail, but on that unctuous gooey, only just pliable egg yolk. And I was not disappointed. Enough said.

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And last but by no means least, my own garlic infused lamb loin, on a smoky mix of baba ghanoush, jewel speckled couscous and grilled zucchini. Cooked a beautiful pink and topped with mint labna, I was content, although a bit more of that sticky onion glaze would have been welcome. Indeed, it probably speaks eloquently about the meal to say that while some amazing sounding dessert options were on offer, we were so full that we did not dare order more for fear we wouldn’t make it back up the hill to our hotel room (rolling being out of the question.

So we ambled back and watched movies on Foxtel. Far better than the previous night’s ‘festivities’ (Red Dog is such a tear-jerking movie), and far more content than with any other restaurant meals in Western Australia even given the public holiday price hike (although a caveat: cooking yourself with the amazing produce? Definitely priceless). Definitely not bad for a hotel restaurant.

Lime 303

The Dog Rock Motel
303 Middleton Road
Albany, Western Australia, 6330.
Ph :+61 8 9845 7200

7 Comments

1. Pity no fireworks but you still got amazing photos! I absolutely love the first two photos. Ahhhhh.

   Comment by Tina @ bitemeshowme — January 9, 2012 @ 6:40 am

2. Beautiful photos!
   And gorgeous looking food, its great when you get a perfect piece of steak! :)

   Comment by Apple — January 9, 2012 @ 10:13 am

3. Love the dreamy postcard shots of Albany. The food looks pretty good, too.

   Comment by OohLookBel — January 9, 2012 @ 11:33 am

4. Oh well I’d say you were furious at missing the fireworks…hopefully thats the biggest disaster you will have this year!!

   Your opening photos make up for it though great photos – what length exposure did you use as a matter of interest?

   Comment by Food Wine Sleep — January 9, 2012 @ 2:43 pm

5. @food wine sleep – 30 second exposure, as I forgot my remote trigger.

   Comment by chris — January 9, 2012 @ 3:14 pm

6. aaaaahhhh love bussellton jetty, we went snorkling off it! the dinner looks gorgeous.

   Comment by muppy — January 10, 2012 @ 12:30 pm

7. “Swamp and chomp” haha! Only in Australia do you find such menu names =)

   Happy New Year!

   Comment by Rita (mademoiselle délicieuse) — January 12, 2012 @ 2:09 pm

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