Thursday, January 31, 2008

Cook Saddle Cafe & Saloon - Fox Glacier

7th & 8th Dec 2007 / Dinner

This Wild West setting cafe was the place we headed for dinner after Lake Matheson's scenic trekking, fell in love with it and went back the next evening. See how "cow-boyish" the place looks .......Yee-ha!! (we managed to dine inside the cafe on our 2nd day dining). Great taste, great value & great portion!

First evening we dined by the veranda, next to Billy The Kid garden, because there was no table available inside the cafe. It was a cool summer evening to have a perfect alfresco dining. The Billy The Kid garden was conveniently there to "entertain" the girls with its mini-sized picnic table and bench (The girls played "masak-masak" in the garden while waiting for their Hoki fish...hehehhehehehe)

Hoki Fries (Fish & Chips) How's that for just NZ$12.00? Fish in NZ definitely taste fresher, Variety species of fish were used for this dish. The girls simply fell head over heels over this NZ's speciality. No wonder they kept requesting for fish & chips throughtout our trip. No iodine deficiency during this trip for sure!


Delightful T-Bone Steak - Not sure if its the green pasture where this baby came from that made it so much tastier than those we had in Singapore. Goes so well with the mushroom gravy..see how thick it is. Perfect combination!!



Mouth watering & grilled "to perfection" lamb. WOW!! don't you love the smell of lamb?? Doesn't suit the faint-hearted-hyper-sensitive-fussy-nose folks...i.e. Old man!!!


This is how delightful the dish looked like when it arrived before Old man scrapped them clean with his teeth! Not joking - see the pic below (worth evey penny spent here - hahahahahah)



After savaging the poor ribs - Finished it up with with a glass of COLD SMOOTH Mac's Gold!!

See the SATISFYING look of Old Man!!

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